I took 25 years to reclaim my womanhood in a world that militantly tried to make me believe I was a man. This lie was declared at birth and reinforced throughout childhood, at home, at school, in short, in every institution that was meant for my development.
By NOFILTERSASSY Mar 31 2020 |
Gay men’s desire to emulate these standards of perfection often induce negative feelings towards their body and physical appearance.
By Gautam Mehra Mar 30 2020 |
I am not sure of my idea of ‘Home’, but I feel homeless at times. When I want to sleep for days, people seem unbearable, 'I don't see the point' of doing anything, my body aches, I feel I don't have any home to go back to and rest in my cozy bed.
By Sudipta Das Mar 26 2020 |
Do not let others tell you that this happens in every relationship. If it does, they too must get out of it. It is not healthy. You should grow in a relationship, not feel stuck in circles of abuse, hate and disagreements.
By Raqeeb Mar 25 2020 |
The film does nothing to challenge patriarchal norms but rather neatly works within them, and that’s one of the reasons for the film’s success. It doesn’t require us to look within and change anything, but it reinforces already held beliefs and, at most, asks for minor readjustments to allow the audience to applaud their ability to learn and revel in their liberal and progressive world-views. We’ve learnt so much. Let’s not slap the good self-sacrificing woman, shall we?
By Anushka Jadhav Mar 9 2020 |
The sit-in protest at Bilal Bagh is fast approaching its 30 day mark, and there’s no stopping. But the toll that constant protesting takes on its young, queer participants is heavy.
By Sasha R Mar 6 2020 |
Many queer people are initiated into using meth, cocaine, heroin and other drugs during PNP sexual encounters. Using these drugs in a group setting increases feelings of intimacy and pleasure.
By Gautam Mehra Mar 4 2020 |
Most people taking the quizzes are aware of how ridiculous they can be, or are just looking for something tangible that will confirm what they already know about their sexual orientation. That being said, the stereotypes and misinformation presented in these quizzes can very sneakily warp someone's view of sexualities.
By Tanya Mar 3 2020 |
Don’t get me wrong,
My fight is not with that woman, I am just a different kind of woman.
By Gagan Feb 27 2020 |
There’s a way in which nation works. And some nations believe in their “greatness.” They believe in their masculinity, their powerfulness, their unbreakability, their purity.
By Saurabh Sharma Feb 25 2020 |
It's ironic that we were just talking about borders in class that day. Invisible borders. The rope was a physical manifestation of the border between the crowd of men and women, and me, a person who was neither.
By queerphiliac Feb 25 2020 |
I’m sorry, but who are you Mr. Khurrana and team to tell anyone that they are "incomplete"?
By Shiva Raichandani Feb 13 2020 |
As an openly gay person, I am truly frightened of what is happening in the country. The CAB-NRC puts every minority, religious or otherwise, in the line of fire. Part of me wonders whether the overturning of Section 377 was a mere fluke before the country began to irrevocably burn.
By Nikita Saxena Jan 21 2020 |
It didn’t take me a while to understand why this tweet against him started trending. Now I can connect the dots: Kaushal made them — the upper-caste, heterosexual and patriarchal regime — uncomfortable by being a Dalit, queer and, on top of that, being from JNU, now DSE.
By Saurabh Sharma Jan 20 2020 |
To my astonishment, and fiendish delight, I witnessed a sight unbeknown to me. A man wearing a… saree? A spurt of giggles escaped my mouth as I prodded my mother, and pointed conspicuously towards the window.
By Asfiyah Jan 7 2020 |
The attack on Jamia was not only a politically relevant event for me, but it was also a personal trauma caused even in absence. I was not inside the campus when the incidents transpired, but from what I have heard from friends, it violated the right to safety and equality.
By Raqeeb Jan 6 2020 |
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.
By Saachi Gupta Dec 17 2019 |
As a neurodivergent queer person, I have always had problems with sudden input of triggering content.
By Abigail Nov 30 2019 |
Intersex people spend a lot of their lives doing this emotional labor for others because they are inherently responsible to be born an error.
By Mohammed Nov 11 2019 |
If You Dare Desire (or Abar Jaadi Ichcha Kardo) directed by Debalina Majumder, wishes a hopeful trajectory of Swapna and Sucheta’s life, one where they do not leave a six-page suicide letter but run away from their village to be together.
By JS Sep 17 2019 |
