Sexuality
Who would we be if we weren’t trying to survive? A Conversation on the Survival Myth
What does it mean to hold space and extend compassion to ourselves and our communities? Rachel Cargle reminds us to ask ourselves: who would we be if we weren’t trying to survive? Similarly, what would care and vulnerability look like if we weren’t trying to survive? The anarchy of queerness constantly and necessarily resists the capitalist engineering of the Survival Myth: one that wants us to endure an isolated life instead of embracing it with the radically transformative joy of togetherness. Caring for yourself precedes, succeeds, and exists alongside caring for the collective.
By Rukmini and Soumya
Who Can Touch My Privates? When? Where?
Marking the genitalia as ‘private’ is somehow expected of parents who want to make sure that their kids don’t allow predators in. However, this duty should be followed at the right time with a conversation about sex, which will open the door to speaking about sexuality
By Abdullah Erikat
September 2, 2019
Whispers of the River
We spoke about everything and nothing at once, her presence like a balm to an ache I hadn’t realised I carried.
By Abishek Philip
December 18, 2024
Where do we begin?
The connection between mental and emotional wellbeing and stigmatised identities is perhaps most easily understood and therefore a good entry…
By Shikha Aleya
September 19, 2022
Where Do I Play?: Understanding the Transgender Body in Sport through “Football is a Pleasure that Hurts”
I had hoped to play through the pain of it all.
By Imaan Hegde
Where Do I Go?
As renowned queer scholar Judith Butler said, “For those who are still looking to become possible, possibility is a necessity.” This is essential but also easier said than done.
By Smita Vanniyar
April 1, 2019
Where Do I Go?
As renowned queer scholar Judith Butler said, “For those who are still looking to become possible, possibility is a necessity.” This is essential but also easier said than done.
By Smita Vanniyar
January 2, 2020
When Transparency Meets Fluidity, Dance Is Born
I just celebrated my twenty years in India last October and designed a performance for the occasion: ‘What is dance?’…
By Gilles Chuyen
January 1, 2015
When the Waters Rise, We Stay Rooted
The skills, networks, and resilience we’ve built over years aren’t just stories from the margins; they’re tools the whole system can learn from.
By Satbhan Singh
August 19, 2025
When The Stigma Attached to Sex Deprives Women of Worker Status
This stigma of caste, class and sexuality is a pervasive amalgamation of socio-cultural mindsets that take root and function in myriad complex ways, and paint working women in broad, sweeping, agency-less brush strokes.
By Mahika Banerji
When the Game is Set Against You, Why Play By The Rules?
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” — J. Krishnamurti Sexuality for…
By Simran Kewlani and Vasudha Ramani
September 19, 2022
April 15, 2026
When Rights Aren’t Enough: Exploring Sexuality Education in India’s National Law Universities
Without explicit attention to desire, intimacy, and emotional negotiation, legal concepts remain abstract rather than practicable.
By Prerna