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This post was originally posted here. By Sheelalipi Sahana January 29, 2021 — In 1932, four Urdu writers caused a…
The Sexuality of Migration speaks only to gay men from Mexico. It is reticent on the issues of other non-normative sexualities such…
The institution of family and the conventional understanding of the same has been conveniently romanticised and glorified in a heteronormative…
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.
This article was originally published in Gaysi. Despite the categorization on OTT platforms, Anime is more medium than genre. As…
The bill exhibits a lack of understanding of agency which ought to be given to a woman; that a woman should be able to make decisions when the question is with regard to her body. There is no need for the State to be the Big Brother.
A sense of humour, easy solutions and liquor as compensation help keep things simple. The Hirma episode is one of…
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.
This article was reposted from Everyday Feminism. December 14, 2015 by Suzannah Weiss One night, my college boyfriend, two of his female…
This article was originally printed here. August 15, 2016 / Suzannah Weiss The work of women and femmes is traditionally…
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.
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.
Up to 10 million people in Iran are living with disabilities, campaigners say, but the culture surrounding the issue is…
This article was originally published at NPR.org The growing number of people who identify as transgender is raising a lot…
Time and again, our films underline the supremacy of man. Modernity is reduced to a matter of packaging. A modern…