Queer Issues

Interview: Pramada Menon
Photo of queer feminist activist Pramada Menon. She has short hair and is leaning against a wall. She is wearing a blue kurta, and a necklace.
May 1, 2014
Interview: Pramada Menon
LGBTQI Speak Of Their Inspiring Struggle For Equal Rights Through These Powerful Picture Messages
Credit: CREA/Youth Ki Awaaz
January 15, 2014
LGBTQI Speak Of Their Inspiring Struggle For Equal Rights Through These Powerful Picture Messages
Interview: Rituparna Borah
Rituparna Borah

Rituparna Borah, a queer feminist activist, and a member of Nirantar, Centre for Gender and Education, India sat down with Jasmine George…

By Jasmine George
January 1, 2014
Interview: Rituparna Borah
Voices: I Am Queer
A photo of spots of yellow light arranged in a bokeh pattern

  I look at you, a warm embrace, with arms, eyes, mind, heart and soul. You look at me, eyes…

By Asmi
January 1, 2014
Voices: I Am Queer
Issue In Focus: Perverse Justice
A poster that reads "No Going Back", with the word '377' crossed out. In front of it, there is rainbow-coloured Pride flag.

I am a perverse nomad. My journey encompasses cruising parks in Kolkata and New York City, friendships with didis of…

By Debanuj DasGupta
January 1, 2014
Issue In Focus: Perverse Justice
I Column: I Can See Clearly Now
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I knew that I was gay since time knows when. The society made me know. Be it my friend’s snarky…

By Guest Writer
January 1, 2014
I Column: I Can See Clearly Now
Voices: Finding Pride
A park in which multiple couples are seen sitting together at various points. There are two big trees on each side, casting shadows on the same-sex couple sitting in the very centre with their backs turned.

In Warsaw, it was a remnant.  My first lesson in language barriers came with an incorrect translation of the time…

By Sarah Holland Bacot
January 1, 2014
Voices: Finding Pride
Protest Against The Supreme Court Ruling On Section 377
White text against a black background which reads "Rage. No Going Back. 15 December 2013." The words '377' are crossed out, to protest Section 377.

[slideshow_deploy id=’1125′] Global Day of Rage Against Section 377. December 15, 2013. New Delhi, India. What: Section 377 of Indian Penal…

By Ankit Gupta
January 1, 2014
Protest Against The Supreme Court Ruling On Section 377
Voices: Terha Pakistan
Photo of a pride flag, representing seven colours of the rainbow.

‘Pakistan is a homophobic place,’ Karim continues. ‘As in any other conservative society, queers can have all the sex and…

By Hira Nabi
January 1, 2014
Voices: Terha Pakistan
मैं और तुम
An abstract photo of rocks and water.

    मैं अलग हूँ, कैसे? तुमने पूछा | मैंने तुम्हें लौटाया, खाली हाथ, बैरंग, छूछा | मेरा प्रेम बद्ध…

By Asmi
January 1, 2014
मैं और तुम
Reel Review: Tomboy – Innocent, Subversive, Powerful
A still from the movie "Tomboy", showing a young child in a white vest and blue jacket that's falling off her shoulders.

Celine Sciamma’s ‘Tomboy’, is a brilliantly woven tale that dissolves rigid gender and sexual boundaries and defies quite a few…

By Parigya Sharma
January 1, 2014
Reel Review: Tomboy – Innocent, Subversive, Powerful
The Editorial: Queer Rights
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Happy New Year! We hope all your desires and expectations for 2014 are fulfilled. Despite everything that has happened, we…

By TARSHI
January 1, 2014
The Editorial: Queer Rights
Delhi Pride – 2013
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[slideshow_deploy id=’489′] TARSHI at the Delhi Queer Parade 2013

By TARSHI
December 1, 2013
Delhi Pride – 2013