Agneepath : A Rebuttal

Why is it okay to show Hijra as scheming but not violent? Firstly, the movie did not spend enough time on the character development of the Hijras. As I saw it, they were shown as supportive of Vijay and loyal and fierce. They rise up in arms against a mob of cruel men that have thronged to witness and participate in the auction of a girl. What’s wrong with that?

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Banished from India: Part Two

(Part Two of Banished from India: A Two-Part Story with Audience Participation)

The Audience Participation in response to Part One was so thoughtful, I can’t help but feel that many …

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The De Taali Gig : A Support For The Hijra Community

Do support De Taali again by attending our Gig to fight for Hijras who deserve as many opportunities as you and me.

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Banished From India: A Two-Part Story with Audience Participation

As a child, I traveled to India every four years with my family to see relatives. I hated it because I got deathly sick from dysentery, because my parents tried to dress me up in girly clothes, because relatives pinched my cheeks too hard. I would now say I had the luxury to hate it.

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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?

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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

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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.

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Book Review: Homosexuality in Islam

Scott Kugle’s Homosexuality in Islam, is a must read for Queer people of all faiths (not just Muslims) and also for feminists, atheists and other minorities that challenge patriarchy.

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Too Late

It was after her fifteenth birthday that she realised there was something a little different about her. All her friends seemed to have changed – they dressed better, seemed more interested …

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Remembering Gaurav : A Report on Dupont Vigil

“I did not know Gaurav Gopalan personally. But after attending his vigil on Sunday night at Dupoint, I wish I had.” says Anita Balan.

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Good Night Prince! : A Tribute To Gaurav Gopalan

Friends & family of Gaurav Gopalan as well as politicians and LGBT community activists gathered in Dupont Circle Sunday night for a candlelight vigil in memory of Gopalan, who was killed in Columbia Heights earlier this month. Shiva Subbaraman shares her memories and pays tribute to Gaurav.

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Desi Gay Engineer’s Death in US Ruled As A Homicide

The D.C. Medical Examiner disclosed on Tuesday that gay engineer Gaurav Gopalan, who was found dead Sept. 10, was blunt force trauma to the head and that the death has been ruled a homicide.

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Justice Served : McDonalds Perpetrator Gets Five Years

The woman who repeatedly kicked, punched and dragged a 22-year-transgender woman across a Baltimore McDonald’s floor in April was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison

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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.

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Tiny Story : What Is The Big Deal?

It was a regular summer morning in Chennai. The clock said 8:15 AM in the Courier service office in Tambaram. Employees were walking in one by one to start their …

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Petition Protesting Treatment of Hijras by Indian Railways

Please sign the online petition protesting the treatment of Hijras by Indian Railways. Please encourage friends, families and allies to sign.

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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.

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