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Pride

House of Cards – OUT NOW! — Love + Relationships

Tejaswi Subramanian

House of Cards – OUT NOW!

What Is It Like As A Transgender Woman In Corporate India? — Coming Out

Rayyan (Ray-Yarn) (She/They)

What Is It Like As A Transgender Woman In Corporate India?

4 Times I Found Queer Disabled Characters On-Screen Relatable — TV + Movies

Manassa Shrikanth

4 Times I Found Queer Disabled Characters On-Screen Relatable

Nepal’s Supreme Court Issues Landmark Interim Ruling On Same-Sex Marriages And Non-Traditional Couples — News

Rajeev Anand Kushwah

Nepal’s Supreme Court Issues Landmark Interim Ruling On Same-Sex Marriages And Non-Traditional Couples

An Evening Remembering Baba Saheb — Personal Stories

Chittajit Mitra

An Evening Remembering Baba Saheb

We Will Make It Through Pride — Personal Stories

Tejas Yadav

We Will Make It Through Pride

My Walking Stick And I — Love + RelationshipsPersonal Stories

Hemakshi

My Walking Stick And I

Queer Classics: Our Stories Of Joy, Hope And Resistance — Art + Photo EssayMusicTheatreTV + Movies

Anushka Jadhav

Queer Classics: Our Stories Of Joy, Hope And Resistance

Marriage Equality: What Has Been A Distant Dream, For It To Feel So In-Reach Is Excruciating! — Personal Stories

Shreya Shetty

Marriage Equality: What Has Been A Distant Dream, For It To Feel So In-Reach Is Excruciating!

“Excerpts” Part 9 : To the Pride Parade! — Story

Sarthak Chauhan

“Excerpts” Part 9 : To the Pride Parade!

What It Is Like As A Transgender/ Non-Binary Identifying Model At Lakme Fashion Week. — Fashion

Rayyan (Ray-Yarn) (She/They)

What It Is Like As A Transgender/ Non-Binary Identifying Model At Lakme Fashion Week.

On Legitimizing Chosen Family Beyond Marriage — News

The LBTI Network

On Legitimizing Chosen Family Beyond Marriage

Oscars 2023: <em>Everything Everywhere All At Once </em>Makes Queer History — TV + Movies

Rajeev Anand Kushwah

Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All At Once Makes Queer History

You Can’t Look Away Anymore: Queering Cinema On Delhi’s Streets — TV + Movies

Gulmehar and Sarah

You Can’t Look Away Anymore: Queering Cinema On Delhi’s Streets

My Tribe, My Queer Family — Personal Stories

Prasenjit Chaudhuri

My Tribe, My Queer Family

Leather Is A ‘Community’ First. — Coming Out

Kartik Tyren

Leather Is A ‘Community’ First.

Dear Mumbai Pride, The Personal Is Political — News

Sherina Poyyail

Dear Mumbai Pride, The Personal Is Political

Finsta And The Politics of Respectability, Community And The Cuntygrrrl Manifesto — Music

Akriti Niti Guha

Finsta And The Politics of Respectability, Community And The Cuntygrrrl Manifesto

Akkai’s Story: A Peek Into The Movement’s History Through The Personal — Reviews

Areeb Ahmad

Akkai’s Story: A Peek Into The Movement’s History Through The Personal

Queer Asia – Hong Kong Ep 1: A Heart-Warming Pilot That Gives A Voice To The Community — ReviewsTV + Movies

Khushi

Queer Asia – Hong Kong Ep 1: A Heart-Warming Pilot That Gives A Voice To The Community

Weaving The Narrative Of State Violence With The Stories Of People: Love And Reparation By Danish Sheikh — Reviews

Areeb Ahmad

Weaving The Narrative Of State Violence With The Stories Of People: Love And Reparation By Danish Sheikh

Nikki Bajaj Summits Everest Basecamp — Sports

Shivangi Pandey

Nikki Bajaj Summits Everest Basecamp

After So Long // बरसों बाद — MusicReviews

Rajeev Anand Kushwah

After So Long // बरसों बाद

Heartstopper: Things I Loved & Things I Want More Of — Reviews

Nadiya

Heartstopper: Things I Loved & Things I Want More Of

The RSS Stance On Queer India, Explained — News

Tejaswi Subramanian

The RSS Stance On Queer India, Explained

Taking Gender Out Of Genitals: Penetration, Possibilities, And The Trans Body As A Site Of Reconstruction — Personal Stories

Arundhati

Taking Gender Out Of Genitals: Penetration, Possibilities, And The Trans Body As A Site Of Reconstruction

Queer Joy In 2023 — Personal Stories

Rohini Shetty (she/her)

Queer Joy In 2023

Gender Marverique | My Gender Is In Between The Lines Of Gender Nonbinary Spectrum — Coming Out

Patruni Chidananda Sastry

Gender Marverique | My Gender Is In Between The Lines Of Gender Nonbinary Spectrum

Kink Belongs To Pride: Respectability Politics, Queer Liberation & Radical Politics — Sex + Body Positivity

Rajeev Anand Kushwah

Kink Belongs To Pride: Respectability Politics, Queer Liberation & Radical Politics

10 Indian Artists Who Are Reimagining Drag — Art + Photo EssayFashionTheatre

Neeharika Nene

10 Indian Artists Who Are Reimagining Drag

Thank You Everyone For Supporting Me And Fuck The Ones Who Made Me More Resilient. — Personal Stories

Riya (ash) sharma

Thank You Everyone For Supporting Me And Fuck The Ones Who Made Me More Resilient.

Navigating Love, Heartbreak And Hate Through ‘Yeh Duniya’ — Music

Krupa Joseph

Navigating Love, Heartbreak And Hate Through ‘Yeh Duniya’

Isabel Fall And The Existence Of Transness On The Internet — News

Tanmay Shrivastava

Isabel Fall And The Existence Of Transness On The Internet

Elliot Page And The Meaning Behind The Green Rose — FashionTV + Movies

Tanmay Shrivastava

Elliot Page And The Meaning Behind The Green Rose

In Conversation With Natalie Truong Of Gay Games — Sports

Sara

In Conversation With Natalie Truong Of Gay Games

Pink Flamingo, A Photo Series To Create Awareness On Pomosexuality — Art + Photo Essay

Patruni Chidananda Sastry

Pink Flamingo, A Photo Series To Create Awareness On Pomosexuality

Cuba’s New Family Code Touted As Most Inclusive And Progressive In The World — News

Krupa Joseph

Cuba’s New Family Code Touted As Most Inclusive And Progressive In The World

Appropriation Of Voguing And Queer Culture — FashionMusicTV + Movies

Eishita NA

Appropriation Of Voguing And Queer Culture

Taking The TamBram Out of Pride Month — Coming Out

Raksha Muthukumar

Taking The TamBram Out of Pride Month

Meet The Influencers Living Life Stylishly Outside The Binary (A Two-Part Gaysi Series) — Fashion

Sasha John

Meet The Influencers Living Life Stylishly Outside The Binary (A Two-Part Gaysi Series)

The Untold Story — Poetry

Esha Saini

The Untold Story

acatalepsy — Poetry

Sayuri

acatalepsy

These Queer Poets Are Reimagining Resistance In Southeast Asia Through Poetry — Music

thodasarum

These Queer Poets Are Reimagining Resistance In Southeast Asia Through Poetry

Why Rainbow Capitalism Is Making Me Start To Dread Pride Month As A Queer Person — Personal Stories

Sherina Poyyail

Why Rainbow Capitalism Is Making Me Start To Dread Pride Month As A Queer Person

3 Friends Who Met On A Cricket Ground In Bangalore Are Behind The Moving Queer Marketplace – Maya Bazaar! — News

Shivangi Pandey

3 Friends Who Met On A Cricket Ground In Bangalore Are Behind The Moving Queer Marketplace – Maya Bazaar!

Fiction Comic: Unwrinkled Saris And Just Another Evening — Story

Aritra Sarkar

Fiction Comic: Unwrinkled Saris And Just Another Evening

“Woh Kya Karlenge?”: Everything Queer Games North East Is And Wants To Be — Sports

Sara

“Woh Kya Karlenge?”: Everything Queer Games North East Is And Wants To Be

Queering Common Space — Guides + Resources

Ankita

Queering Common Space

Rajasthan HC Verdict Recognises Trans Community As Socio-Economically Backward Class – Time To Get Intersectional — News

Shivangi Pandey

Rajasthan HC Verdict Recognises Trans Community As Socio-Economically Backward Class – Time To Get Intersectional

All The Things I Lost In The Desert — Poetry

Preston

All The Things I Lost In The Desert

Beyond Tokenism: Queer Folx In Indian Politics — Guides + Resources

Khushi

Beyond Tokenism: Queer Folx In Indian Politics

Graphic Story: Puddles — Story

Saachi Gupta

Graphic Story: Puddles

Film “Bodies Of Desire”: A Homage To Desire And The Sensuous Nature Of Love — TV + Movies

Srishti Berry

Film “Bodies Of Desire”: A Homage To Desire And The Sensuous Nature Of Love

The Heartwarming Magic Of “I Am Who I Am” — MusicReviews

Saachi Gupta

The Heartwarming Magic Of “I Am Who I Am”

Girls’ Shorts At Kashish 2020 — ReviewsTV + Movies

Sakshi Raikar

Girls’ Shorts At Kashish 2020

Kal Penn Has Come Out. Is It Time To Rejoice Or Reflect? — News

Saurabh Sharma

Kal Penn Has Come Out. Is It Time To Rejoice Or Reflect?

On The Importance Of Queer Elders — Coming OutPersonal Stories

Ananya Priyadarshi

On The Importance Of Queer Elders

Switzerland Embraces Same Sex Marriage; Allows For Adoption As Well — News

Tanmay Shrivastava

Switzerland Embraces Same Sex Marriage; Allows For Adoption As Well

Reviving A Disabled World — Guides + Resources

Ankita

Reviving A Disabled World

Reimagining Queer Indian Lives Post-377 — Personal Stories

Tanmay Shrivastava

Reimagining Queer Indian Lives Post-377

Journey Through A Queer Juvenescence — Personal Stories

Seven (They/Them)

Journey Through A Queer Juvenescence

A Secret Love: The Romance Of The Century — ReviewsTV + Movies

Nikita Saxena

A Secret Love: The Romance Of The Century

Rigel Gemini Releases Music Video “I Can’t” With Alyssa Edwards And Gia Gunn — Music

Jo

Rigel Gemini Releases Music Video “I Can’t” With Alyssa Edwards And Gia Gunn

Queer People With Disabilities And An Ally Speak Out How Fundamentally Inaccessible The Ongoing Queer Rights Movement Is — Personal Stories

Saurabh Sharma

Queer People With Disabilities And An Ally Speak Out How Fundamentally Inaccessible The Ongoing Queer Rights Movement Is

10 Small Businesses Owned By Queer Folks You Can Support — Guides + Resources

Raavya Bhattacharyya

10 Small Businesses Owned By Queer Folks You Can Support

“Am I Queer Enough?” An Essay Dissecting My Queer Imposter Syndrome — Coming OutLove + Relationships

Ghazal Khanna

“Am I Queer Enough?” An Essay Dissecting My Queer Imposter Syndrome

Ready For An Indo-Pak Pride Meet? — News

Saurabh Sharma

Ready For An Indo-Pak Pride Meet?

Pride Is Political — Personal Stories

Ankita

Pride Is Political

What’s Pride Got To Do With It? Everything, And Then Some. — Personal Stories

Tejaswi Subramanian

What’s Pride Got To Do With It? Everything, And Then Some.

Celebrating Allies Is Not Queer Justice — News

Tejaswi Subramanian

Celebrating Allies Is Not Queer Justice

Calm And Chaos Of Closeted Truth And Free Lies — Personal Stories

hopelesslyromanticallybi

Calm And Chaos Of Closeted Truth And Free Lies

She Prefers The Pronouns They — Personal Stories

Jo

She Prefers The Pronouns They

Poem: Don’t Tell Me To Cut My Hair — Personal StoriesSex + Body Positivity

Anshumaan Sathe

Poem: Don’t Tell Me To Cut My Hair

On Trans Passing — Sex + Body Positivity

Meenakshi

On Trans Passing

Queering Up 8 Popular Indian Monuments Part II — Love + Relationships

priya

Queering Up 8 Popular Indian Monuments Part II

Queering Up 8 Popular Indian Monuments — Love + Relationships

priya

Queering Up 8 Popular Indian Monuments

Gaysi Family was started as a blog to provide a voice and a safe space to desis (people from the South Asian Subcontinent) that identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer.©

This platform is a space for expression and dialogue about queer sensibilities in South Asia. A place for sharing thoughts, activism, dreams, theories, confessions, and desires.

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