My Past Few Days – A Neurodivergent Transwoman Speaks About Her Life After The Bill
As a neurodivergent queer person, I have always had problems with sudden input of triggering content.
Archive for the tag Transphobia
Video Release – Aravani Art Project: Proud To Be More
Jyothi and Purushi, artists from Aravani Art Project tell us how how they are proud to be more than the society's made-up versions of their worth.
Poem: A Transwoman’s Apology
I sit in my room every day now
Waiting for your call
To hear an “i love you” from you
With ‘you’ being all of me.
My Body Is Not An Error
Intersex people spend a lot of their lives doing this emotional labor for others because they are inherently responsible to be born an error.
[Pre-Order NOW] Indian Queer Horror Zine “NORMAL” And Get FREE Delivery
The idea behind NORMAL was to not only pay homage to the genre of horror – from some of its cult tropes, to taking it in extreme spaces – but do it while holding on to an inherently Indian, desi, voice.
The Miles Indian Companies Have To Go For An All Inclusive Workplace
At first glance, it may seem like firms concerned with their objectives of productivity and profitability seldom care about the life and preferences of their employees. However, in our naïveté we overlook the moral foundations that can make a toxic workplace different from a healthy, accepting one.
I’m Coming Out: Waking up From A Gender-Coma
Gypsy sometimes wondered what it was like to live inside the pink box…and play with those pretty things. At least it would distract from this monochrome life.
Film Review ‘Shaadi Ke Kapde’: A Much Needed Effort To Visibilise Transmen
From the expansive shots of Mumbai, we are eased into the ground with Sunny standing in a lift while their neighbours eye their masculinized attire.
Poem: Don’t Tell Me To Cut My Hair
An intellectual phenomenon, almost
Ready for you to stare at but never touch
And debate what these clothes mean, this hair, this skin, this nail hanging limply at the end of my
finger
Jijo Kuriakose On His Latest Short Film “Njan Sanjo” – The Story of a Trans Man in His Own Words
In an exclusive interview with team Gaysi, director Jijo Kuriakose shares his experiences working on Njan Sanjo and articulates his thoughts on the importance of self-representation in queer-centric media.
The Freak Within Me
I attempt to grapple with the reality of myself at eighteen. My 240-pound lumpen body devours most of the frame. A fence of scraggy hair runs through my face and torso like barbed wire.
Book Review: “A Gift of Goddess Lakshmi – A Candid Biography of India’s First Transgender Principal” By Manobi Bandhopadhyay with Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey
Manobi, like most trans persons, has lived through her share of ordeals to emerge resilient. Furthermore, she has formidable credentials, with a PhD in Bengali Literature and authorship to multiple other books, magazines, and hundreds of newspaper articles.
Film Review: Super Deluxe
Super Deluxe steals you away for the entire show. It’s a brilliant piece of work. Unfortunately, in the theatre, I heard a few mocking laughs and snickers during the scenes with Shilpa, who is transgender.
Taking The Bully By Its Horn [In Hindi]
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What Is A Bully?
Here in India, not much data is available on bullying in educational institutions let alone on bullying of queer children and young adults. But we do know that it happens.
Achche Din Aayenge? The Road To Indian Elections 2019
The partially scrapping of Section 377 has been a long time coming, and unfortunately, due to this, the general homophobic, misogynistic and patriarchal mindset that most cis-het Indians have had for centuries, has not changed much.
Love That Connects People: The Need For Queer Narratives For A Diverse Bangladesh
We believe this campaign will help change minds in Bangladesh by promoting a level of understanding and awareness of our community, which in Bangladesh currently, is desperately missing.
Straight But Cross
Are you wondering why I am talking about gender and sex? Like you do now, I too had many questions, curiosities and anxieties about gender and sex.
To Bollywood- We’re here, We’re Queer, And It’s Time You Noticed
With streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime, there has emerged a wonderful uncensored space for Indians to be able to access content.
The Ugly, Bad, and Good in Nandini Krishnan’s Invisible Men & 5 ‘Woke’ Critiques You Must Check Out
It is the trans community itself which has criticized the work severely, citing misrepresentation and misgendering of the community as well as the Meitei community in Manipur. They have called out the casteism, ableism, and the Brahminical overtones among other problematic elements.
