Sexuality
A Gay Man’s Daughter
Were there more people like my father? Was it legal? I read about sexual diversity and how people of all sexual orientations should have the same rights[1], the LGBT community, and so on, and what the law says about them. Though the picture is not a completely happy one, a lot of work is going on in this area and there is still hope for the future.
By Anonymous
December 2, 2019
A Critical Analysis Of The Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2016
The bill exhibits a lack of understanding of agency which ought to be given to a woman; that a woman should be able to make decisions when the question is with regard to her body. There is no need for the State to be the Big Brother.
By Curated Content
A Chicken Tikka Roll For Real Men
Bakasura Chicken Tikka Roll. 100% Wholesome. Made for Real Men. In the home delivery menu card of a local restaurant,…
By Shikha Aleya
October 1, 2015
A Café of Our Own?: The Politics of Queer Spatiality in Urban India
This essay is a brief rumination about queer café’s in urban India. Written as part reflection, part recollection, this essay…
By Swati Vijaya and Debanuj Dasgupta
December 18, 2017
A Cafe Of Our Own?: The Politics Of Queer Spatiality In Urban India
Queer cafés are not exempt from the fast changing landscape of Indian metropolitan areas and offer both inclusion as well as exclusion from the promise of a queer utopia.
By Swati Vijaya and Debanuj Dasgupta
A Beginners’ Guide To Being A Bisexual Muslim
Raising your head shyly, you stumble over your words as you ask if you can marry a woman instead. Instantly, your lungs seem to fill with a tsunami of panic, as you witness his usually warm eyes crackle – the first grey clouds of a storm saturating the brown hue of his eyeballs.
By Curated Content
November 15, 2019
6 Reasons Telling Women Their Power Is in Their Sexuality Is Not Empowering
This article was reposted from Everyday Feminism. December 14, 2015 by Suzannah Weiss One night, my college boyfriend, two of his female…
By Curated Content
3 Ways to Rethink Masculinity as a Newly Masculine-Presenting Person
Being a man isn’t about domination, and it definitely isn’t about subjugation of feminine people. We need to find a way to re-frame masculinity so that it isn’t diametrically opposed to respectful and equal gender relations.
By Curated Content
October 15, 2019
(In)Convenient Choices and Queer Affective Lives: The Story of My Mother and Me
My mother and I have both made certain choices, sometimes inconvenient for me, sometimes difficult for her, but those choices have revealed to me the strength of our relationship and alternative possibilities that she and I can imagine together.
By Sohini Chatterjee
‘From Son to Father’
Dear Dad, There are times when I find writing a largely unproductive and tiresome exercise. For much of what is…
By Sahil Sood
December 4, 2017
“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
“Breathe. All is Well” — How I Dealt With My Panic Attacks
I am not pleased about everything that happened, but I accept that these are my experiences. I accept that I have grown through them, built more invisible muscle. Most of all I accept that it is with the help and support of a diverse array of souls, relationships, and ordinary chuff-chuffing that I can do and be many of the things my spirit is; my life is more than the parts that panicked, and I accept and look after those bits too.
By Curated Content
November 15, 2019
… that feels so personal to me as a teenage girl, because it is indeed, “so confusing sometimes to be a girl.”