Sexuality

Queer Spatiality Facilitates Queer Connections: The Pandemic Took It Away
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Queer Spatiality Facilitates Queer Connections: The Pandemic Took It Away

The space where we get an education and form our ideas about the world, and especially about people who are not like us (read: minorities) holds importance, especially for me as a queer Bahujan person.
By Rajeev Anand Kushwah
November 15, 2022
Queer Spatiality Facilitates Queer Connections: The Pandemic Took It Away
Building Safe Spaces In Threatening Places
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Building Safe Spaces In Threatening Places

If sharing was a proverbial coin at the rehabilitation facility, connections were one side of it, and sexuality was the other. Men and women were not allowed to touch one another – no handshakes or hugs or an eager slap on the back.

By Trijita
November 15, 2022
Building Safe Spaces In Threatening Places
Walks, Braids, Miranda, and Memories
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Walks, Braids, Miranda, and Memories

This was the time we were growing up, learning new things, reading new books and discovering something new almost every day, and this all-women space provided an opportunity to do that without requiring any pretence or catering to the male gaze.

By Ambica Naithani
November 15, 2022
Walks, Braids, Miranda, and Memories
The many hues of connections
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The many hues of connections

Connection, to my mind, is one of those profoundly entrenched concepts manifesting itself throughout our lives. It is difficult to let go of.

By Adsa Fatima
October 17, 2022
The many hues of connections
Happily Ever After: Review of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
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Happily Ever After: Review of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

This film reminds us of the power of connections in finding pleasure, joy, confidence and healing.
By ElsaMarie D'Silva
October 17, 2022
Happily Ever After: Review of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
So what if I’m my own voyeur? — Connections and Disconnections with Desire(s)
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So what if I’m my own voyeur? — Connections and Disconnections with Desire(s)

Funnily enough, porn played a massive role in helping me articulate my queerness (I am pansexual) and my even queerer desires.
By Ankita Dhar Karmakar
October 17, 2022
So what if I’m my own voyeur? — Connections and Disconnections with Desire(s)
Where do we begin?
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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?
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?
The Chronicles of the Changing Room: Reclaiming the Cubicle of Doom
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The Chronicles of the Changing Room: Reclaiming the Cubicle of Doom

I pride myself on being a fast learner. Yet it took me an embarrassingly long time to realise that shopping,…
By Sanskriti Bhardwaj
September 19, 2022
The Chronicles of the Changing Room: Reclaiming the Cubicle of Doom
“Darlings”: Two Women, One Story
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“Darlings”: Two Women, One Story

Darlings, a recent Netflix release featuring Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah and their endearing performances, wins our hearts. In the…
By Anuja Das
September 19, 2022
“Darlings”: Two Women, One Story
Sunflowers on a Frosty Morning
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Sunflowers on a Frosty Morning

A few days ago, in a telephonic conversation with my mother, I was made aware of the inadequacies of my…
By Neel
September 19, 2022
Sunflowers on a Frosty Morning
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
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Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’

A room of one’s own You couldn’t begin to say the self Before someone helps you finish — Self-centred Self-serving…
By Carol D'Souza
September 19, 2022
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
This is how we do it
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This is how we do it

We need to recognise that mental health stressors that queer people face are not because something is inherently wrong with them.
By Shruti Chakravarty
September 1, 2022
This is how we do it
Interview – Deepa Pawar
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Interview – Deepa Pawar

Deepa Pawar is the Managing Trustee & Founder Director of Anubhuti Trust, and is well-known for her work with NT-DNT…
By Shikha Aleya
September 1, 2022
Interview – Deepa Pawar
Obedience, the Greater Good and Self-Exploration
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Obedience, the Greater Good and Self-Exploration

I distinctly remember an adult male member of my extended family saying, “Cover up your chest with a dupatta. You…
By Taniya Mondal
September 1, 2022
Obedience, the Greater Good and Self-Exploration
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