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I am a 25-year-old cis woman and I recently had sex with another woman for the first time. It was new, it felt nice, but it just didn’t feel safe.
This post was originally posted here. 30th September, 2020 Shorya Mittal TW: Mentions of sexual harassment. It was the last…
Some nights I worry that if birth control for men is indeed released, clinical trials of which were suspended in 2016 as its side effects, incidentally the same as what women have been dealing with for ages, were just not worth it, it would be named Fuckboi.
Cyberspace has given the queer woman a chance to problematize the existing gender and sexual identities which, like any identity, is not static. It allows her to create and occupy spaces which will give her freedom and power in a way that the misogynistic physical world cannot provide.
Introduction: As this first-person account of Anita, a Devadasi in Maharashtra, Western India illustrates, issues of consent and violence/coercion cannot…
I knew that I was gay since time knows when. The society made me know. Be it my friend’s snarky…
Her eyes are open now, she looks at him. There is sadness there. “What my love? What happened?” he asks….
What is fiction? Is it born of reality? Or does it birth reality, reflecting it back at me until I see the things I do not see? Until I find the person that is me? Until I dance my horse dance under moon, under stars, in a room full of people who like horse dancing just as much as they like the swirly skirt and the pot-bellied person doing the Bhangra.
This article was originally published in the YKA 27th June, 2020 More from Aditya Singh With time and maturity of…
When I was working on finalising my dissertation topic during my Masters, I was quite apprehensive about what I would…
A humanitarian crisis situation has different impacts at the individual and community level and is also differently experienced by different…
In some of the country’s most conflicted regions, activism on issues of sexuality (if it’s aligned to human rights) is both a risky affair and one of secondary importance in the midst of larger socio-political and historical issues. The topic of human rights tends to center on gun violence, AFSPA, statehood and insurgency.
Let me begin with a confession. I have always loved the idea of marriage. What is one to do when…
The internet is playing a major role in activism in the Valley, and love and relationships too Onaiza Drabu Since…
Growing up is a tedious task in our society because of the institutionalised practices, societal constructs and boxed identities and…