TBTS Call for Submissions
Call for for submissions of experiences, poetry/prose, photography and art from gender non-conforming folks from different LGBTTSGNC and queer people of color (QPOC) groups, organizations, and individuals.
Archive for authorRashmi
Rashmi grew up in India and now she enjoys her time living in one of the queerest places in the world. She started transitioning a while back and is gradually coming out to people she thinks are cool enough for her. She enjoys discussing any topic under the sun and has an opinion about anything and everything. She thinks of herself as someone who can only hold intelligent conversations with people, when in reality she is totally insane and crazy, not to mention she has been highly hormonal recently. *GRIN*
Kelly Osbourne: I’m Retiring the Word ‘Tranny’… Will You Join Me?
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On “Passing”
Is a petite-fair skinned person any more of a woman than a larger-dark skinned person? Is the tall-lanky-size zero woman any more real than a short-plus sized woman? Is a married-mom any more real than a career-focused-single woman? If that is the case, then why should a self-identifying not-assigned-woman-at-birth woman be any less of a woman than a woman who was assigned so at birth and raised as a woman?
The Indians Without Laws
Forget willing your property to a long-time partner, the law doesn’t recognise her; Don’t dance too hard in a gay party, you could be booked for indecent behaviour; Facing domestic …
Pakistan Transgender Voting Rights Approved
Pakistani Trans-folks have been given Voting Rights. It is interesting how any country can offer a basic right that every citizen should implicitly gain by being a citizen of that …
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance or TDoR i is a day dedicated to honoring trans folks who have died outside of natural circumstances.
Trikone Launches Their “It Gets Better” Video
On Friday October 28th, 2011 Trikone launched their “It Gets Better” video in San Francisco.
Gay Hindus Seek Inclusive Festivities
Though most of the Hindu festivals are largely religious, we do pretty much the same thing like any other culture in the world – we congregate, cook food, eat them …
“Coming Out, Coming Home” Writing Workshops with D’Lo
Trikone and D’Lo have teamed up to create a protected environment in which people can openly and creatively share their story and coming out process. Our stories are unique and …
Non-hijra Transgenders Struggle For Identity
Hijra isn’t the only transgender identity. There are others, such as female-to-male transgenders, who don’t draw attention to themselves, and struggle to find recognition as anything but a ‘deviant’ community, …
Event Review : Brihannala
Chennai-based performer Aniruddhan Vasudevan’s monologue mixes storytelling, spoken word, classical dance and music to explore the performance of gender and sexuality. As he performs Brihannala – it becomes a reference point for his own performance of gender, his desires and the questions that arise therein.
Janaki : Daughter of the Dirt
Janaki – Daughter of the Dirt is a story of ancient archetypes that reflects modern day dilemmas. It is the journey of a young woman who looks to her own personal superhero, “Sita” (also known as “Janaki”) for answers to life’s problems. Only this Sita is not the perfect woman as is portrayed in the ancient “Ramayana”.
Movie Review : Gun Hill Road
Harmony Santana dazzles in this drama as a trans teen, Vanessa and her struggling relationship with her just returned-from-prison dad, played wonderfully by Esai Morales and a semi accepting mom, played by Judy Reyes . The movie is set in Bronx,NY.
Call For Submissions : Anthology of South Asian Queer Erotica
We want stories of queer love, lust and craving. Sex, however you may define it, should be a big part of the story.
Gender Markers and Drivers Licence
This is pretty awesome if it goes through.
With the myriad and sometimes ambiguous rules concerning birth sex, passport, birth certificate, doctors certificate, therapists letters, blah blah blah and with …
Indian Railways Eradicate The Menace
The use of the word “eunuch” is deplorable. Like a million trans folks and a billion Indians in this world, I am personally very offended by the use of this word.
Trans Folks & Women-Only Spaces
One can never come with just one factor to differentiate Gender. Gender-only spaces should be inclusive and let people self-identify rather than pushing their idea of someone else down the throats. Isn’t feminism all about an individual choice of determination rather than the patriarchal world telling women how to behave, dress, act, work, etc.? Then why the hypocrisy?
Poll : Phobia At Workplace
What would you do should a co-worker pass a anti-Queer comment or slur at your workplace?
Not Your Tragic Trans Narrative
What if a person is truly happy with the body they have yet present themselves in a role that is not socially conforming? Shouldn’t trans folks be allowed to define who and what they are?
QWOCMAP 7th Annual Film Festival
I had the opportunity to volunteer at the QWOCMAP’s 7th Film festival this past weekend. A festival that welcomes filmmakers to talk about queer love, life, romance, sex, relationships, and …
