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.
By Bunny Bumshaker Aug 29 2017 |
You never know what can inspire you to stop being a lost, lonely soul, bogged down by the bad, bad world.
By Solo Aug 11 2017 |
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
By Pankhuri Shukla Jul 28 2017 |
My pen and pain have become the same
Each thought of you
I scribble it down
Trying to write a story about ‘us’
By Pen Panda Jul 25 2017 |
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.
By Sana Javeri Kadri Jul 11 2017 |
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.
By Khansa Jul 7 2017 |
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.
By Saloni Saraf Jul 4 2017 |
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
By Pen Panda Jun 28 2017 |
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?
By Bunny Bumshaker Jun 19 2017 |
Away from the truth and hurting
A shallow living, prying
To be honest, but dying
Away from the hurt from the race
Im fine on a stage on my pace
By Khansa May 31 2017 |
Transgender people of all ages face intense bullying, harsh judgment and unsolicited ‘advice’, occasionally from complete strangers. It hurts most, when it comes from our fellow rainbow people.
By Bunny Bumshaker May 31 2017 |
One year and many sessions down the line, today if you ask me do I ‘enjoy’ pain, I’ll say I don’t know. The word enjoy somehow does not fit. But if you ask me, am I turned on by pain… I would not hesitate for a second…hell, yes, I am.
By The Kinky Collective May 30 2017 |
No one should have to deal with sexism, homophobia and of course prejudices against mental illness all at once.
By Solo May 10 2017 |
At thirty, I realise that these borrowed worlds not only helped me through some of my toughest times as a teen, but also influenced me as a feminist, queer creator years later.
By Solo Apr 28 2017 |
She wears the Plaid, the converse, the vans, the snapback and the suit, and man, she wears them like James Bond wears his, with disdain.
By Sepia City Apr 27 2017 |
I spent a large part of my school days avoiding his eyes, at the same time very conscious of where they landed.
By Pulkit Mogha Apr 24 2017 |
LGBT youth are thrice as likely to be bullied as non-LGBT youth. 42 per cent of LGBT youth have experienced cyber bullying.
By Bunny Bumshaker Apr 22 2017 |
The telegram: Nilla dead. Hit by earthquake while travelling. Was happy. Did not die of heart-break. No need to reply.
By Abhay Apr 17 2017 |
Many people, mostly women grew up so sequestered from sex that they associated it with pain and discomfort.
By Bunny Bumshaker Apr 10 2017 |
Mental illness of an individual SHALL NOT be determined by moral, social, cultural, work or political values or religious beliefs prevailing in an individual’s community.
By Richa Vashista Apr 7 2017 |
