LGBT

TOGETHER, ALONE
A drawing of a face with closed eyes. The face has been coloured with pink, blue, black, mustard, yellow and red crayons.

It wasn’t that she had never heard of homosexuality; but, in her imagination, gay men and women were an exotic species, not real people who could, perchance, be fellow passengers on a bus, fellow shoppers at a mall, or a fellow beginner in a meditation class.

By Kaustav Bakshi
November 2, 2020
TOGETHER, ALONE
Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish: A platonic togetherness
A poster of the film ‘Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Barish’. In the poster, an image of a woman glancing sideways is shown and on the right is an image of a young boy in a wheelchair and a man behind him enjoying rain.

The movie was criticised for its stereotypical portrayal of Debu as a gay man. But, the beauty is that it also highlights the reversal of gender roles. The smiles, and the laughter sounding throughout the house, create a cheery note in the movie.

By Dr Swarupa N Kshirsagar
November 2, 2020
Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish: A platonic togetherness
The Caste of Marriage

LGBT struggle must be an anti-caste struggle. This requires us to go beyond thinking of caste and sexuality as merely an intersecting point which may be occupied by some within LGBT identities.

By Gowthaman Saroja Ranganathan
September 1, 2020
The Caste of Marriage
स्वर्ग और धरती के बीच अधर में लटके त्रिशंकु की मानिंद

The concluding chapter reiterates the aims of the book, i.e., “to start critical conversations within the disciplines of psychology, social work, childhood studies, and family studies in India and to think about exclusions inherent in these disciplines.

By Madhu Kewalramani
May 15, 2019
स्वर्ग और धरती के बीच अधर में लटके त्रिशंकु की मानिंद
Why it is Important To Not Include Everything in the Queer Bracket
Silk black gloves, along with a pair of heels and handcuffs

I personally feel that any cause, specially one like kink that is in its nascent stages, needs its own space to grow, to affect enough people, before it merges with the larger cause of queerness, or sexuality, or even humanity.

By Asmi
May 1, 2019
Why it is Important To Not Include Everything in the Queer Bracket
Video Page: GHAR – Gay Housing Assistance Resource
Photo of founder Sachin Jain, holding up a placard that says ‘G.H.A.R’

Nineteen years ago, Sachin Jain founded G.H.A.R, the Gay Housing Assistance Resource, a revolutionary project which helps LGBT people find safe and friendly housing.

By Curated Content
March 5, 2018
Video Page: GHAR – Gay Housing Assistance Resource
Reflections on accessibility and sexuality
A woman in a wheelchair, smiling, conversing with another woman who is also on a wheelchair. She has long hair pulled to one side, is wearing frameless specks, and is wearing a red and black top.

I thought of myself as a feminist activist much before I formally entered the development sector space. I participated in…

By Shreshtha Das
August 16, 2017
Reflections on accessibility and sexuality
Snippets from the Indian LGBT Movement: Extracted from Records in SAATHII Calcutta’s LGBT Support Centre Reference Library
Photo from an Indian LGTB festival. Several people carrying together a big placard that reads, "The rainbow festival, Kolkata - Walk on the rainbow." One of them also carry a rainbow-coloured umbrella. The sun shines above.

As an organized political movement the Indian LGBT movement is still quite young, having taken its first steps only in the early 1990s. However, it is not as if the movement started overnight. Rather it was a result of several visible and invisible developments taking place over the years in the world and Indian contexts.

By Curated Content
December 16, 2016
Snippets from the Indian LGBT Movement: Extracted from Records in SAATHII Calcutta’s LGBT Support Centre Reference Library
Interview: Rath Wang on LGBT Inclusiveness at Workplaces in Japan
Rath Wang in professional attire of white shirt and black coat. His hands are crossed, and he is smiling. The image is from the torso up.

Rath Wang is a founding member of Nijiiro Diversity (Rainbow Diversity), Japan’s first non-profit organization promoting LGBT equality in the workplace. He leads the Ernst and Young Unity Network for LGBT employees and allies in Japan. Rath appeared at number 4 in the OUTstanding and The Financial Times 2015 listing of The Top 30 LGBT Future Leaders.

By Shaifali Agrawal
June 24, 2016
Interview: Rath Wang on LGBT Inclusiveness at Workplaces in Japan
Caged
Photo of Indian dresses. A pink saree, an orange saree, and a blue salvar suit - all three have colourful flowers and designs on them. Screen reader support enabled. Photo of Indian dresses. A pink saree, an orange saree, and a blue salvar suit - all three have colourful flowers and designs on them.

I haven’t really focused on my sexual identity that much. It was always a part of me, the cage that society built around my identity; but wasn’t really that much of a big thing. After my ‘coming out’ as gay, accepting another label, people around me swung into action. They gave it an exoticism. Something that was supposed to be different from all the cages that they encounter around them.

By Ajay Maherchandani
May 1, 2016
Caged
Playing With Love
Two women dancing in a strip club. Their clothes shine in green neon light in the dark background.

I’m a sucker for love. And I don’t want to be a party pooper either. There is lots I have…

By Jaya Sharma
February 1, 2016
Playing With Love