Open Letter to Kala Ghoda Literature Organisers Regarding Nandini Krishnan
We are a group of individuals and collectives writing in to speak with you about your inclusion of Nandini Krishnan on the panel Queer Scapes: The ... Read More...
Tech Mahindra Introduces 30 Days Paid Leave for Sex Reassignment Surgery
Indian Software Company Tech Mahindra has introduced 30 days of paid leave for its transgender employees who are undergoing sex reassignment surgery (SRS), acc... Read More...
3 Day Independent Film Festival of Chennai to Showcase LGBTQ Film Track for the 1st Time
The Independent Film Festival of Chennai (IFFC) 2019, is all set to begin on February 8 this year. The film festival is an initiative by Tamil Studio, which ha... Read More...
Two Same-sex Adults Living Together Not Illegal: Kolkata High Court
A Kolkata High Court bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur has observed that cohabitation by two adults of same-sex cannot be... Read More...
Mumbai’s Iconic Arts Festival ‘Kala Ghoda’ to Feature Several LGBTQ Events
Following close on the heels of the theatrical release of feature films Evening Shadows and Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, it is now the turn ... Read More...
Movie Review: ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’ is the Most Sensitive and Sensible Lesbian Movie from Bollywood
Bollywood has been toying with gay/lesbian characters for quite sometime now. From the stereotyping and mockery of the past, to some sensitive portrayal in the... Read More...
Rahul Gandhi Meets Seven Young Student Activists, including LGBTQ activist, over Dinner
As elections come near, parties are prepping up to woo various sections of the society. Taking lessons from Narendra Modi's "Chai pe Charcha" in the 2014 elec... Read More...
“Those Left Behind Things” – an ode to queer refugees
Vikram Phukan's new play "Those Left Behind Things" opened in Mumbai at Cuckoo Club, Bandra, yesterday evening. It is an intense, minimalist expression of the ... Read More...
Book ‘Straight to Normal’ Launched in Delhi
'Straight to Normal', the autobiography of Sharif D Rangnekar, was launched in Delhi yesterday. Published by Rupa Publications, the book is an autobiographical... Read More...
I was Raped on my Date
It hurt so much that I was in a lot of pain and agony. I was barely conscious and was trying my best to resist, but in vain.
Poem: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Sshhh! Don’t step out of the closet,For people around you may have another mind-set,Hundreds like you have hung themselves by the rope,Look outside this tent, ... Read More...
Book Excerpt: The Scent of God
His eyelashes were beautiful and he had an intense way of looking at you, almost a savage way,