The Day Sam Smith Turned Gay
One day she excitedly told me about how she recently read an article on Facebook titled "10 celebrities you probably didn’t know were Gay" and found out that Sam Smith was gay.
Archive for the tag Coming Out
7 Real-Life Narratives Of Desi-Queers Out At Work
At home, one must be loved, comfortable and able to grow. Identity and acceptance are a large part of how good and welcome someone feels in their ‘home’.
Navigating My Desiness At The New York City Pride Parade
As flyers and posters flood the streets of New York City, I think to myself: what if I do this? What if, for one day, my queerness, my transness, my identity was out in the streets?
Poem: This Heart Is Full Of Love
At the age of 18, I was in a railway station when I saw her
In a sari, decked up.
With flowers in her hair and I felt something.
Attraction? Nothing mild about it.
Desi-Queer Lives After Trump
To put rest to this curiosity, I decided to ask a few friends from the USA how life is different; being queer and ethnically different in a home away from home.
Coming Out Soon With Navin Noronha
He tackles coming out of the closet like Attila the Hun, with a hysterical tale of his own coming out and the challenges and reactions of his families, friends and peers.
Pride At Home
Having been out to my parents for some time, I didn’t expect any resistance, and I didn’t expect any excitement either. Like my sexual and gender identity, this too was just some random thing happening in my life that they chose to stay unbothered about.
Film Review: Love, Simon By Greg Berlanti
For years we have created all sort of genres with hetero-cis plotlines, perhaps Love, Simon proves to be the gateway to mainstreaming the same for queer narratives.
Bi The Way
The worst of it all came when someone told me bisexual erasure is fake
Hash And Manga On Love In Sri Lanka
By being there for each other & loving each other the way we do, I don’t think we have to prove it to anyone. We are stronger together and people see that.
Why Drag?
In my 27 years of existence, I’ve embodied various personas and roles. Even today, I behave slightly differently in the office, around parents, at a party and when I’m alone in my room.
Film Review: Center Of My World
This is a 2016 German coming of age drama that focuses on the trials and tribulations of young love, friendship, jealousy, and family.
Short Story: How To Write Sex Scenes
Love, to me, is being comfortable with another person and not having to be someone else.
Film Review: Call Me By Your Name
This film doesn’t smack you over the head with its queerness; it’s not a Public Service Announcement for Gay Rights.
Photo Essay: Women Of Queerabad
On Sunday the 18th of February city of Ahmedabad's witnessed its first major Pride march.
To Papa, With Love.
Papa, I have not been an ideal child. We have fought plenty over the choices I have made in life.
Queerabad: The Ahmedabad Queer Pride Parade
Pride was not only interpreted as being proud of one-self, but it was also about collectively standing up against pervasive shame.
8 Things I Learned From My First Pride March in 2018
Pride marches are about acceptance. People from a wide range of spectrum come together for ONE DAY in a year to celebrate their existence and their individuality.
Poem: And Love, They Will
I feel stuck in my skin
This isn't who I am,
And will they ever believe that I'm a woman?
If I'm born a man.
Snatched Wigs & Snatched Attention: Mumbai LGBTQ+ Pride, 2018
Whether I love doing drag, I am yet to figure.
