Archive for the tag Coming Out
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.
That Feeling Of Acceptance
Everyone around me seemed elated, not a single care in the world, and a fire in their eyes, a storm brewing.
The Queer Questionnaire #4: Pansexuality Demystified!
Bisexuality is defined as experiencing sexual attraction to two or more genders. Pansexuality, on the other hand, is an attraction to all genders.
Out, Loud and Proud, Mumbai Celebrates Its 10th Pride Parade!
A truly remarkable 10th year and exciting time for all of us.
The Queer Questionnaire #3: Where Do Gender-Fluid Individuals Fit In?
The Oxford English Dictionary defines 'gender-fluid' as "denoting or relating to a person who does not identify themselves as having a fixed gender."
The Queer Questionnaire #1: Am I Non-Binary Enough?
It's important to remember that at the end of the day, gender is a social construct––an idea that was established by society.
Short Comic : A Rehearsal Of Acceptance
Here is a beautiful story breaking away from this stereotype and shows that acceptance can come from anyone.
Show Review: “Transparent”, This Much-Acclaimed Show Is A Lesson In Trans Representation For The World!
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.
What A Queer Year! Recapping 2017 On Delhi’s College Campuses
Campus spaces are arenas where thinking minds have the freedom to engage in conversations, and discuss the otherwise allegedly ‘uncomfortable’ subjects.
Interview Aam Gaysi: I Am What I Am And Proud Of It
I am from a small town called Kamshet (Lonavala), where being open about your sexual orientation is considered a sin and people never accept it.
Queering Up 8 Popular Indian Monuments Part II
Through our imagination, we are making these spaces more welcoming for those who identify as LGBTQIA+ and value diversity.
Love Is Love Is Love: Delhi Celebrates Its 10th Pride Parade!
This year marks the 10th milestone of the LGBTQ+ community’s collective struggle to fight back against homophobia, transphobia, shame and stigma.
Despite Increasing Celebrations Of Queerness, Why Does The World Forget Our Intersex Friends?
Raised in an Orthodox Catholic family as a female, Michael hopes to transition to male in the future, but is apprehensive about how his family might react.
In Conversation With Gopi Shankar Madurai, The Intersex Activist Who Is Changing Lives And Gender Politics In India
Social work is being commercialized. We even call it social work rather than social service… helping others is not a kind of business.
Book Review: Forsaken, An AIDS Memoir By Alexandre Bergamini & Translated By Renuka George
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.
Interview Aam Gaysi: I Strongly Feel That Gaysis Need To Communicate In Local Indian Languages
For a long time, I prayed to God that I become a girl the next day and that people forget I was ever a boy -- because for me, to love a man, it was necessary to be a woman!
Book Review: Marriage Of A Thousand Lies By SJ Sindu
Narrative of traditional south-Asian families and their ideas of a fulfilling life is a central thread through the novel.
To Everybody Who Is Listening And Who Isn’t
I realised that my family being accepting was a privilege because there are so many others who would not be as accepting. But should it be a privilege?