One Secret Down
It's been on my mind
For a month or two now
I'm not any different from who I used to be,
Just one secret down.
Archive for authorSaachi Gupta
Saachi Gupta is an LGBTQ+ activist, animal lover and the author of 'With Love, or Something Like That.' She is a strong believer in equality amongst mankind.
My Place Or Yours
They'd been talking for over a month, and there seemed to be a spark– a completely non-sexual one– since the very beginning.
Queer Folx Speak: The True Meaning of Independence
If I could have anything that made me feel more independent, it would be making queerness a part of casual discussion. I wish it wasn’t such an enormous deal. People are gay. Everyone knows it.
Poem: Gulmohar Tree
Shyam and Bunty
Sucking on ripe mangoes,
Skipping school
And so, in the cool shade of the Gulmohar tree,
They bend and break their first ever rule.
The LGBTQ+ Community Around The World, As Told By Teenagers
In Denmark, especially Copenhagen, everyone is very open-minded. Everything is very accepted—you can be whoever you want to be.
Book Review: ‘The Song of Achilles’ By Madeline Miller
'The Song of Achilles' is a book based on the mythology, and supposed relationship of Achilles, a half-god who was destined to be the best warrior of his generation, and Patroclus, an awkward, prince disliked by his father, who is exiled to live in Achilles' kingdom, along with several other exiled princes.
Queer Poet Richard Siken Needs Your Support!
Given the sudden change in his circumstances, we—as Richard’s publishers, community of friends, and extended family of writers and readers who’ve come to love his work over the years—need to rally financial support to help him through the coming months.
Poem: Man Who Loves A Man
And no one knows what happens
Behind closed doors
It's the only time I can hold your hand,
The one time that smiles aren't forced.
Book Review: The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)
The thing that I liked the most about the book from the very beginning was how naturally it flows and how real the characters are.
From Blue To Bloom: Troye Sivan’s Musical Journey As A Part Of The LGBTQ+ Community
One morning, as I sit on the floor in the corner of my room, stressed about something, I hear Troye’s music playing in the background. But this time, I don’t just hear it: I listen.
Graphic Story: The Boy
the boy next to him sighs, and buries his face in his shoulder. it is instantly warmer.
Homosexuality Has Been Decriminalised And I’m Not In India
I remember feeling like I was choking, the nervousness and anxiety squeezing my stomach. I felt physically unable to move, but kept up a positive front.
Graphic Story: Puddles
Two weeks after coming out to his family, he came out to his friends, and that didn't go half as well: they stopped spending time with him and told everyone in the school that he was gay.
Phases of the Moon
As we grow up, from childhood to adulthood, we have several phases– just because one phase is over, does not mean it didn't exist.
Graphic Fiction: Grey Bedsheets
I whirled around to see Aaliya standing at the door, her long hair tied into a messy bun. She was holding a pile of books.
Desi-Queer Lives After Trump
To put rest to this curiosity, I decided to ask a few friends from the USA how life is different; being queer and ethnically different in a home away from home.
Bi The Way
The worst of it all came when someone told me bisexual erasure is fake
Short Story: How To Write Sex Scenes
Love, to me, is being comfortable with another person and not having to be someone else.
Poem: And Love, They Will
I feel stuck in my skin
This isn't who I am,
And will they ever believe that I'm a woman?
If I'm born a man.
That Feeling Of Acceptance
Everyone around me seemed elated, not a single care in the world, and a fire in their eyes, a storm brewing.
