Poem: Disintegration
For you made my world a little happier,
Made my heart a little full
Made my life a little brighter,
Love used to be a mouthful.
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.
Queer Desi Musician Somaya on Her Newest Single “Do You Ever”.
The song is strikingly genuine, and it is hard not to get caught up in the emotions it expresses, and feel just as lost as the singer themselves. It is clear how much this relationship meant to Somaya, and it is easy to understand every emotion expressed in the song.
Diaspora
“I’m not a refugee. I am an immigrant,” you tell them but it doesn’t matter because you’re still different, and different is all they care about.
Review: ‘Meant To Be Yours’ by GrapeGuitarBox
With sweet lyrics like “You’re the only thing that matters, other than the things I wanna share with you”, the song is sure to leave you feeling warm and fuzzy, if not a little tearful about how beautiful love is.
Poem: Blood Is Sticky
You realize you were in love when it's far too late
“When you bleed, I cry, and if you cry, I'll break”
And you fell too soon but you were supposed to be straight,
And now you're sitting here, in his blood and cold
Driven into a dead-end by fate.
Review: How “Sex Education” Does Everything Right
There are lesbians, bisexual, asexual and pansexual people, and one of the most important characters, Eric, is not only iconic, but also a gay teenager who is finally coming around to accepting himself for who he is.
Temptation And Headaches: The Journey Of Raveena
The music video for Temptation, the song that helped her– and many other Desis, I imagine– come to term with her sexuality, is also similar to her other music videos, and now, almost two years later, Raveena has come out with a new single ‘Headaches’ that is unapologetically queer.
Why Miley Cyrus’s ‘She Is Coming EP’ Is Criminally Underrated
Miley is not all good, though– like any other celebrity, she has had her fair share of controversies.
Poem: War & Rain
maybe my skin is pale, or it’s not
or maybe i think i’m gay, or i’ve fought
battles and cried and begged for my rights
An Absolutely Gross Love Poem
Blue were the days when you thought I wouldn't stay,
Your eyes teary, a challenge, asking me to run away,
But in the middle of the dark woods, we somehow found a way
My words became the music to which you could sway.
Allyship And Desi Representation: A Conversation With Simrah Farrukh
Her photographs have a distinct, ethereal style, almost– something about the colours and the contrast draws you in and keeps you there.
A Conversation With Sufi Malik
In person– or on the laptop screen as we talk– Sufi is warm and brilliant, much like her Instagram username, @sufi.sun. She is articulate and reflective, determined to say the right things, thinking over her answers carefully each time.
Interview: French Musician Pauline Mancini On Her Newest Single, “I Want A Lady”.
Pauline Mancini, 24 years old, lives in Lorraine, France. She started music at the age of 16, not knowing anything about it.
Christmas Lights
She stayed quiet for a few seconds, before sighing, "I just– I thought they'd call, I suppose. My parents. It's silly to hope, but I couldn't help it."
10 Apparently Unimportant Things LGBTQA+ People Have To Worry About On A Daily Basis
One of the more subtler problems– when you come out to an ally as queer, they suddenly assume that you are going to ‘come on to them.’ You have to think twice about everything you say and do, lest they take it the wrong way.
Gender Representation By Allies In Media
As a cisgender person, I also know that representation of people with other gender identities is rare. As a writer, it is one of my responsibilities, I believe, to depict a diverse group of people and make them feel visible, something that a lot of us did not have at a younger age.
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.
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.
