Mariam sprang into being grown and without many memories. She was all gnawing emotion, all center, all now.
Mostly, she stayed in the corner, shivering and crouched down, often weeping, …
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Motherhood In A Colorful World (Part 1)
As emphasis is frequently placed on father and mother, marriage and family it seemed like the whole universe centered around the love between a man and a woman. This was particularly pertinent as this was a stage where she prepared to enter puberty and ‘boys’ and ‘love’ were soon going to be an important part of her life.
Straight But Not Narrow : My Brother Is Gay
Priya had so much fun marching. “I was very excited and happy to be part of Chennai’s first pride march. I wanted to show to my brother and the rest of the world, how much I support him. I wanted to show people that simple gestures like this from family member mean a lot to our gay brothers & sons”.
I Think I’m In The Closet Again
While I tried my hardest to be out and proud during that relationship with a man, I have now realized just how much I was benefiting from the heterosexual privilege. Even though my politics and identity were queer, many straight people treated me with the privileges of a fellow straight person since they saw that I was dating a man.
It’s In The Air
The faint whisper of love caught my attention today and it’s on rare occasions like these that my feelings find ink. I had decided to see ‘Love Actually’ (for the …
QAM 2011 (Mumbai) Flag Off Speech
QAM 2011 Flag of speech by Sonal Giani. The same has been translated from Hindi to English by Gaysi reader, Anwesha.
Starting Trouble
Okay, so it’s taken me 35 years to ‘get’ that I’ve always liked women. While it’s one thing to be a late bloomer (that could be cute sometimes, in the ‘awww, really?’ way)… it’s a completely different thing to be a total tube light. But the news is: this tube light is now ON (the ‘CEMA bulbs aur tubes’ TV commercial flashes before my eyes, with Sridevi in her tight frilly costume, and the entire jingle threatens to stay on repeat in my blank white mind).
QAM Report On TV 9 Intervention, Mumbai
The day started at a hectic pace at THE HUMSAFAR TRUST. Amidst all the din of daily work we were sending out mails , drafts of “letter of protests”. There were organisation letters as well as individual ones to be printed . There were flowers to be purchased and envelopes to be filled . We were all ready to counter TV9 against their reckless reporting of the social networking site Planet Romeo in Hyderabad.
Annals of the Old (Part 2) : Pookkaaramma
In a time when I was an ardent believer in a certain philosophy, I trusted flowers to be my messengers to the Higher Consciousness, and in a need to supplicate …
Meeting The Parents
Six months ago my parents came to the US to visit my sister. She lives few miles away from me. My parents were ready to visit me too as long as “that person” (my BF) was not present when they visit and I agreed not to talk about him. I was outraged. I said enough is enough, this is not fair, my partner is part of my family and I can’t accept my parent’s conditions. They didn’t budge. For most of their 6 month visit we didn’t see each other or talk. They were fine with that.
Qam United Protests Against TV9
Let’s protest together against the TV9Telugu Homophobia episode!
Jab We Met : Platinum Moment of Love
The biggest challenge is just figuring out how to be together. We started in a long distance relationship with her in Dubai and me here in India; now she’s here and I’m here, but there’s always my visa to consider. It’d be the same if Queen came to the US, just in reverse.
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She left me scattered. Every single time. Disassembled. Like the devastation left in the wake of a blissfully uncaring child running through a 10,000-piece jigsaw puzzle that had just been …
The 3rd Bangalore Queer Film Festival, 2011
Film schedule of the 3rd Bangalore Film Festival
I’ve Been In A Lesbian Relationship!
I was trying to figure out why it has been so stressful trying to explain my break-up situation to my straight friends, and then I saw this video and it occurred to me that it is simple – I’ve been in a lesbian relationship! Seriously, I could take you step-by-step through that video and give you examples from my relationship.
When Drag Heals, and Camp Fails
I first heard the The Rose (by Bette Midler) performed by a women’s a cappella quartet at Colgate University, in an on-campus coffee house during the dead of winter. How …
QAM 2011 : A Walk To Freedom
January 29th, 2011 was an incredible day on several accounts. (Many of which are not PG-13, so let’s skip those parts.) It was the day of the much-awaited (read: 18 months) Queer Azaadi March – my first ever out and proud march on the streets of Mumbai.
Musings of A Lesbian Mother
I’m a mother, first and foremost. I live for getting up with my babies in the morning, doing the little ones’ hair, and walking them to the bus stop. All …
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