Sexuality

When Transparency Meets Fluidity, Dance Is Born
Two men dancing on a stage with red flourescent lights. The dance pose shows the man in front turning over his shoulder to kiss the man standing behind him.
When Transparency Meets Fluidity, Dance Is Born

I just celebrated my twenty years in India last October and designed a performance for the occasion: ‘What is dance?’…
By Gilles Chuyen
January 1, 2015
When Transparency Meets Fluidity, Dance Is Born
A Lingering Tingle
A boy performing Bharatnatyam on stage. He wears kajal, and an orange dupatta hung around his neck falls from both sides till his waist. The photo ends at his torso.
A Lingering Tingle

I started learning Bharatanatyam in 1988, when I was six years old. Looking back, it feels like beginning to learn…
By Aniruddan Vasudevan
January 1, 2015
A Lingering Tingle
Brushstrokes: Desire In Dance
A woman wearing a blue saree and an orange blouse performing Kathak. She is wearing colourful bangles and jewellery on top of her forhead, ears, and neck. She is wearing kajal, a black bindi, and her hair is tied.
Brushstrokes: Desire In Dance

[slideshow_deploy id=’4883′] This series of images captures a few Indian dance forms that have over time told stories of desire….
By Curated Content
January 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Desire In Dance
Dances of Desire: From Devadasis to Modern Storytellers
A man and a woman perform Kathakali on stage, wearing typical Kathakali costumes of red and white and elaborate headgear. A lamp is lit on the stage. Their makeup and dresses show beautifully in contrast to the darkened stage.
Dances of Desire: From Devadasis to Modern Storytellers

It is not entirely impossible to imagine that classical Indian dance is timeless or that the stories narrated in these…
By Shweta Krishnan
January 1, 2015
Dances of Desire: From Devadasis to Modern Storytellers
PROVIDING SEXUAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS WITH DISABILITY
A woman dressed in a black and red dress and holding up a big red umbrella is looking behind. She has long blonde hair and a smile on her face.
PROVIDING SEXUAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS WITH DISABILITY

I’ve been a sex worker for over 20 years. I’m a migrant sex worker based in Sydney, Australia but have…
By Rachel Wotton
December 1, 2014
PROVIDING SEXUAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS WITH DISABILITY
INTERVIEW: DR. PAYOSHNI MITRA
photo of activist Dr. Payoshini Mitra. She wears glasses and long hair, and is wearing a black sweater with an orange-and-black patterned scarf
INTERVIEW: DR. PAYOSHNI MITRA

Dr. Payoshni Mitra, a researcher, activist and writer working on gender issues in sport in India with special emphasis on intersexuality…
By TARSHI Team
December 1, 2014
INTERVIEW: DR. PAYOSHNI MITRA
SEXLESS IN THE CITY (FOR NO FAULT OF MINE)
A picture of disability rights activist Malini Chib sitting on a wheelchair. She is has black shoulder-length hair and is wearing glasses. Her top is white with black stripes and her trousers are black. The text beside her reads 'One Little Finger, Malini Chib'
SEXLESS IN THE CITY (FOR NO FAULT OF MINE)

If a woman likes a man, she seduces him with her charm, wit and humour. This, I have seen, works….
By Malini Chib
December 1, 2014
SEXLESS IN THE CITY (FOR NO FAULT OF MINE)
INTERVIEW: PRAMADA MENON
INTERVIEW: PRAMADA MENON
December 1, 2014
INTERVIEW: PRAMADA MENON
A Review Essay: The Sexuality of Migration: Border Crossings and Mexican Immigrant Men
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A Review Essay: The Sexuality of Migration: Border Crossings and Mexican Immigrant Men

The Sexuality of Migration speaks only to gay men from Mexico. It is reticent on the issues of other non-normative sexualities such…
By Curated Content
November 15, 2014
A Review Essay: The Sexuality of Migration: Border Crossings and Mexican Immigrant Men
The Editorial: Mobility and Sexuality
a picture of female migrant workers carrying vessels on their head
The Editorial: Mobility and Sexuality

Movement. Stillness. Travel. Free flow. Restrictions. Borders. Us and Them. Movement takes us closer to our destinations and sometimes forced…
By TARSHI
November 1, 2014
The Editorial: Mobility and Sexuality
I-Column: A Trip To The Ladies’
Two blue doors against a white wall, one having 'gents' and the othe rhaving 'ladies' written over it. beside them, there is a white sink.
I-Column: A Trip To The Ladies’

Remember Simone de Beauvoir said, one is not born a woman but rather becomes one? A trip to the ladies’…
By Shweta Krishnan
November 1, 2014
I-Column: A Trip To The Ladies’
Video: Trailer of ‘Beyond Boundaries’
Video: Trailer of ‘Beyond Boundaries’
November 1, 2014
Video: Trailer of ‘Beyond Boundaries’
Mobility and sexuality – Re-writing common perceptions
Neenu Kewlani (centre), Gopika Anand (right) and Divya Arora. the winners of the first Miss Wheelchair India contest, decked up in colourful sarees and makeup
Mobility and sexuality – Re-writing common perceptions

… the heroine an amputee on a microprocessor controlled prosthetic leg with a hydraulic foot and ankle system raises her…
By Shikha Aleya
November 1, 2014
Mobility and sexuality – Re-writing common perceptions
That Hashtag Was My Colleague
A photo of a woman standing in the middle of a green meadow, leaning against a brown tree bark. She has shoulder length black hair and is wearing a light blue kurta
That Hashtag Was My Colleague

By Sonia Khan | Grist Media – Mon 18 Aug, 2014 Doubting doctors, corrupt cops, jeering lawyers and, of course,…
By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
That Hashtag Was My Colleague
Discourse of desire
Picture of film scholar Shohini Ghosh. She's dressed in a red shirt, has white hair, and is sitting in front of a table full of food.
Discourse of desire

By: Nupur Sharma The Hindu. Shohini Ghosh at Lodhi Garden Restaurant, New Delhi. Photo: V.V. Krishnan Over a hearty meal, film…
By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
Discourse of desire
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