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Who Can Touch My Privates? When? Where?
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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
Who Can Touch My Privates? When? Where?
Who am I?
A sketch of a woman’s face, covered in multi-coloured strings. In front of it, there’s a black and white outline of a figure with a mask on and holding up a microphone. In front of both figures, is the figure of a smaller woman, holding up a tray and facing behind.
Who am I?

In a world that attempts to reduce my identity to fit the contours of its control and domesticity, I choose to rebel through my existence.
By Abhaya Tatavarti
April 16, 2018
Who am I?
Whispers of the River
A rushing stream in a lush, green forest.
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
Whispers of the River
Where do we begin?
An office space with rows of desks. At the forefront are two desks with monitors, chairs and desk lamps. There are knick-knacks like a wooden statue of a cat, plan, a bottle containing amber-coloured liquid and cables.
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 we begin?
Where Do I Play?: Understanding the Transgender Body in Sport through “Football is a Pleasure that Hurts”
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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
April 15, 2026
Where Do I Play?: Understanding the Transgender Body in Sport through “Football is a Pleasure that Hurts”
Where Do I Go?
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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?
Where Do I Go?
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
Where Do I Go?
When Transparency Meets Fluidity, Dance Is Born
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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 Transparency Meets Fluidity, Dance Is Born
When the Waters Rise, We Stay Rooted
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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 Waters Rise, We Stay Rooted
When The Stigma Attached to Sex Deprives Women of Worker Status
Sex work and class: poster for the film 'chameli'
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
June 1, 2019
When The Stigma Attached to Sex Deprives Women of Worker Status
When the Game is Set Against You, Why Play By The Rules?
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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
When the Game is Set Against You, Why Play By The Rules?
When Sunaura Taylor and Judith Butler Go For a Walk
When Sunaura Taylor and Judith Butler Go For a Walk
August 1, 2014
When Sunaura Taylor and Judith Butler Go For a Walk
When Staying Is Not a Choice
Light streaks on a black wall that says "Stay Home"
When Staying Is Not a Choice

My gender, I have been told, can wait.
By Vihaan
April 15, 2026
When Staying Is Not a Choice
When Rights Aren’t Enough: Exploring Sexuality Education in India’s National Law Universities
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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
December 16, 2025
When Rights Aren’t Enough: Exploring Sexuality Education in India’s National Law Universities
When Pleasure And Pain Are Confused With Basic Rights
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When Pleasure And Pain Are Confused With Basic Rights

Though I come from a very conservative family, being open about female masturbation and watching porn didn’t seem to bother me. Yes, people have oohed and aahed at me for being so. I am still the same, proudly.
By Micky Nair
December 2, 2019
When Pleasure And Pain Are Confused With Basic Rights
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