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February is an important time to the aromantic movement across the world, and it needs acknowledging especially due to the co-occurence of the hyper-romantic Valentine's Day. The month's final week is commemorated as Aro Spec Awareness Week (ASAW) and is devoted to the dissemination of aromantic knowledge & awareness. This is to ensure that aromantic spectrum voices and concerns are heard and understood.
What I Learnt About the Male Gaze By Falling In Love With A Mannequin
The popular notion that lesbians desire like men is infuriating: our affections may be directed towards the same subset of the population but we neither experience nor express them in a similar fashion. However, as evident by the movies that I would gravitate towards, my perception of women was unwittingly steeped in the ‘male gaze’.
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Opinion
Ought To Know Aro Adventures, When Aurea Meets Gaysi.
February is an important time to the aromantic movement across the world, and it needs acknowledging especially due to the co-occurence of the hyper-romantic Valentine's Day. The month's final week is commemorated as Aro Spec Awareness Week (ASAW) and is devoted to the dissemination of aromantic knowledge & awareness. This is to ensure that aromantic spectrum voices and concerns are heard and understood.
Queerness In Conflict-Affected And State-Occupied Regions
The way I see it, people in these parts of the world, regardless of their gender or sexuality, may find it hard to feel safe as-is. This experience may be magnified for the local queer communities, and remaining closeted may be the norm.
In Disaffection With The State of Things
Ravi’s crime: editing and sharing a Fridays for Future ‘toolkit’ Google doc, on understanding the farmers’ protest that has been sweeping and affecting the nation. In other words, it’s a crime to be a politically and civically conscious, young woman in what is somehow unironically and proudly touted as the world’s largest “democracy”.
Romance In Retrospect: Queer Films That Say More Cause You Gotta Know
Heteronormative culture doesn't want anything to do with characters like Carol or Elio, so society doesn't want them on screen for too long before a pair of tits stick up or a death scene shakes up the audience.
LGBT Marriage Myths Busted
While we deserve recognition in the eyes of civil law, we don’t owe anybody the performance of the mainstream narrative. Here’s a list of reasons why.
News
Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriages, Where Are We Now?
The Centre has rejected the request for approval of same-sex marriages, invoking the principle of 'the Indian family structure'.
Brazil To Set Up A Trans Hiring Quota In Large Firms
As Brazil hopes to set up trans hiring quota, a look at trans affirmative action in India.
Universities Now Require Government Approval for Virtual International Events on India’s ‘Internal Matters’
The expression "internal matters" is so broad that it covers nearly any subject of concern to academics. For instance, the recent farmers' protest relates to India's internal affairs, as does the government's treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic, or caste concerns, or even the pros and cons of demonetization.
Malaysian Government Is Set To Strengthen Repressive LGBTQ+ Sanctions
Until 2018, according to various human rights campaigners, Malaysian courts had never actually executed caning sentences for same-sex conduct of relationships. However, in September 2018, the Terengganu state levied a caning sentence on two women convicted of having same-sex relations. Following that, in November 2019, the Selangor Syariah court sentenced five men to fines, detention and caning.
Same-Gender Sexual Harassment Cases Will Be Treated Under POSH Act: Calcutta High Court
On the petitioner's side, it was claimed that the POSH Act was not meant to resolve same-gender grievances and, on the other hand, the respondent's counsel argued that such complaints were addressed by the University Grants Commission (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Workers and Students in the Higher Educational Institution) so that they could be sustained under POSH Act as well.
Interviews
Languages, Storytelling And The Continued Stigma Attached To Queerness: A Conversation With Sanjeeta Bhattacharya
In this conversation with Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, we discuss her creative process, her love affair with languages and the stories they tell, and her newest song Khoya Sa — out 12th February, 2021.
Interview With The Creators Of Vanquished: Benjamin Smith And Felicia Mars
Turning Up The Temperature With Cory Stewart And Jxckson’s Grab The Fire
Podcast
Gender Identity: Artistic Expression Vs. Aesthetic Oppression
Through his performances, Raheem has challenged the concept of gender roles within Kathak. Exploring an artist’s outer aesthetics and immersing them within a community that dictates long-established and conventional roles in society.