Trans And Looking For Love
I am 25, single as single can be and still struggle to gather the courage and let that cute guy next door know I really really really really really really really like him!
Archive for the month May 2018
He Sells She Sells Seashells: Love In The Time Of Phobia
I for one try not to hate people for finding drag uncomfortable, because hate is a useless and damaging emotion. I see this story instead as an attempt to build conversation around the phobia.
Transphobia When In Drag: Narrative Experiences
On the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia celebrated this month, Gaysi asked 6 drag queens to narrate their experiences with Transphobia while they performed.
Thou Shalt Not Utter These Words
While I believed that slurs can be reclaimed and used as devices of power to combat oppression, my friend did not agree.
Graphic Fiction: The Cold Never Bothered Her Anyway
From the corner of her lazy eye she caught sight of a pile of cucumbers stacked away among raw tubers of all shapes. The perfect summer vegetable. Or fruit?
Book Review: The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness By Arundhati Roy
An epigraph with which Arundhati Roy opened her first novel, The God of Small Things, the line translates organically into The Ministry of Happiness as well.
Film Review: Khejdi
Born as an intersex person, Khejdi is brought up by her father behind concrete walls and closed doors. To keep her from being seen and slaughtered by the villagers, she is told that if she steps outside she'll catch a dangerous disease.
Kashish 2018 – Opening Ceremony And Film Screening
With a sizeable list of 145 films from 45 countries, the opening ceremony of Kashish felt like a gush of wind strong enough to pull closet doors open.
8 Points Pan Mythbusters!
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, pansexuality means to be “not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity.”
5 Things Cis Straight Indian Parents Are Doing Wrong
While most cis-straight folk in our country are probably not referring to tone deaf dissertations to raise their kids, Indian parents have always seemed to follow a subconscious code to reinforce gender and cis-heterosexual contexts.
This Harvey Milk Day We Are Celebrating 10 Indians Making A Positive Difference In The LGBT+ Community
The courage and achievements turn such individuals, like Harvey Milk, into role models who constantly inspire countless queers to keep fighting for their rights.
Flick It! : Badminton Singles And Mixed Doubles Tournament (ED:4)
Gaysi is back in the game with Edition 4 of Flick It! - and in our frenzy to get down and dirty (wink wink), we're taking you with us!
Bi The Way
The worst of it all came when someone told me bisexual erasure is fake
Queer Mythology: Kartikeya
Known as born to two men - Shiva and Agni, Kartikeya in Hindu mythology is associated with masculinity, progeny, bravery and strength.
Erotica: Beyond Balconies Part 2
For a moment, I felt numbed by these thoughts. But my heart was adamant. I had to try, life is too small to not express what lies in our heart.
Erotica: Beyond Balconies Part 1
I remember how I used to incorporate my creativity to my exhibitionism, a different scene every time, from coming out in balcony in towel to hang my underwear for drying in sun and dropping my towel by mistake to playing in torn underwear from front and back, I tried all.
Happy Gay May!
After Lesbian Visibility Day in April, May is filled with important days that remind us of the strength we have in our diversity.
Dysphoria
I transitioned when I was 18, so living as a woman for the last ten years has mostly eliminated the dysphoria I had from being pigeonholed into a male role, but I still have a strong sense of dysphoria about certain aspects of my body.
Hash And Manga On Love In Sri Lanka
By being there for each other & loving each other the way we do, I don’t think we have to prove it to anyone. We are stronger together and people see that.
