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The Space To Be. — Personal Stories

Apphia Ruth D’souza

The Space To Be.

Poem: Madness — Guest Author

Poem: Madness

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

Graphic Story: The First Move — Story

Priya Dali

Graphic Story: The First Move

Poem: Heartbeat — Guest Author

Poem: Heartbeat

Poem: Headline — Guest Author

Poem: Headline

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

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

Prithvi Sahir Vatsalya

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

Graphic Fiction: Colors & Promises — Guest Author

Graphic Fiction: Colors & Promises

Poem: Implode — Poetry

Shalini M.

Poem: Implode

On The Importance Of Queer Elders — Coming OutPersonal Stories

Ananya Priyadarshi

On The Importance Of Queer Elders

The Holi Purge — Guest Author

The Holi Purge

Poem: Mirror To Her Soul — Guest Author

Poem: Mirror To Her Soul

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

Prithvi Sahir Vatsalya

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

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

Reetika

Coming Out In The Middle Of A Pandemic

Poem: Thirst — Guest Author

Poem: Thirst

Short Fiction: Insert A Latin Quote — Guest Author

Short Fiction: Insert A Latin Quote

Poem: Nibble — Guest Author

Poem: Nibble

Journey Through A Queer Juvenescence — Personal Stories

Seven (They/Them)

Journey Through A Queer Juvenescence

Poem: The Morning After — Guest Author

Poem: The Morning After

Poem: Transformation — Guest Author

Poem: Transformation

Marriage Of A Thousand Lies (excerpt) — Guest Author

Marriage Of A Thousand Lies (excerpt)

A Queer-Affirming Childhood — Personal Stories

Raju Behara

A Queer-Affirming Childhood

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

Poem: Reality — Guest Author

Poem: Reality

Fiction: Naked — Guest Author

Fiction: Naked

Why Your Calvins Are Gay — Guest Author

Why Your Calvins Are Gay

The Pleasure’s All Ours! — Guest Author

The Pleasure’s All Ours!

A Boy Named Bully — Guest Author

A Boy Named Bully

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

Does Caring Too Deeply About Gay Rights Make You Gay?

Fiction: A Telegram From Madras — Guest Author

Fiction: A Telegram From Madras

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

Dating And Navigating Through The Second Adolescence Of My Queer Life

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

Poem: A Christmas Rhyme For A Happy & Gay Time

Fiction: If And Only If — Guest Author

Fiction: If And Only If

Fiction: Navya — Guest Author

Fiction: Navya

What Does Pride Look Like? — Guest Author

What Does Pride Look Like?

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

The 90s Made Me Gay — Guest Author

The 90s Made Me Gay

Dear Ex-Classmate — Guest Author

Dear Ex-Classmate

Poem : Go Fuck Yourself — Guest Author

Poem : Go Fuck Yourself

The Surprise Of Group Therapy — Guest Author

The Surprise Of Group Therapy

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

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

Hetero Homo Bi Bi (Or Not) — Guest Author

Hetero Homo Bi Bi (Or Not)

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 Tranny’s Day Out — Guest Author

A Tranny’s Day Out

A Naive Caterpillar — Guest Author

A Naive Caterpillar

Nightfall (Part 2) — Guest Author

Nightfall (Part 2)

Nightfall (Part 1) — Guest Author

Nightfall (Part 1)

Casteism In Queer Spaces — Guest Author

Casteism In Queer Spaces

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

Book Review: “The Carpet Weaver” By Nemat Sadat

Burning Dry — Guest Author

Burning Dry

Woman Inside — Guest Author

Woman Inside

Enough Is Enough, No More Medical Gatekeeping! — HealthSex + Body Positivity

Prithvi Sahir Vatsalya

Enough Is Enough, No More Medical Gatekeeping!

Lesbian School Poetry — Guest Author

Lesbian School Poetry

Finding LGBTQ In STEM

Notes On Misanthropy And ‘Fictioning’ — Guest Author

Notes On Misanthropy And ‘Fictioning’

A Letter About Heartbreak — Guest Author

A Letter About Heartbreak

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!

Stranger Things — Guest Author

Stranger Things

You Are My Home. — Guest Author

You Are My Home.

Poem : A Random Hi — Guest Author

Poem : A Random Hi

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

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

Redemption — Guest Author

Redemption

I Don’t Need Your Love — Guest Author

I Don’t Need Your Love

What Time Do We Leave? — Guest Author

What Time Do We Leave?

My First Love — Guest Author

My First Love

Someone Nice — Guest Author

Someone Nice

Do You Not Know, I Love You The Most? — Guest Author

Do You Not Know, I Love You The Most?

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

A Bet Found Me My Life-long Boyfriend

Film Review: Please Mind The Gap — Guest Author

Film Review: Please Mind The Gap

This Valentine’s Day … Get A Restraining Order! — Guest Author

This Valentine’s Day … Get A Restraining Order!

Action and Activism with Adam Eli — Guest Author

Action and Activism with Adam Eli

Dear Son — Guest Author

Dear Son

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

Wrong Number — Guest Author

Wrong Number

Guest Author

I

LGBT Marriage Myths Busted — Guides + Resources

Krandhasi

LGBT Marriage Myths Busted

ME WE Makes Room For The Great Grand In-Between — Guest Author

ME WE Makes Room For The Great Grand In-Between

On Her By Another Her — Guest Author

On Her By Another Her

Inclusion — Guest Author

Inclusion

My Boyfriend Is A Scam — Guest Author

My Boyfriend Is A Scam

Yours — Guest Author

Yours

Never Forget — Guest Author

Never Forget

The 2nd Out And Loud – Pune International Queer Film Fest: Understanding Humanity Through Cinema — Guest Author

The 2nd Out And Loud – Pune International Queer Film Fest: Understanding Humanity Through Cinema

Cado — Guest Author

Cado

Film Review: Center Of My World — ReviewsTV + Movies

Anurag Mukhia

Film Review: Center Of My World

My Clothes Exist To Merely Keep Me Comfortable — Guest Author

My Clothes Exist To Merely Keep Me Comfortable

My Future Husband — Guest Author

My Future Husband

Him — Guest Author

Him

The 9th Bangalore Queer Film Festival : A Celebration Of Cinema And Sentiments — Guest Author

The 9th Bangalore Queer Film Festival : A Celebration Of Cinema And Sentiments

Queer Song — Guest Author

Queer Song

Exes and Ohs [Part 1] — Guest Author

Exes and Ohs [Part 1]

Everyday — Guest Author

Everyday

Who Am I? — Guest Author

Who Am I?

What Do I Do? — Guest Author

What Do I Do?

Black — Guest Author

Black

One Night And One Conversation — Guest Author

One Night And One Conversation

The Object of My Affections — Guest Author

The Object of My Affections

The Closet — Guest Author

The Closet

Home — Guest Author

Home

Identity Is Multi Dimensional — Guest Author

Identity Is Multi Dimensional

Too Late — Guest Author

Too Late

Gender: Alto — Guest Author

Gender: Alto

Am I Diseased? — Guest Author

Am I Diseased?

Rainbow Love — Guest Author

Rainbow Love

In Conversation With Gopi Shankar Madurai, The Intersex Activist Who Is Changing Lives And Gender Politics In India — Guest Author

In Conversation With Gopi Shankar Madurai, The Intersex Activist Who Is Changing Lives And Gender Politics In India

On The Count Of Three — Guest Author

On The Count Of Three

‘Unbelieving’ With Believers — Guest Author

‘Unbelieving’ With Believers

A Gaysi Guide To Inclusivity In Application Forms — Guest Author

A Gaysi Guide To Inclusivity In Application Forms

Bandstand, the sea, the girl, coffee and me — Guest Author

Bandstand, the sea, the girl, coffee and me

Hug Day — Guest Author

Hug Day

Dear Devadasi : A Poem — Guest Author

Dear Devadasi : A Poem

Freedoms Right — Guest Author

Freedoms Right

Disney’s History Of Queer Coding Villains — Guest Author

Disney’s History Of Queer Coding Villains

The Vulnerable Self — Guest Author

The Vulnerable Self

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

Laxxmi Bomb: The Movie No One Asked For

Love.Madness.Labels — Guest Author

Love.Madness.Labels

Gaysi Girl — Guest Author

Gaysi Girl

Coming Out To My Mom — Guest Author

Coming Out To My Mom

When You Come Out — Guest Author

When You Come Out

Recognition Of Same-Sex Relationships In India — Guest Author

Recognition Of Same-Sex Relationships In India

Poem: Stripped Naked — Poetry

Zoey

Poem: Stripped Naked

What I Won — Guest Author

What I Won

2 Years On And The Long Road Ahead — Guest Author

2 Years On And The Long Road Ahead

In Conversation With Actress Diandra Soares On Love, Life And Screw Ups — Guest Author

In Conversation With Actress Diandra Soares On Love, Life And Screw Ups

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 — Personal Stories

Ananya Priyadarshi

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

The Rainbow — Guest Author

The Rainbow

A Fiction That Wasn’t — Guest Author

A Fiction That Wasn’t

An Ode To Anja — Guest Author

An Ode To Anja

5 Important Points To Note From The Mental Health Care Bill 2016 — Guest Author

5 Important Points To Note From The Mental Health Care Bill 2016

Mariam — Guest Author

Mariam

It’s In The Air — Guest Author

It’s In The Air

Poem: Lesbian Movies — Poetry

Nhylar

Poem: Lesbian Movies

0.5 — Guest Author

0.5

Musings of A Lesbian Mother — Guest Author

Musings of A Lesbian Mother

Mysore And The LGBTQI+ Community. — Guest Author

Mysore And The LGBTQI+ Community.

To The Sung And Unsung LGBT Heroes — Guest Author

To The Sung And Unsung LGBT Heroes

India’s First Virtual Diversity Job Fair Offers Hope During Lockdown — Guest Author

India’s First Virtual Diversity Job Fair Offers Hope During Lockdown

My Tryst With Forgiveness — Guest Author

My Tryst With Forgiveness

Pink, Purple, And Blue — Guest Author

Pink, Purple, And Blue

Photo Story: Your Body Is Redacted — Guest Author

Photo Story: Your Body Is Redacted

Differences — Guest Author

Differences

The Body Hair Affair — Guest Author

The Body Hair Affair

Love Story: Balbir And Mike — Guest Author

Love Story: Balbir And Mike

Coming Out — Guest Author

Coming Out

The Learning Curve — Guest Author

The Learning Curve

Eloquence Of A Reality — Guest Author

Eloquence Of A Reality

My Thoughts On K Se Kink — Guest Author

My Thoughts On K Se Kink

Ode To A Muse — Guest Author

Ode To A Muse

Putting The Mast Back in Masti : K Se Kink Review — Guest Author

Putting The Mast Back in Masti : K Se Kink Review

Dawn — Guest Author

Dawn

Life As Aditya — Guest Author

Life As Aditya

Coming OutPersonal Stories

Sindhu Rajasekaran

Bisexuality, Being And Nothingness

Photo Essay: Night Flight With Singed Wings — Guest Author

Photo Essay: Night Flight With Singed Wings

Theatre Review : Six — Guest Author

Theatre Review : Six

A Confession — Guest Author

A Confession

Somewhere Over The Rainbow — Guest Author

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Theatre Review : Ladies Sangeet — Guest Author

Theatre Review : Ladies Sangeet

A Letter To Gheorghe — Guest Author

A Letter To Gheorghe

Film Review : In The Mood For Love — Guest Author

Film Review : In The Mood For Love

The Process Of Unlearning — Guest Author

The Process Of Unlearning

MINT’s Recent Piece On Trans Rights Proves Exactly Why Cis Het People Should Not Be ‘Discussing’ The Right Of Trans People To Exist. — Guest Author

MINT’s Recent Piece On Trans Rights Proves Exactly Why Cis Het People Should Not Be ‘Discussing’ The Right Of Trans People To Exist.

I Am Antara And This Is My Story — Guest Author

I Am Antara And This Is My Story

Call Me By My Name — Guest Author

Call Me By My Name

Aceing At Life — Guest Author

Aceing At Life

Alienation And Ostracism: Two Reasons Why Reception Of Queer Community Is Still Stagnant — Guest Author

Alienation And Ostracism: Two Reasons Why Reception Of Queer Community Is Still Stagnant

Rainbow — Guest Author

Rainbow

Dissecting The Gay Angle In “Kapoor And Sons” — Guest Author

Dissecting The Gay Angle In “Kapoor And Sons”

Loss Of Pride — Guest Author

Loss Of Pride

6th September 2018 — Personal Stories

Anonymous

6th September 2018

Love Across The Indus — Story

Kunal

Love Across The Indus

Queer Wedding Alert!: Natalie And Suja — Guest Author

Queer Wedding Alert!: Natalie And Suja

Queer Wedding Alert!: Vinodh And Vincent — Guest Author

Queer Wedding Alert!: Vinodh And Vincent

Protecting — Guest Author

Protecting

On Fetishizing And Politicizing A Bathroom Just Used — Guest Author

On Fetishizing And Politicizing A Bathroom Just Used

Road Trip — Guest Author

Road Trip

A Love Story: Sindhur And Spoorthy — Guest Author

A Love Story: Sindhur And Spoorthy

Queer Wedding Alert!: Alissa And Aveena — Guest Author

Queer Wedding Alert!: Alissa And Aveena

Katie’s Exploit — Guest Author

Katie’s Exploit

Godrej Hosts A Special Event Dancing Queens — Guest Author

Godrej Hosts A Special Event Dancing Queens

The Representation Of Trans Persons In The National Crime Bureau Report — Guest Author

The Representation Of Trans Persons In The National Crime Bureau Report

Jigsaw Puzzle — Guest Author

Jigsaw Puzzle

Queer Wedding Alert!: Uppa And Katja — Guest Author

Queer Wedding Alert!: Uppa And Katja

reflections of her — Guest Author

reflections of her

Rose Day An Annual Love Extravaganza At Ruia College — Guest Author

Rose Day An Annual Love Extravaganza At Ruia College

Review : Web Series “Carmilla” — Guest Author

Review : Web Series “Carmilla”

Queer Wedding Alert!: Saima and Bianca — Guest Author

Queer Wedding Alert!: Saima and Bianca

Photo Essay: Quest To Drag In Quarantine — Guest Author

Photo Essay: Quest To Drag In Quarantine