मेरी जिंदगी मेरी मर्जी
चलिए, आज आपको मिलवाते हैं एक बहुत ही प्यारे इनसान से। इनका नाम है उत्तम भगत। एक मध्यम वर्गीय परिवार में लड़के के रूप में जनमे उत्तम का एक बड़ा भाई और एक बड़ी बहन हैं। मां गृहिणी हैं और पिता डॉक्टर हैं। उन्हें किसी ने कहा नहीं पर उन्होंने समाज के रवैये को देखते […]
My Allyship Workshop: The Unlearnings
Gunjan Pant Pande Serendipity. That is the only way I can think of describing the eye-opening journey I took last year quite by chance. Let me elaborate. The pandemic as you know had taken a physical and mental toll on everyone, including me and on top of that I was to be an empty-nester. My […]
Accepting yourself
Here is just what will cheer you up, a love letter from a trans man to the LGBTQIA+ community in India Rags Dhar Accepting yourself is hard; no self-help book is good enough to cater to everyone’s needs, even though they’re marketed as such. One can only skim through them and use whatever information resonates […]
Does love conquer all?
Sukriti Taneja In a country that jams to the tunes of Aadmi hu, aadmi se pyaar karat hu, you would imagine inclusivity and acceptance on the matters of who one chooses to love, to be an unsaid privilege. Unfortunately, that remains a far-fetched reality for most of the country. The Supreme Court’s 2018 judgement made […]
Breaking the silence
For many LGBTQIA+ individuals, seeing themselves reflected in literature can be a powerful and transformative experience. It can help them to feel less alone and more connected to a community that shares their struggles and triumphs. Shubhi Trivedi For years, the LGBTQIA+ community has struggled to find representation in literature. Queer stories were often marginalised, […]
Journey to yourself
Seeing a gay friend come out and find his voice is an empowering journey to witness Manpreet Singh “This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” – William Shakespeare. These wise words from Shakespeare tell us […]
Winds of change in interpreting LGBTQIA+on Indian celluloid
Arnab Banerjee Cinema being enormously powerful, has the power to change the way we think about ourselves and our culture. Of course, cinema as a medium, can make us laugh or cry or leave us speechless too. But most important of all is its ability to raise voices and experiences of the marginalised to a […]
Unity in diversity: How sport’s rainbow coalition is building a monument to acceptance and respect
In 2022, India’s Dutee Chand called for a world in which LGBTQIA+ athletes can live without fear of persecution or death. Three years earlier, the 100m and 200m runner from Odisha had revealed that she was in a same-sex relationship, her honesty igniting a moral backlash but also earning Chand kudos and support. The act […]
Sexuality and identity
Samindara Sawant Gaurav was 16 when he started becoming aware of the possibility that he might be gay. While his friends ogled at girls, he on the other hand, seemed to notice all the interesting guys. Eventually, he realised that he was attracted to boys, and felt nothing for girls. By the time he was […]
मेरा अपना वजूद
किरण एलजीबीटीक्यूआईए+ कम्युनिटी से हैं, उन्होंने समाज के तानों को झेलते हुए ही अपनी एक अलग पहचान बनाई है। आज वह एक ऐसी शिक्षिका हैं जिन्होंने कई सौ लोगों यहां तक कि पुलिस वालों को भी गलत-सही की पहचान कराकर शिक्षित किया है। जो भी लोग अपने जीवन को कोसते हैं, जीने की इच्छा खो […]