Sexuality

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
Nightmares of Being Chased by an Angry Mob
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Nightmares of Being Chased by an Angry Mob

My foray of offering support in both the fields of sexual wellness and mental health was unplanned to say the…
By Pooja Priyamvada
September 1, 2022
Nightmares of Being Chased by an Angry Mob
Queer mental health and therapy
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Queer mental health and therapy

In 2019, I was diagnosed with a chronic mental illness. “What is recovery and how do I find it?” was…
By Anuckriti Garg
September 1, 2022
Queer mental health and therapy
Of Identity and Belongings: The Gatekeeping within Queer Spaces
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Of Identity and Belongings: The Gatekeeping within Queer Spaces

I went to a girls’ high school and for somebody who had spent the last ten years in a co-ed…
By Shubhangi
September 1, 2022
Of Identity and Belongings: The Gatekeeping within Queer Spaces
Editorial – Movement and Sexuality
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Editorial – Movement and Sexuality

This issue of In Plainspeak while inviting us to embrace the joys and pleasure in movement, also questions the ways in which movements are facilitated or obstructed, visibilised or invisibilised, and the spaces that we must envision to find freedom in/to movement.
By TARSHI
May 19, 2022
Editorial – Movement and Sexuality
Issue in Focus
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Issue in Focus

Expanding contexts give the word ‘movement’ different meanings and value. Physical, conceptual, technological, relationship, emotional, mental, power, knowledge, ability, access, may be amongst the contexts immediately identified.

By Shikha Aleya
May 3, 2022
Issue in Focus
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