Stop Being Toxic – The Gay Community Doesn’t Need Negativity
The gay community internally plays a toxic role to further demoralize the vibrancy of the community.
Opinion
JK Rowling and Trans Debate is Driven by Western Perspectives
Why does everyone have to be boxed into this binary gender system of women and men? This notion is very Western.
The CarryMinati Episode is a Stark Reminder of the Homophobia in Society, and the Role Big Corporations Play in Promoting it
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.
Inequality in an “Unequal” Community
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...
Openly Gay Men Going Back into the Closet and Marrying a Girl is Appalling
I am alarmed with some recent developments. Intrigued and appalled are other two feelings too that have occupied my mind-space. Before we delve into why these ... Read More...
Opinion: Section 377 and Modi Government’s Poker Face – Court Should Call the Government’s Bluff
Without saying so, the government is trying to portray Section 377 as an issue unrelated to the rights of LGBTQ citizens, as if 377 had nothing to do with the their lives.
Opinion: Femme-shaming Within the Gay Community
Many gay guys struggle to define their masculinity and themselves as men and rely on an aggressive, competitive and derisive demeanor to compensate for the insecurity.
By Discharging its First Transgender Sailor, Indian Navy is Frittering Away a Golden Chance of Creating History
Sabi's case presented an opportunity for the Navy, and defence forces in general, to set a precedent for the acceptance and employability of transgender individuals in the forces, a definitive first.
Bad Hijras vs Good Trans and the Delusional Trans Utopia
Creating hierarchies of minorities within minorities is not helpful. We have to fight that fight together, not play the game of competing marginalities and disavowals of who we are historically and psychically based on fantasies of our own radicalism and supposed freedom to be who we are.
Politics of Indifference : Shouldn’t LGBTQ People Speak Up Against Targeted Violence?
In times, when there is increasing and growing antipathy towards Muslims and Dalits, when the voices of hatred and sirens for bloodshed get louder to terminate those who eat beef, when poor farmers and cattle traders are lynched for transporting cattle, shouldn’t LGBTQ people stand up and protest against each act of crime and injustice that unfurls each day?
Whose Pride is it Anyways? Beyond the Hashtag Wars, Pune Pride Raises Important Questions We Need To Answer
Queer people undergo enough repression in their daily lives by straight people, society, government and police, let them not face more repression and policing of their bodies and desires at pride marches.
The Infiltration of ‘Hate’ in Queer Spaces
Many of the groups which have been popular as safe expression points are now losing their consistency with the word ‘safe’. Hate speech is on the rise, disagreement is being met with strong criticism in impolite inarticulate ways