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Brahmins preferred: The Caste of Sexuality
A cartoon of a man and woman sitting under a falling rain. Inside a heart-shaped bubble is written, "Our love started blooming as soon as we realised we are from the same caste."
Brahmins preferred: The Caste of Sexuality

Advancing the most penetrative and succinct theory of caste, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had this to say in 1916 when…
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October 16, 2017
Brahmins preferred: The Caste of Sexuality
Being Dalit, Doing Corporate (Women-in-tech)
Being Dalit, Doing Corporate (Women-in-tech)

This article was originally published here. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike(link is external) 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) 22nd February 2017 Christina Thomas Dhanaraj Christina…
By Curated Content
October 18, 2021
Being Dalit, Doing Corporate (Women-in-tech)
Being A Queer Woman Helped Me Accept My Body
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Being A Queer Woman Helped Me Accept My Body

Being a woman who loves other women, I realised that women look at me with the same tender gaze I look at them with. And that, more than anything, has made me feel at peace with my body. I hope to one day love it
By Curated Content
April 15, 2020
Being A Queer Woman Helped Me Accept My Body
As a Transman, The Pressure to Fit in the Masculine Role is Immense
Silhouette of a male figure sitting near a river
As a Transman, The Pressure to Fit in the Masculine Role is Immense

Masculinity once upon a time was just a word we studied in school, whose sole purpose was to differentiate binary gender in the society. Now masculinity is a criteria of a certain job that a person has to perceive to be called or termed as one.
By Curated Content
October 15, 2019
As a Transman, The Pressure to Fit in the Masculine Role is Immense
Amrita Pritam: Not Just A Poet, But Revolution Personified | #IndianWomenInHistory
Black-and-white photo of saree-clad writer Amrita Pritam, holding a pen by her cheek thinking something.
Amrita Pritam: Not Just A Poet, But Revolution Personified | #IndianWomenInHistory

Amrita Pritam’s legacy for women and subsequent generations is to intentionally challenge status quo, trying to use art to challenge accepted taboos and redefine them. Be fearless, unabashed and courageous in the face of crude censorship and charges of obscenity, of raising and using your voice to speak as you see the world – not in the manner that the world expects you to speak.
By Curated Content
September 15, 2017
Amrita Pritam: Not Just A Poet, But Revolution Personified | #IndianWomenInHistory
A Guide To Affordable Mental Health Care For The Queer Community
On a blue background, an illustration of a person sitting cross-legged, in lighter blue, with 6 arms outstretched over the other. From each arm emanates a light blue line and shapes. Different objects circle the person such as a yellow-orange open book, a black mobile phone, a yellow sun with rays, a glass of water in light blue, a pink pen, a pink cup, a sheet of white paper outlined in pink with the lettering YOU'RE ENOUGH, a black watch. On the top right, in capital yellow letters: PERSONAL TOOL KIT. On the bottom right, in roman black letters: Instructional guide / Health and hygiene / Personal diary / Visual reminders / Phone apps. Under it, in yellow roman font: (Find detailed instructions on the website)
A Guide To Affordable Mental Health Care For The Queer Community

In a country like India where both mental health and non-binary identities are topics that are neglected despite being essential parts of an individual’s identity, it can be quite challenging to navigate through issues regarding the same. Accessibility to affordable and quality mental health services is a serious difficulty that the queer Indian population faces.
By Curated Content
July 19, 2021
A Guide To Affordable Mental Health Care For The Queer Community
A Gaysi Guide To Queer Anime
A Gaysi Guide To Queer Anime

This article was originally published in Gaysi. Despite the categorization on OTT platforms, Anime is more medium than genre. As…
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November 15, 2021
A Gaysi Guide To Queer Anime
A Bottle of Liquor: How Bastar’s Adivasis Settle Disputes Over Love and Sex
Collage of 2 pictures. One is a book cover with an illustration of two adivasi men sitting by a fireside on a winter night. On top is written in white, "Woodsmoke and leafcups." 2nd picture is the google map of Jagdalpur, near Vishakhapatnam.
A Bottle of Liquor: How Bastar’s Adivasis Settle Disputes Over Love and Sex

A sense of humour, easy solutions and liquor as compensation help keep things simple. The Hirma episode is one of…
By Curated Content
December 16, 2016
A Bottle of Liquor: How Bastar’s Adivasis Settle Disputes Over Love and Sex
A Beginners’ Guide To Being A Bisexual Muslim
beginner's guide to being bisexual muslim: an illustration of a woman staring at another woman
A Beginners’ Guide To Being A Bisexual Muslim

Raising your head shyly, you stumble over your words as you ask if you can marry a woman instead. Instantly, your lungs seem to fill with a tsunami of panic, as you witness his usually warm eyes crackle – the first grey clouds of a storm saturating the brown hue of his eyeballs.
By Curated Content
November 15, 2019
A Beginners’ Guide To Being A Bisexual Muslim
50 Ways People Expect Constant Emotional Labor from Women and Femmes
50 Ways People Expect Constant Emotional Labor from Women and Femmes

This article was originally printed here. August 15, 2016 / Suzannah Weiss The work of women and femmes is traditionally…
By Curated Content
October 18, 2021
50 Ways People Expect Constant Emotional Labor from Women and Femmes
5 Urdu Stories That Explore The Plight Of Women In Marriages
Painting of Saadat Hassan Manto looking anxious, with something in Urdu written in background.
5 Urdu Stories That Explore The Plight Of Women In Marriages

All these stories are examples of courage and hold great significance in the development of the Urdu story and for bringing to our notice the misery of the average Indian woman. A new era of Urdu stories has taken birth that not only acknowledges the issues of women inside and outside of house, but also openly deals with ‘immodest’ and ‘indecent’ themes such as sexuality.
By Curated Content
September 15, 2017
5 Urdu Stories That Explore The Plight Of Women In Marriages
3 Ways to Rethink Masculinity as a Newly Masculine-Presenting Person
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3 Ways to Rethink Masculinity as a Newly Masculine-Presenting Person

Being a man isn’t about domination, and it definitely isn’t about subjugation of feminine people. We need to find a way to re-frame masculinity so that it isn’t diametrically opposed to respectful and equal gender relations.
By Curated Content
October 15, 2019
3 Ways to Rethink Masculinity as a Newly Masculine-Presenting Person
‘Popular Stereotyping’
A still from the film "Apur Sansar" showing a woman who's looking downwards. She's wearing a saree and her aanchal is draped around her head.
‘Popular Stereotyping’

Time and again, our films underline the supremacy of man. Modernity is reduced to a matter of packaging. A modern…
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October 15, 2014
‘Popular Stereotyping’
#MeToo India: The limits of analysis
#MeToo India: The limits of analysis

This article was originally published here. 6th July 2021 Nayantara Ranganathan Nayantara is a researcher and lawyer working on the…
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September 15, 2021
#MeToo India: The limits of analysis
“Breathe. All is Well” — How I Dealt With My Panic Attacks
Shikha Aleya writes about her experiences with panic attacks, and travelling with her dog Dusty
“Breathe. All is Well” — How I Dealt With My Panic Attacks

I am not pleased about everything that happened, but I accept that these are my experiences. I accept that I have grown through them, built more invisible muscle. Most of all I accept that it is with the help and support of a diverse array of souls, relationships, and ordinary chuff-chuffing that I can do and be many of the things my spirit is; my life is more than the parts that panicked, and I accept and look after those bits too.
By Curated Content
November 15, 2019
“Breathe. All is Well” — How I Dealt With My Panic Attacks
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