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Author: Shilpa Sachdeva

I consider myself a mentor who empowers teachers, educators, and change-makers by leveraging storytelling. I work with children in any form of creative arts and learning method, which gives me a scope to learn from them while sharing my knowledge. I am passionate about writing and expressing my thoughts and ideas. In my opinion, sexuality is an area that needs to be talked about and addressed thoughtfully.

Letter To My Boyfriend — Love + RelationshipsPersonal Stories

Shilpa Sachdeva

Letter To My Boyfriend

Thank You Everyone For Supporting Me And Fuck The Ones Who Made Me More Resilient. — Personal Stories

Riya (ash) sharma

Thank You Everyone For Supporting Me And Fuck The Ones Who Made Me More Resilient.

Finsta And The Politics of Respectability, Community And The Cuntygrrrl Manifesto — Music

Akriti Niti Guha

Finsta And The Politics of Respectability, Community And The Cuntygrrrl Manifesto

Joyland – A Love Letter To Pakistan — TV + Movies

MaMaleeha Basharat (they/them)leeha

Joyland – A Love Letter To Pakistan

Gender Fluidity And Conditioning Through Clothing In Tamizh Society — Guides + Resources

Purushu

Gender Fluidity And Conditioning Through Clothing In Tamizh Society

Arrival — Poetry

Anondita

Arrival

A Widespread And Coordinated Anti-LGBTQIA+ Campaign Is Currently Underway In Much Of The Arab World And Islamic World — News

Rayyan (Ray-Yarn) (She/They)

A Widespread And Coordinated Anti-LGBTQIA+ Campaign Is Currently Underway In Much Of The Arab World And Islamic World

Queer-Friendly Policies At Indian Startups Find Few Takers — Personal Stories

Shashwat Mohanty

Queer-Friendly Policies At Indian Startups Find Few Takers

The Hotel From Hades — Story

Ciaran Dori

The Hotel From Hades

Maja Ma – A Deconstruction Of The Film’s Queerness — TV + Movies

Dr Sneha Rooh

Maja Ma – A Deconstruction Of The Film’s Queerness

Akkai’s Story: A Peek Into The Movement’s History Through The Personal — Reviews

Areeb Ahmad

Akkai’s Story: A Peek Into The Movement’s History Through The Personal

On Advocacy and Finding Acceptance — Coming OutPersonal Stories

Amulya Gautam

On Advocacy and Finding Acceptance

Being Christian And Gay In Nigeria — Personal Stories

Augustina Boateng

Being Christian And Gay In Nigeria

Tia* and Body Shaming — Personal StoriesSex + Body Positivity

Shilpa Sachdeva

Tia* and Body Shaming

Translation and Portrait de la jeune fille en feu — Reviews

Poulomi Deb

Translation and Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

Home-Bound: The Value Of Remote Work For Disabled And Queer Folks — Guides + ResourcesPersonal Stories

Trishala D

Home-Bound: The Value Of Remote Work For Disabled And Queer Folks

Love Letters — Story

Upasana Dandona

Love Letters

Dowry — Story

Swetha S.

Dowry

Discovering Bisexuality As A Teenager — Personal Stories

Aishwarya AVRaj

Discovering Bisexuality As A Teenager

Indians Share Their Experience Of Accessing An Abortion — Health

Sherina Poyyail

Indians Share Their Experience Of Accessing An Abortion

“Anything’s Possible” Is The Trans Coming Of Age Film This Planet Absolutely Never Had — ReviewsTV + Movies

Rayyan (Ray-Yarn) (She/They)

“Anything’s Possible” Is The Trans Coming Of Age Film This Planet Absolutely Never Had

5 Amazing Sex Toys Under 5000 That Are Perfect For Both Solo And Partnered Fun — HealthSex + Body Positivity

KK

5 Amazing Sex Toys Under 5000 That Are Perfect For Both Solo And Partnered Fun

Bullying In Schools And Its Consequences On Mental Health — Personal Stories

Samina

Bullying In Schools And Its Consequences On Mental Health

Pyotr495: A Film Even More Pertinent And Relevant Today — ReviewsTV + Movies

Ananya Priyadarshi

Pyotr495: A Film Even More Pertinent And Relevant Today

Coming Out To My Parents As Non-Binary — Coming Out

Alexis Corine McGowan

Coming Out To My Parents As Non-Binary

Taking The TamBram Out of Pride Month — Coming Out

Raksha Muthukumar

Taking The TamBram Out of Pride Month

The Root Of My Queerness — Personal Stories

empty/Musk (they/she/he)

The Root Of My Queerness

Food Entrepreneur, Activist And An Avid Traveller, Meet Urooz Hussain — Personal Stories

Bilal Khan

Food Entrepreneur, Activist And An Avid Traveller, Meet Urooz Hussain

Drag-ing The Devi — Art + Photo Essay

Patruni Chidananda Sastry

Drag-ing The Devi

Love, Sexuality and Pleasure — Love + RelationshipsPersonal Stories

Shilpa Sachdeva

Love, Sexuality and Pleasure

Why Must Trans Rights Be Bestowed By Cis People — Guides + Resources

Poulomi Deb

Why Must Trans Rights Be Bestowed By Cis People

The Othering Of Queer People In Nepal: The Farce Behind The “Progressive” Gender And Sexuality Recognition Laws — News

Prarthana

The Othering Of Queer People In Nepal: The Farce Behind The “Progressive” Gender And Sexuality Recognition Laws

How Queer Love Helped Me Define Family — Love + RelationshipsPersonal Stories

Naitikata Roy

How Queer Love Helped Me Define Family

On Love And Loneliness – Aligarh (2015) — TV + Movies

Shivam Sharma

On Love And Loneliness – Aligarh (2015)

Being Autigender: Autism & Gender In A Neuro Heteronormative Culture — Personal Stories

Autiqueering

Being Autigender: Autism & Gender In A Neuro Heteronormative Culture

On Queer Anarchy – A Note From Gotagogama Protest Village In Sri Lanka — Personal Stories

Vasi Samudra Devi

On Queer Anarchy – A Note From Gotagogama Protest Village In Sri Lanka

Has Love Won?: Food For Thought On The Non-Sexualization Of Queerness — Personal Stories

Siddharth

Has Love Won?: Food For Thought On The Non-Sexualization Of Queerness

On Being A Demi Girl — Personal Stories

Rhea Laskar

On Being A Demi Girl

‘Not from the Community!’ Whose place is it to say? — Personal Stories

Salik Ansari

‘Not from the Community!’ Whose place is it to say?

Sticky Fingers — Story

Isabelle Quilty

Sticky Fingers

How To Be A Good Ally At The Workplace — Guides + Resources

Sherina Poyyail

How To Be A Good Ally At The Workplace

‘My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness’ By Kabi Nagata Is A Beautiful Memoir, Written In The Form Of Manga. — Reviews

Prathyusha [they/them]

‘My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness’ By Kabi Nagata Is A Beautiful Memoir, Written In The Form Of Manga.

Weaving The Narrative Of State Violence With The Stories Of People: Love And Reparation By Danish Sheikh — Reviews

Areeb Ahmad

Weaving The Narrative Of State Violence With The Stories Of People: Love And Reparation By Danish Sheikh

Why Rainbow Capitalism Is Making Me Start To Dread Pride Month As A Queer Person — Personal Stories

Sherina Poyyail

Why Rainbow Capitalism Is Making Me Start To Dread Pride Month As A Queer Person

SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS (Part 2) — Story

Nam Perugu

SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS (Part 2)

SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS (Part 1) — Story

Nam Perugu

SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS (Part 1)

Woody — Story

Riddhi Jain

Woody

‘The Other Man’ By Farhad J. Dadyburjor Nominated For Lambda Literary Awards In The ‘Gay Romance’ Category — Reviews

Nolan Lewis

‘The Other Man’ By Farhad J. Dadyburjor Nominated For Lambda Literary Awards In The ‘Gay Romance’ Category

Marriage, Moral Panic And The Suspect Future Of Marriage Equality — News

Rohin Bhatt

Marriage, Moral Panic And The Suspect Future Of Marriage Equality

On Caste In Everyday Urban Life — Poetry

Bhanu Priya

On Caste In Everyday Urban Life

“What It Takes” – Experiences Of A Disabled Student In High School — Personal Stories

Rhea Laskar

“What It Takes” – Experiences Of A Disabled Student In High School

On Sex Beyond Pleasure And Heteronormativity: Vaginismus, Painful Sex And Boundaries — Personal StoriesSex + Body Positivity

Prarthana

On Sex Beyond Pleasure And Heteronormativity: Vaginismus, Painful Sex And Boundaries

Having Struggled At A Young Age, UP’s Darvesh Singh Is Working For LGBTQ Communities In Small Cities — Guides + Resources

Bilal Khan

Having Struggled At A Young Age, UP’s Darvesh Singh Is Working For LGBTQ Communities In Small Cities

For The Women I Loved — Poetry

Rio

For The Women I Loved

A Gay Man’s Daughter — Personal Stories

Shilpa Sachdeva

A Gay Man’s Daughter

Am I Even Bi? Trying To Tell The Difference Between Bisexuality And Curiosity As A Woman — Love + RelationshipsPersonal Stories

Saumyaa Vohra

Am I Even Bi? Trying To Tell The Difference Between Bisexuality And Curiosity As A Woman

If You Weren’t You — Story

Shraddha

If You Weren’t You

On Neurodivergent Attachment Styles — Love + Relationships

A

On Neurodivergent Attachment Styles

A Place Where Children Go to Die? Schools In India Need To Do Better For Queer, Neurodivergent Children — Personal Stories

Raju Behara

A Place Where Children Go to Die? Schools In India Need To Do Better For Queer, Neurodivergent Children

“Enough Of Heterosexual Companionship!”: The Regular Marriage Trope In Badhaai Do — TV + Movies

Bhanu Priya

“Enough Of Heterosexual Companionship!”: The Regular Marriage Trope In Badhaai Do

Loop Lapeta’s Lens Casually Acknowledges Queerness In The world – And That’s Refreshing. — ReviewsTV + Movies

Amit Ratan

Loop Lapeta’s Lens Casually Acknowledges Queerness In The world – And That’s Refreshing.

Happy Queer Valentine’s Day — Love + RelationshipsPersonal Stories

Ray N

Happy Queer Valentine’s Day

“The Charm Offensive” By Alison Cochrun: ‘Sexuality Isn’t Always A Straight Line.’ — Reviews

Khushi Arora

“The Charm Offensive” By Alison Cochrun: ‘Sexuality Isn’t Always A Straight Line.’

Book “Reva and Prisha” Plays With Stereotypes And Turns Them On Their Heads In A Spectacular Narrative Performance — Reviews

Meera

Book “Reva and Prisha” Plays With Stereotypes And Turns Them On Their Heads In A Spectacular Narrative Performance

Queer Platonic Relationship — Love + RelationshipsPersonal Stories

Ritika

Queer Platonic Relationship

I Picked Out My Favourite Lipstick For You: A Queer Disabled Love Story (No, We’re Just Friends) — Love + Relationships

Anonymous

I Picked Out My Favourite Lipstick For You: A Queer Disabled Love Story (No, We’re Just Friends)

Messy: Sex Is Less Boring Than Physio — Love + RelationshipsPersonal Stories

P. PopsicKle

Messy: Sex Is Less Boring Than Physio

My Long Journey To Knowing Myself — Coming OutPersonal Stories

AV Kakkad

My Long Journey To Knowing Myself

Queering Disability — Personal StoriesSex + Body Positivity

Nu

Queering Disability

Your Name In Lights — Story

Sydney Parker

Your Name In Lights

Dealing With Being A Fetish – The Trans Take — Personal Stories

Riju Banerjee

Dealing With Being A Fetish – The Trans Take

The Space To Be. — Personal Stories

Apphia Ruth D’souza

The Space To Be.

Lucknow-Based Gay Man Faced Workplace Harassment In Army, Sacked From Corporate Job, Now Runs Sessions For HIV Advocacy — HealthPersonal Stories

Bilal Khan

Lucknow-Based Gay Man Faced Workplace Harassment In Army, Sacked From Corporate Job, Now Runs Sessions For HIV Advocacy

Am I Man Enough? The Constant Doubts Of A Transgender Man — Personal Stories

Artemis Shishir

Am I Man Enough? The Constant Doubts Of A Transgender Man

How The Lockdown Brought Back Memories Of Dysphoria Before Leading Me To A Breakthrough — Coming OutPersonal Stories

Rayyan (Ray-Yarn) (She/They)

How The Lockdown Brought Back Memories Of Dysphoria Before Leading Me To A Breakthrough

Book Review: “Aristotle And Dante Dive Into The Waters Of The World” By Benjamin Alire Sáenz — Reviews

Megha Harish

Book Review: “Aristotle And Dante Dive Into The Waters Of The World” By Benjamin Alire Sáenz

‘Truth Dream’: Seeing Older, Trans* People Live Out Their Dreams — Art + Photo EssayReviews

Tedagadu

‘Truth Dream’: Seeing Older, Trans* People Live Out Their Dreams

Accessing Gender-Affirming Healthcare Services In India: A Lived Experience — HealthPersonal Stories

tedagadu

Accessing Gender-Affirming Healthcare Services In India: A Lived Experience

On The Importance Of Queer Elders — Coming OutPersonal Stories

Ananya Priyadarshi

On The Importance Of Queer Elders

Memories Of Her — EroticaFan-FictionPoetry

Guest Author

Memories Of Her

Trans Masculine Folks And The Bodybuilding Dream — Sports

Tedagadu

Trans Masculine Folks And The Bodybuilding Dream

What I Learnt About Trans-Advocacy Over The Decades By Speaking With The Folx At TWEET Foundation — HealthPersonal Stories

tedagadu

What I Learnt About Trans-Advocacy Over The Decades By Speaking With The Folx At TWEET Foundation

Dancing In Her Storm — Guest Author

Dancing In Her Storm

“Magizhini”, An Unapologetic And Celebratory Take On Lesbian Romance — Music

Busaina Ahamed Shah

“Magizhini”, An Unapologetic And Celebratory Take On Lesbian Romance

Coming Out In The Middle Of A Pandemic — Coming OutPersonal Stories

Reetika

Coming Out In The Middle Of A Pandemic

Funny How Things Work Out — Poetry

Guest Author

Funny How Things Work Out

Coffee And Whiskey — Guest Author

Coffee And Whiskey

Journey Through A Queer Juvenescence — Personal Stories

Seven (They/Them)

Journey Through A Queer Juvenescence

My Diana — Guest Author

My Diana

How The Empire Fails In LGBT Representation — ReviewsTV + Movies

Anurag Mukhia

How The Empire Fails In LGBT Representation

Male Gaze Or Trans Representation: What Is “Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui” Really About? — TV + Movies

Krishna Karthikeyan

Male Gaze Or Trans Representation: What Is “Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui” Really About?

A Queer-Affirming Childhood — Personal Stories

Raju Behara

A Queer-Affirming Childhood

By The Pichola Lake, Summer 2019 — Guest Author

By The Pichola Lake, Summer 2019

Educational Institutions Need To Be More Accommodating Of Disabled Students’ Accommodations — Guides + Resources

Lauryn Craine

Educational Institutions Need To Be More Accommodating Of Disabled Students’ Accommodations

Why Your Calvins Are Gay — Guest Author

Why Your Calvins Are Gay

The Pleasure’s All Ours! — Guest Author

The Pleasure’s All Ours!

Does Caring Too Deeply About Gay Rights Make You Gay? — Guest Author

Does Caring Too Deeply About Gay Rights Make You Gay?

Dating And Navigating Through The Second Adolescence Of My Queer Life — Guest Author

Dating And Navigating Through The Second Adolescence Of My Queer Life

Intimacy — Guest Author

Intimacy

What Does Pride Look Like? — Guest Author

What Does Pride Look Like?

Pink Flamingo, A Photo Series To Create Awareness On Pomosexuality — Art + Photo Essay

Patruni Chidananda Sastry

Pink Flamingo, A Photo Series To Create Awareness On Pomosexuality

The 90s Made Me Gay — Guest Author

The 90s Made Me Gay

Dear Ex-Classmate — Guest Author

Dear Ex-Classmate

The Surprise Of Group Therapy — Guest Author

The Surprise Of Group Therapy

I Think It’s Time We Give Adam Lambert His Flowers Too — Guest Author

I Think It’s Time We Give Adam Lambert His Flowers Too

Growing Up Gay In Lucknow: The Story Of How Lovepreet Singh Started Rehbar Trust — Personal Stories

Bilal Khan

Growing Up Gay In Lucknow: The Story Of How Lovepreet Singh Started Rehbar Trust

A Naive Caterpillar — Guest Author

A Naive Caterpillar

Murder In The Attic. — Guest Author

Murder In The Attic.

We Used To Feel So Right — Guest Author

We Used To Feel So Right

Casteism In Queer Spaces — Guest Author

Casteism In Queer Spaces

Short Comic: The English Test — Guest Author

Short Comic: The English Test

Burning Dry — Guest Author

Burning Dry

Woman Inside — Guest Author

Woman Inside

Poem: Tangerine Skies — Guest Author

Poem: Tangerine Skies

I Lost Out — Guest Author

I Lost Out

Poem: Kisi Din, Din Ke Ujaale Mein Milenge Hum [In Hindi] — Poetry

Tanishka

Poem: Kisi Din, Din Ke Ujaale Mein Milenge Hum [In Hindi]

Finding LGBTQ In STEM

A Letter About Heartbreak — Guest Author

A Letter About Heartbreak

Short Comic: Waiting — Guest Author

Short Comic: Waiting

On Celebrating Queerness – The Song We Sang — ReviewsTV + Movies

Shivam Sharma

On Celebrating Queerness – The Song We Sang

Poem: Pillow [In Hindi] — Guest Author

Poem: Pillow [In Hindi]

Stranger Things — Guest Author

Stranger Things

Poem: The Waters Of Love — Guest Author

Poem: The Waters Of Love

All of Who I Am: My 4-Part Coming Out Story — Guest Author

All of Who I Am: My 4-Part Coming Out Story

Poem: Meena Put Her Lip Gloss On — Guest Author

Poem: Meena Put Her Lip Gloss On

Poem: She — Guest Author

Poem: She

Poem: Not A Love Letter — Guest Author

Poem: Not A Love Letter

Poem: Love As Submission — Guest Author

Poem: Love As Submission

Of Happy Queer Narratives, Singular Love And Duality Of Existence: A Chat With Lucio Castro On ‘End Of The Century’ — TV + Movies

Paras Borgohain

Of Happy Queer Narratives, Singular Love And Duality Of Existence: A Chat With Lucio Castro On ‘End Of The Century’

Someone Nice — Guest Author

Someone Nice

A Bet Found Me My Life-long Boyfriend — Guest Author

A Bet Found Me My Life-long Boyfriend

Poem: Our Love — Guest Author

Poem: Our Love

Short Graphic Story: Medley – Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh — Guest Author

Short Graphic Story: Medley – Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh

Short Graphic Fiction: Butterflies — Guest Author

Short Graphic Fiction: Butterflies

Hindi Poem: Pillow — Guest Author

Hindi Poem: Pillow

Graphic Story: Baby Bank On Me (Part 2) [In Malayalam] — Story

Aami

Graphic Story: Baby Bank On Me (Part 2) [In Malayalam]

Dear Son — Guest Author

Dear Son

Graphic Short Story: My Imaginary Friend — Guest Author

Graphic Short Story: My Imaginary Friend

Poem: Pink — Guest Author

Poem: Pink

What I Learnt About the Male Gaze By Falling In Love With A Mannequin — Guest Author

What I Learnt About the Male Gaze By Falling In Love With A Mannequin

Short Story: Ghosts Of Ulaua — Guest Author

Short Story: Ghosts Of Ulaua

Children’s Book ‘The Weightlifting Princess’ Is A Short, Engaging And Sharp Commentary On Femme Agency — Reviews

YSK Prerana

Children’s Book ‘The Weightlifting Princess’ Is A Short, Engaging And Sharp Commentary On Femme Agency

LGBT Marriage Myths Busted — Guest Author

LGBT Marriage Myths Busted

Laxmii – A Transphobic Excuse For A Film — Guest Author

Laxmii – A Transphobic Excuse For A Film

On Her By Another Her — Guest Author

On Her By Another Her

Inclusion — Guest Author

Inclusion

Short Fiction: A Christmas Gift — Guest Author

Short Fiction: A Christmas Gift

My Boyfriend Is A Scam — Guest Author

My Boyfriend Is A Scam

Poem: Madness — Guest Author

Poem: Madness

Never Forget — Guest Author

Never Forget

My Clothes Exist To Merely Keep Me Comfortable — Guest Author

My Clothes Exist To Merely Keep Me Comfortable

Being Different — Guest Author

Being Different

My Future Husband — Guest Author

My Future Husband

Graphic Story: The First Move — Story

Priya Dali

Graphic Story: The First Move

Poem: Heartbeat — Guest Author

Poem: Heartbeat

Queer Song — Guest Author

Queer Song

Poem: Headline — Guest Author

Poem: Headline

One Night And One Conversation — Guest Author

One Night And One Conversation

Erotica: Beyond Balconies Part 2 — Guest Author

Erotica: Beyond Balconies Part 2

Erotica: Beyond Balconies Part 1 — Guest Author

Erotica: Beyond Balconies Part 1

The Casual Violence Of Netflix’s “Indian Matchmaking” — Guest Author

The Casual Violence Of Netflix’s “Indian Matchmaking”

How Love, Victor Improves On Love, Simon — Guest Author

How Love, Victor Improves On Love, Simon

Graphic Fiction: Colors & Promises — Guest Author

Graphic Fiction: Colors & Promises

Poem: Implode — Poetry

Shalini M.

Poem: Implode

The Closet — Guest Author

The Closet

The Holi Purge — Guest Author

The Holi Purge

Home — Guest Author

Home

Poem: Mirror To Her Soul — Guest Author

Poem: Mirror To Her Soul

Identity Is Multi Dimensional — Guest Author

Identity Is Multi Dimensional

Poem: Thirst — Guest Author

Poem: Thirst

Gender: Alto — Guest Author

Gender: Alto

Short Fiction: Insert A Latin Quote — Guest Author

Short Fiction: Insert A Latin Quote

Poem: Nibble — Guest Author

Poem: Nibble

Rainbow Love — Guest Author

Rainbow Love

Poem: The Morning After — Guest Author

Poem: The Morning After

On The Count Of Three — Guest Author

On The Count Of Three

Poem: Transformation — Guest Author

Poem: Transformation

‘Unbelieving’ With Believers — Guest Author

‘Unbelieving’ With Believers

Marriage Of A Thousand Lies (excerpt) — Guest Author

Marriage Of A Thousand Lies (excerpt)

A Gaysi Guide To Inclusivity In Application Forms — Guest Author

A Gaysi Guide To Inclusivity In Application Forms

Poem: Reality — Guest Author

Poem: Reality

Fiction: Naked — Guest Author

Fiction: Naked

Hug Day — Guest Author

Hug Day

A Boy Named Bully — Guest Author

A Boy Named Bully

Freedoms Right — Guest Author

Freedoms Right

Fiction: A Telegram From Madras — Guest Author

Fiction: A Telegram From Madras

Poem: A Christmas Rhyme For A Happy & Gay Time — Guest Author

Poem: A Christmas Rhyme For A Happy & Gay Time

Disney’s History Of Queer Coding Villains — Guest Author

Disney’s History Of Queer Coding Villains

The Vulnerable Self — Guest Author

The Vulnerable Self

Fiction: If And Only If — Guest Author

Fiction: If And Only If

Laxxmi Bomb: The Movie No One Asked For — Guest Author

Laxxmi Bomb: The Movie No One Asked For

Fiction: Navya — Guest Author

Fiction: Navya

Love.Madness.Labels — Guest Author

Love.Madness.Labels

Part 2 : Goodbye, Avocados! — Guest Author

Part 2 : Goodbye, Avocados!

Part 1 : Goodbye, Avocados! — Guest Author

Part 1 : Goodbye, Avocados!

Short Fiction : The Bestie — Guest Author

Short Fiction : The Bestie

Coming Out To My Mom — Guest Author

Coming Out To My Mom

Poem : Go Fuck Yourself — Guest Author

Poem : Go Fuck Yourself

Photo Essay: Home Alone — Guest Author

Photo Essay: Home Alone

Short Story : Adrian And Shashi — Guest Author

Short Story : Adrian And Shashi