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 month November 2019
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.
A Guide On Everything You Wanted To Know About Name And Gender Change
This article has been drafted with inputs from Philip C. Philip, a Delhi-based genderqueer social activist who currently works with the Human Rights Law Network on transgender initiatives.
Video Release – Onir: Proud To Be More
A narrative cannot be silenced because it is falls outside the current norm. Onir tells us what makes him proud to be more.
Gaysi Birthday Meetup In Mumbai On 30th November At The Den
Come along for an evening of stories and snacks, and our favourite- meeting new and old Gaysis!
Video Release – Priyanka Paul: Proud To Be More
An illustrator. An artist. A poet and also, incredibly funny (and so, so much more) Priyanka Paul tells us what makes her larger than just the queer bracket.
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.
First Dates With Pretty Girls
You fumble and drop sentences, your leg trembles and beats a staccato rhythm on the pavement while she patiently hears out your half-complete, constantly backtracking stories, nods and keeps brushing her hair back.
Video Release – Sushant: Proud To Be More
#ProudToBeMore is a campaign by Levi's exploring the narratives of queer people, but beyond their queer selves.
Three Little Pigs – A Queer Re-telling
This is the story of three little pigs,
One built a house of hay, and the other of twigs,
And the mightiest, most pompous of the three,
Built a house of bricks under a Banyan tree.
Video Release: Proud To Be More
For many of us, our queer identity is the one that is most questioned, attacked, and ridiculed - as though our lives, journeys and fights start and end with not conforming to the status quo.
She Prefers The Pronouns They
If you don't know a person's preferred pronouns, always ask, or just use they instead of he/she.
Love Is An Ever-Evolving State Of Being
Two people came along that sparked off another incredible alchemy within me. A messy change that scooped the confetti off the ground and merrily tossed it into the air again.
Book Review “Jacob Tobia’s Sissy” – Your Essential Read For Trans Awareness Week
The book opens with Tobia's childhood in the section Kiddo, where they speak about their fixation with Barbie (and the hunky-dory Ken too!) and their curiosity about ‘pee-pees’ and 'wee-wees' if you know what I mean.
Gender Representation By Allies In Media
As a cisgender person, I also know that representation of people with other gender identities is rare. As a writer, it is one of my responsibilities, I believe, to depict a diverse group of people and make them feel visible, something that a lot of us did not have at a younger age.
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.
Dear Queer Old Person
Convinced that she was comatose, the two girls stared at each other for a second or hundred – the squeaky titters ceased.
Fear In, Fear Out: An Interactive Zine-Making Workshop
Between all the talking and discussing and creating and artsy-ing, one thing is for sure: it will get your adrenaline pumping!
Does Language Have Gender? [In Malayalam]
If you or anyone you know would like to translate content for us or write for us in languages other than English, find us at gaysifamily[at]gmail[dot]com.
Hansel And Gretel: A Queer Re-telling
Gigantic, and covered in striped rainbow tiers,
The house was called, “Safe Space for Our Fellow Queers”
A wondrous haven, a serendipitous find,
Here, Gretel could love freely and Hansel could bind.
