Poem: Flowers Of Fire
Today, I am not stuck in what you think of me-
This exhausting, endless loop of trans-misogyny
Not broken and what I ought to be
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Seven Drag Queen-Inspired Make-Up Looks To Celebrate!
With their outrageous and extraordinary personalities, drag queens show us how to be a bit extra without apology.
Poem: The Morning After
when the sun knocks on our windows
kissing our bodies
twirled in bedsheets
dancing to the tunes of morning joy
making merry
In Conversation With Gopi Shankar Madurai, The Intersex Activist Who Is Changing Lives And Gender Politics In India
Social work is being commercialized. We even call it social work rather than social service… helping others is not a kind of business.
Poem: Transformation
A faulty road surpassed by ghoul,
Where orange and grey masters rule,
Of an affinity towards a copper statue
Built in disguise in your greener side.
5-Point Wishlist For A Trans-Safe Workplace
Here is a quick 5-point checklist to help you get started, all in lingo that you understand!
To Everybody Who Is Listening And Who Isn’t
I realised that my family being accepting was a privilege because there are so many others who would not be as accepting. But should it be a privilege?
Marriage Of A Thousand Lies (excerpt)
The room is too hot but my fingers are freezing. I sometimes wonder what it would’ve been like if we’d both come out in high school, if we would’ve tried dating for real.
Poem: Forbidden Love
You never had the courage to give our relationship a name
It concerned you more if the world found out & never looked at you the same
Photo Essay: Walking With Pride In Dehradun
The walk was organised by the Prayojan Kalyan Samiti, and made Dehradun the fourth Indian city to have its first ever Pride walk this year after Islampur, Bhopal and Lucknow.
If You’re Not Fighting Caste, You’re Not Going To Benefit From Our Latest Fundamental Right
Equality and privacy cannot be separated. Violate one, and you violate the other.
The LGBTQ Movement Needs Allies: Here’s How You Can Be One
This week, in the wake of the recent stalking incident involving a 29-year-old DJ in Chandigarh, Bunny brings to you two real stories of how stalking affects LGBT people. These instances can also be used to spark healthy discussions about inclusivity while fighting for a common cause.
A To Z: Queer Celebrities Who Saved And Inspired Me
You never know what can inspire you to stop being a lost, lonely soul, bogged down by the bad, bad world.
4-Part Poem On LGBTQ Workspace In India
Always comforted by binaries
So used to divisions of only Two
I found myself baffled when I
Entered the Ladies’ Room
And found a bunch of men
Poem: Reality
My pen and pain have become the same
Each thought of you
I scribble it down
Trying to write a story about ‘us’
Queering Space: A Photo Essay On Bombay
These images feel heavy to me, difficult even- they represent a public queer Bombay that is still shedding its milk teeth, learning to channel its own power, struggling in more ways than one.
Fiction: Naked
Sheheryar felt absolutely amused by the fact that although he wanted to kiss him the moment he saw him but resisted so much that he didn’t even ask his name.
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.
Poem: You And I
Let’s meet at a place
Where instead of capturing
You in my words
I take in your laughter
And imprint it on me
For another lifetime
In Conversation With Actress Diandra Soares On Love, Life And Screw Ups
Yes, the media tends to hype kissing for some odd reason. People in love, kiss. Don’t straight people kiss? What’s the big deal?
