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How The Islamophobia vs. Homophobia Debate Is Harming The Queer Movement

It seems like Islamophobia and Homophobia have been pitted against each other in the race to attention, which should not be the case. Homophobia, or broadly, Queerphobia, is the root cause of all such incidents, where people have to give up their lives just because they were being themselves.
Narendra Modi

Indian Leaders Are Shocked by Orlando Shooting, But Not by Homophobia

Indian leaders were shocked at the killings, true, but what is also true is that they were not shocked by the underlying homophobia. By completely erasing the mention of LGBT people in their statements and refusing to condemn the homophobia behind the massacre, they have proven that they will remain blind to the plight of LGBTs in India and world over

On Krishna’s Chariot Stands Shikhandi

Shikhandi embodies all queer people – from gays to lesbians to Hijras to transgendered people to hermaphrodites to bisexuals. Like their stories, his story remains invisible.

Casteless-ness in the Name of Caste

Even when the queer acknowledges their own caste, it is to make it caste-neutral. Upper caste individuals tell us again and again as to why are we unnecessarily bothering the people around us by ‘bringing in caste’.

The New Homophobia

Gay people become acceptable only when there is no shimmer of a suspicion that there’s anything going on between the same sexes in bed

Homophobia, Society and Violence

If we are truly honest with ourselves, we might realise that somewhere within our family circle and networks of friends, there is someone who is either lesbian or gay or bisexual, transsexual, intersex or queer.
Supreme Court Verdict on Sec 377

The 377 Battle: The Court Awakens

Will the Supreme Court use the curative power to rectify its mistake in 2013 where it completely ignored reams of evidence placed before it on the way in which Section 377 impacts the LGBT community?