Singing In A Choir Helped Me Find My Queer Community
Over the past 2 years, I have learned more about the community's needs. My space has been acknowledged and my voice encouraged.
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Short Fiction: A Christmas Gift
Every year, she needed a nudge into Christmas. Although the parents simply adored their only child’s youthful, resolute enthusiasm for Christmas festivities, and went along with her every step of the way on all the ridiculously elaborate menus she planned (and more), they did it more for her, she knew.
Action and Activism with Adam Eli
In this age of social platforms, online activism is omnipresent and political engagement often ends at its inception — with a lone tweet or Instagram story, Adam stands above with his commitment to real world action.
Photo Essay: After 377, What Do Desi-Queers Want?
On 25th November, Delhi hosted its first Pride March after Supreme Court of India partially decriminalised Section 377 of IPC, and we ventured out to know from the march walkers about how they feel, and what changes do they see in this pride.
Graphic Story: Booked!
Can feelings of comfort and safety come in the form of a person?
Graphic Story: Matching With Serendipity
For Hayle, a few swipes helped her find a home that can be carried around like a favourite cuddly blanket of comfort around the world.
Poem: Madness
Mad love
of long-lost diaries
pages spilled with secrets
laid open
for me to devour.
Graphic Story: A Lip-Smackingly Amazing Match
Our is our first user sent Tinder story!
My Kind Of Queer
While questioning my gender and understanding the ‘concepts’ of masculinity and femininity only came to me years later, that was an eye-opener for me.
Poem: Heartbeat
No red, no yellow, no grey,
How do hearts actually beat;
When we say goodbye?
My Friends Were There When Family Failed
The mornings of Mumbai winters aren't particularly chilly but that day I felt chills run down my body and it sort of made me shiver but then again.
ME WE Makes Room For The Great Grand In-Between
The art within these walls and stairwells has already found its ways into art collections and audience’s homes and offices. Finally, there is room to breathe. Me We provides that, and raises the bar for LGBTQ art exhibits.
Poem: Headline
The headline
Screams the news,
Of her love letter to her
Where words bared their souls;
While clothed in desire.
Erotica: Beyond Balconies Part 2
For a moment, I felt numbed by these thoughts. But my heart was adamant. I had to try, life is too small to not express what lies in our heart.
Erotica: Beyond Balconies Part 1
I remember how I used to incorporate my creativity to my exhibitionism, a different scene every time, from coming out in balcony in towel to hang my underwear for drying in sun and dropping my towel by mistake to playing in torn underwear from front and back, I tried all.
Graphic Story: I Wanted To Be The Man Of The House
In the process of sorting through blurry, old memories and trying to over-analyse them, I found the answer in a game that most of us played when we were kids, “Ghar Ghar”.
Queer Is Power
The presence of someone queer has always been powerful. This is not just because the individual is or was powerful, but also because the difference that they bring to the standard ways of life.
The 2nd Out And Loud – Pune International Queer Film Fest: Understanding Humanity Through Cinema
For me, the best thing about any Queer Film Fest is that in a short period of three days, these movies expose you to the gigantic spectrum of issues and narratives of LGBTQ+ people all around the globe.
Graphic Fiction: Colors & Promises
I could feel her hands on the small of my back, longing to feel the rest of me, but hesitant.
The 9th Bangalore Queer Film Festival : A Celebration Of Cinema And Sentiments
The 9th edition of the Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF), that spanned from 9th March to 11th March, screened a staggering 89 films from over 30 countries.
