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Why is it difficult to say, “I’m bisexual”?

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

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

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

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 ElsaMarie D'Silva

July 1, 2020

Dismantling a sex-trafficking pyramid

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?’

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?’

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

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Themes

In Plainspeak publishes two issues with a theme every month. A cross-cutting theme across all issues is how we can expand safe, inclusive self-affirming spaces.

CURRENT ISSUE:

May 2023: Humour and Sexuality

Humour, by reflecting the absurdity of human pettiness and prejudices, can be a subversive tool to resist and challenge dominant narratives of sexuality. How can we joke about sex and sexuality in a way that is affirming of our pleasures and rights? Is it possible to be funny and politically correct? Where do we draw the line, and who do we consider, in the context of what may be offensive/insensitive and what is not? In what ways can humour be effectively used to talk about sexuality and related subjects in a way that is fun and funny without being facile? In the May issue of In Plainspeak, we further explore some of these and other ideas about Humour and Sexuality.

UPCOMING ISSUES:

June 2023: Body and Sexuality

July 2023: Food and Sexuality

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