young people and sexuality

Why is it difficult to say, “I’m bisexual”?
A still from the film Batman & Robin

Being an adolescent is never easy. It is the beginning of one’s life journey to answering the ultimate existential question:…

By Shaleen Chrisanne
July 1, 2020
Why is it difficult to say, “I’m bisexual”?
Young People and Sexuality – The perspective of two queer allies
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As we sat down brainstorming about what course we were going to take next for As You Are (AYA –…

By Aditi and Sunali
July 1, 2020
Young People and Sexuality – The perspective of two queer allies
Poems by Nhylar
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1. A Certain Type of Life  since the age of 16 I idealised a certain type of life involving certain…

By Nhylar
July 1, 2020
Poems by Nhylar
Dismantling a sex-trafficking pyramid
A still from the Netflix series Jeffery Epstein – Filthy Rich

Every Friday my organisation Red Dot Foundation hosts a SafeCircle, an online space for listening and for sharing experiences of…

By Elsa Marie D'Silva
July 1, 2020
Dismantling a sex-trafficking pyramid
Shame, shame!
A still from the film What Will People Say?

I discovered the movie What Will People Say? while browsing Netflix. Growing up in a society in which people are…

By Nidhi Chaudhary
July 1, 2020
Shame, shame!
From ‘I wish I knew!’ to ‘Is it right to tell them this?’
A watercolour image of a woman

I wish my elders had told me about more than just bleeding when they talked about menstruation. I wish they…

By Asmi
July 1, 2020
From ‘I wish I knew!’ to ‘Is it right to tell them this?’
Brushstrokes: Closets
A part of the webcomic ‘Closets’

Robot Hugs, in their insightful comic, take on closets as inherently oppressive structures built to uphold what is acceptable and…

By Curated Content
July 1, 2020
Brushstrokes: Closets
Video: Run When Mom Calls | Sumukhi Suresh | Don’t Tell Amma
A still from Sumukhi Suresh's 'I Run When My Mom Calls'

Stand-up comedian Sumukhi Suresh’s video I Run When my Mom Calls, part of her performance Don’t Tell Amma, is a…

By Curated Content
July 1, 2020
Video: Run When Mom Calls | Sumukhi Suresh | Don’t Tell Amma