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Drag is more than a form of entertainment or art form or a form of comedic release, it’s the realization of the fun of being queer or having a queer perspective.
Khusro to Bullah. Ada to Parveen
यह, वह, वो
He, she, they
Lover or Beloved? Woman or Man?
I see people and places,
Couples and crushes
I hear giggles and whispers.
These are the secrets untold to me.
They’ punch him
with the pejorative
‘sissy’
and blame him for his smooth skin
and pink lips
for all ‘their’
disoriented gazes.
Looking back, it seems strange, almost sad that he couldn’t contain his anxiety, couldn’t bear the shame of what he did wrong. He must have skimmed over so much turmoil, that he couldn’t accept the reality of harming someone.
This reconciliation between Pallavi’s public (seemingly) heterosexual and closeted lesbian identities points to a distinctly Indian way of avoiding polarities through a new social arrangement where both identities are allowed the space to flourish.
विभिन्न स्थानों पर लड़कियों की उपस्थिति, उनका अनेक मुद्दों पर चर्चा करना, दोस्तों के साथ मसलों पर बातचीत करना और किसी भी कारण के लिए एकत्रित होना स्वयं ही समाज में मानदंड को चुनौती देता है और उनकी सुरक्षा, गतिशीलता और यौनिकता को बढ़ावा देता है।
पल्लवी की सामाजिक (कदाचित) विषमलैंगिक और छिपी हुई लेस्बियन पहचान का यह मिलन, ध्रुवीता से बचने की भरतीय विशेषता की ओर इशारा करता है, जहां एक नई सामाजिक व्यवस्था के अंतर्गत दोनों पहचानों को जगह दी जाती है।
If the workplace looked anything like our world, it would have 50% men and 50% women, 7% would have a college degree, 55% would have access to the internet, and only 70% would have access to a smartphone.
Funnily enough, porn played a massive role in helping me articulate my queerness (I am pansexual) and my even queerer desires.