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.
By Loki Apr 16 2018 |
This is a 2016 German coming of age drama that focuses on the trials and tribulations of young love, friendship, jealousy, and family.
By Anurag Mukhia Apr 11 2018 |
This film doesn’t smack you over the head with its queerness; it’s not a Public Service Announcement for Gay Rights.
By Riddhi Dastidar Apr 4 2018 |
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.
By Loki Mar 20 2018 |
I remember watching the L word in the early years of college when I didn’t move with the feminist agency I do now. As a younger more impressionable queer woman, the highbrow posh characters of the show sunk their teeth in fast and I was hooked. But something seemed off.
By Rhea Dangwal Mar 7 2018 |
What is pleasing about the episodes is that it gives us an insight into a relationship that faces its common ups and downs.
By Krupa Joseph Feb 28 2018 |
Addressing the audience, the choir stressed on the fact that through their performances, and the power of music, they wish to eradicate discrimination, oppression, ignorance, and prejudice.
By Roshan Kokane Feb 19 2018 |
Throughout the performance, I could sense that Ehsaas is not a play that demands acceptance. In fact, it goes beyond the point of breaking the binary and looking at acceptance and dignity as a basic human right.
By Roshan Kokane Feb 7 2018 |
Out director and LGBT rights activist Kwang-soo’s debut feature film "Two Weddings and a Funeral" is a South Korean romantic comedy film.
By Anurag Mukhia Jan 29 2018 |
The show is lauded as a landmark in transgender representation on television and film, with Soloway enacting a "transfirmative action program", where showmakers hire transgender applicants in preference to cisgender people.
By Nikita Saxena Dec 20 2017 |
Carmilla is one of the few current shows known for its diverse cast featuring people of colour and of different sexual identities and religious backgrounds; it also deals with these topics subtly and sensitively, which gives this show a universal appeal.
By Nikita Saxena Dec 7 2017 |
Sulu is a happy-go-lucky and fun-loving person, a practical joker, quick-tempered but incredibly protective and loving towards her family.
By Nikita Saxena Nov 21 2017 |
If this book has to be a homage to anything, it should be to the strength that the writer displays as he chronicles his life before and after being diagnosed seropositive.
By Tanya S Oct 24 2017 |
Narrative of traditional south-Asian families and their ideas of a fulfilling life is a central thread through the novel.
By Krupa Joseph Oct 18 2017 |
There is no drama or scripted dialogues; instead, we get raw emotions and the reality of Cleo and her fiancé’s worlds.
By Krupa Joseph Oct 4 2017 |
God Loves Hair, Shraya tells us, and indeed, why wouldn’t God love hair? It is a part of one’s body and one’s body is sacred and not something to be ashamed of, and this is what Shraya’s text invokes
By Tanya S Sep 28 2017 |
The show has its moments, but for the most, it is something you have to power through if you turn off your brain.
By Krupa Joseph Sep 13 2017 |
The film is the result of honest conversations with parents, grandparents and young people who identify as LGBTQ+.
By priya Sep 5 2017 |
What is striking about Namjoshi’s work is the way she always looks at identity collectively and does not treat religious, sexual, racial, class and caste identity as separate strands.
By Sunflower Jul 12 2017 |
What makes this book mesmerising is its simplicity in telling us a tale of a man who existence impacts a seemingly peaceful family in ways more than one.
By Krupa Joseph Jun 13 2017 |
