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Author: Alexis Corine McGowan

The name of this writer is Alexis Corine McGowan who’s given oneself the nickname Dr. Cutie Pie to build up self-confidence. Dr. Cutie Pie is a disabled multiracial individual who would like to leave a legacy that makes their cat-children proud and inspire the following generations. Created by stardust supported by the people is designed as a reminder for Dr. Cutie Pie to stay humble and enjoy life’s prosperous galaxy.

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

The Shades of Body: Addressing Body Positivity Through A Queer Lens — Sex + Body Positivity

T.M. Amrita

The Shades of Body: Addressing Body Positivity Through A Queer Lens

‘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 Monkey

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 — Guest Author

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

The ‘M’ Word – An Excerpt From A Handbook For My Lover — Guest Author

The ‘M’ Word – An Excerpt From A Handbook For My Lover

When You Come Out — Guest Author

When You Come Out

Hetero Homo Bi Bi (Or Not) — Guest Author

Hetero Homo Bi Bi (Or Not)

Recognition Of Same-Sex Relationships In India — Guest Author

Recognition Of Same-Sex Relationships In India

A Tranny’s Day Out — Guest Author

A Tranny’s Day Out

Poem: Stripped Naked — Guest Author

Poem: Stripped Naked

What I Won — Guest Author

What I Won

Nightfall (Part 2) — Guest Author

Nightfall (Part 2)

2 Years On And The Long Road Ahead — Guest Author

2 Years On And The Long Road Ahead

Nightfall (Part 1) — Guest Author

Nightfall (Part 1)

Book Review: “The Carpet Weaver” By Nemat Sadat — Guest Author

Book Review: “The Carpet Weaver” By Nemat Sadat

Meth, Men And Me — Guest Author

Meth, Men And Me

On Dreams And Hopes: What Has Changed For Me In The Two Years Since The Section 377 Verdict — Guest Author

On Dreams And Hopes: What Has Changed For Me In The Two Years Since The Section 377 Verdict

The Rainbow — Guest Author

The Rainbow

Lesbian School Poetry — Guest Author

Lesbian School Poetry

Notes On Misanthropy And ‘Fictioning’ — Guest Author

Notes On Misanthropy And ‘Fictioning’

Short Story : Trophy — Guest Author

Short Story : Trophy

Poem : Welcome To My Heart — Guest Author

Poem : Welcome To My Heart

Never Lose A Holy Curiosity! — Guest Author

Never Lose A Holy Curiosity!

You Are My Home. — Guest Author

You Are My Home.

An Ode To Anja — Guest Author

An Ode To Anja

Poem : A Random Hi — Guest Author

Poem : A Random Hi

Poem: Lesbian Movies — Guest Author

Poem: Lesbian Movies