The Hopeful Criminal
I woke up on the morning of the 11th of December with the pain of being branded with these triangles on my bare body: I am the homosexual; I am the criminal; I am an Indian.
Archive for the tag confused
A Breakup Letter To My Country
Sub : The Effect Of Your Incompetence On My Life
Poem: Still
Blackberry rings. Demands attention
The head spins, the body tired and spent
Fifty First Dates : Part II
He’s in an open relationship, he tells me after an hour’s worth of banter- ‘flirty insults that we throw at each other’.
Fifty First Dates : Part I
He writes scripts for plays, and musicals. I wrote the script for how we would meet. That’s One for you, and one for me.
Let’s Say (Part II)
Craving for each other day and night, led not only to checking our phones every two minutes fo obvious reasons, but it also affected our health.
Let’s Say (Part I)
Let’s say my name is Tanya. I’m bisexual. At least that’s what I like to believe. It gives me a little scope to be straight when I want.
How Gay Are You ?
Well folks, we have a new writer coming on board very soon and as a special request she asked that we pick your brains for some Gaysi-licious Data as fodder …
Ask Freud : Dating Woes
Normally we judge individuals or have at least an opinion about them within the first 3 to 5 seconds but it seems that you give people a chance before making up your mind.
My Inner Turmoil (World Premiere)
Not only does Gaysi draw the best talent from the Queer Galaxy, it also churns out incredible Alumni. But, of course, they were stellar to begin with ! Our very own Rashmi is now mere hours away from the world premiere of her debut as a filmmaker.
The Inception of an Office Infatuation (Or 12 Warning Bells Before You Get Fired)
The realisation that my heart is operating on a totally different tangent from the rest of me and the self awareness that logic has completely abandoned my thought process, is a little disconcerting to say the least.
Movie Review : Circumstance (2011)
Have I mentioned I love movie trailers? I absolutely louuuuvvvv trailers. When I was younger, I wanted to grow up and become a movie-trailer maker.
Kelly Osbourne: I’m Retiring the Word ‘Tranny’… Will You Join Me?
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I’m Retiring the Word ‘Tranny’…
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On “Passing”
Is a petite-fair skinned person any more of a woman than a larger-dark skinned person? Is the tall-lanky-size zero woman any more real than a short-plus sized woman? Is a married-mom any more real than a career-focused-single woman? If that is the case, then why should a self-identifying not-assigned-woman-at-birth woman be any less of a woman than a woman who was assigned so at birth and raised as a woman?
Too Late
It was after her fifteenth birthday that she realised there was something a little different about her. All her friends seemed to have changed – they dressed better, seemed more …
Am I Diseased?
I miss the days of my childhood, when everything and everyone was so carefree.My friend Anubhav and I used to get together with the other boys from the colony and …
Event Review : Brihannala
Chennai-based performer Aniruddhan Vasudevan’s monologue mixes storytelling, spoken word, classical dance and music to explore the performance of gender and sexuality. As he performs Brihannala – it becomes a reference point for his own performance of gender, his desires and the questions that arise therein.
Movie Review : Gun Hill Road
Harmony Santana dazzles in this drama as a trans teen, Vanessa and her struggling relationship with her just returned-from-prison dad, played wonderfully by Esai Morales and a semi accepting mom, played by Judy Reyes . The movie is set in Bronx,NY.
Not Your Token Puzzle Piece
My willingness to speak openly about myself has landed me spots on panels, interviews, art projects, and so on. I always approach these with an open-mind and am usually happy to have the opportunity to express myself – sometimes I even volunteer to. However, I have wondered if my body and my words are being manipulated.
Beyond The Blub
Don’t look at my moobs (man boobs = moobs you dummies). Don’t look at my hairy nipples, do you stare at Harry Potter’s nipples in the movie, the way you …
