migration and sexuality

Good Girls Marry Doctors: Brave Voices On Daughterhood In South Asian American Families
Book cover. Illustration of a brown woman wearing orange saree, and gold jewellery on forhead, nose, ear, and upper arm, with her hands crossed. On top is written in white and bold "Good girls marry doctors". Under it in smaller font are written subtitle and editor's name.
Good Girls Marry Doctors: Brave Voices On Daughterhood In South Asian American Families

To all the American daughters of South Asian immigrants: Have you ever felt that you just can’t be a Good Girl? Your parents and South Asian community have likely tried drilling in you that Good Girls follow the path of academic excellence, a well-paying job (doctor, lawyer, or engineer), marriage to a well-paid Desi man (preferably a doctor), and then a happy house with kids. Obedience to parents, no dating (at least not while a student), and virginity until marriage are absolutes.
By Curated Content
September 15, 2016
Good Girls Marry Doctors: Brave Voices On Daughterhood In South Asian American Families
Brushstrokes: Queer, Undocumented Migrant Artist Uses His Art for Activism
An illustration of a black woman and a black man raising a curtain. On top is written "Homeland security", and on bottom on a welcoming ribbon, "Come in, Gurl".
Brushstrokes: Queer, Undocumented Migrant Artist Uses His Art for Activism

“Yo existo. I exist,” asserts Julio Salgado’s self-portrait drawn with wings that give him identity. Salgado was eleven years old when he crossed the border from Mexico to the United States where he remains an undocumented resident. Risking arrest and deportation if detected, Julio makes art about his experiences of being a queer and undocumented person of colour.
By Curated Content
September 15, 2016
Brushstrokes: Queer, Undocumented Migrant Artist Uses His Art for Activism
Book Excerpt: ‘No Outlaws in the Gender Galaxy’
Book cover. On top of a white background is a big black circle, within which are many smaller coloured circles - in oronage, pink, blur, green, etc. On top of it is drawn a a big infinity symbol in white colour. An upside-down cross which is a symbol of women hangs down from the left loop of the infinity symbol; and an arrow (Symbol of men) protrudes up from the right loop. Below the big circle is written the book title, "No outloaws in the gender galaxy" with "gender galaxy" in bold. Bleow it in smaller font are names of authors.
Book Excerpt: ‘No Outlaws in the Gender Galaxy’

The book explores how gender plays out in public and private institutions like family, educational institutions, work and public spaces. It illustrates the multiplicity of ways in which people live gender and testifies that even if there are gender laws, in a just world there can be no gender outlaw.
By Shah-Merchant-Mahajan-Nevatia
September 15, 2016
Book Excerpt: ‘No Outlaws in the Gender Galaxy’
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