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Marriage Equality Should Not Be The End of Queer Liberation

December 21, 2023

Idled States of Bharat: United by Sexes Divided by Genders

November 3, 2023

Barbie, Oppenheimer and the Gender Conundrum

July 26, 2023

Out Of The Closet, Stuck In The Spreadsheet

July 3, 2023

Moving Beyond Marriage Equality: What Next?

June 18, 2023

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Why Power Wranglers raise Hiccups for the LGBTQ+ Community

July 23, 2020

Dominant patrilineal structuralism threatens to ruin the progress made by our community, as conservative queerphobic and Islamophobic traditionalists spread their backwards thinking in a devastatingly power-tripping manner

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Old Offensive Wild Stone Ad Mocking Effeminate Men and Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes Being Re-aired on Television

July 20, 2020

The ads mock men for stepping outside of gender boundaries and are advocating set ways to "be a man" and "act and behave like a man"

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An Open Letter Urging Youtube To Conduct Gender Sensitisation Workshops for Their “Influencers”

June 7, 2020

All YouTube influencers are in dire need of education on LGBTQ and gender issues. What better way for Youtube to celebrate Pride this year than sensitising content creators in India, and thus actually helping the Indian LGBTQ community.

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The CarryMinati Episode is a Stark Reminder of the Homophobia in Society, and the Role Big Corporations Play in Promoting it

May 17, 2020

It is not just people like CarryMinati that need to be held accountable for vitiating the environment and polluting young mind with homophobic slurs. Platforms like YouTube need to be held accountable too.

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An Open Letter to CarryMinati – Stop Your Homo/Trans Phobia

May 14, 2020

Being gay, being femme or not, isn't a euphemism for indignity. No, we're not mere caricatures

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Men will be Men : Toxic Masculinity

January 23, 2020

The toxic notion that men are supposed to have the aura of being rough and tough is the reason for objectification of women, ragging, hetero normative culture, misogyny, dowry, eve teasing, patriarchy, rapes and other social evils.

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A Tale of Two Prides Within a Month in a City

November 14, 2019

Why do NGOs/Trusts want to brand the Pride with the name of their organizations? Is the pride walk about individuals from a particular NGO/Trust who want to feel honored or credited for being the hosts of the pride?

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Statement by Queer individuals and Allies Condemning Homophobia and Blatant Intimidation by The Slate Hotels, Chennai

August 3, 2019

The Slate Hotels in Chennai’s Khader Nawaz Khan Road is a popular nightlife destination in the city. Last week, the establishment humiliated, intimidated and t... Read More...

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Inequality in an “Unequal” Community

July 11, 2019

Grindr is a well known dating/hookup app in the LGBTQIA+ community. In a country where identifying as a sexual minority is still a taboo to a large extent, soc... Read More...

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The Fight for Queer Rights in India Just Became Tougher

May 23, 2019

The election results are out now. 2019 was going to be a defining election. And the worst fears of some of us have come true. Some of us were hoping that even ... Read More...

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Gay Party in Delhi advertises itself as ‘Anti-Poor’ and Exclusionary

May 4, 2019

Gay parties in India have often been criticised for being discriminatory towards transgender people, with many of them often putting conditions like "No cross ... Read More...

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Family Planning Programs Should Address Needs of Transgender People

March 22, 2019

Aggregate action and shared duty regarding driving a gender balanced world is vital. International Women's Day is a worldwide day commending the social, financ... Read More...

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