I wasn’t tortured physically for who I am. However, my soul has been tortured by the people around me including myself. Hence, I say, miles to go before we celebrate our individualities in Kashmir.
Bhubaneswar Pride is going to be held on 1st September. As part of pride festivities, various events like Film Screenings, Literature Readings and Queer Poetry ... Read More...
If you are fortunate to be an LGBTQ traveller, there are all sorts of wonderful parties, parades, and festivals taking place this year across the globe.
Community and support is crucial to the wellbeing of everyone, particularly queer/LGBT people who might have no other queer/LGBT spaces where they can be open about their sexuality and/or gender
The religious and political leaders of the world need to send a strong message that homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia and human rights abuses against sexual and gender minorities will not be tolerated.
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.
It was December 2013 when we - Friends of Linger - first took stage with the only original song we had - Head Held High. This was a poem I wrote months earlier ... Read More...