THE VISIBILITY CAMPAIGN: Aishani’s Story
A trans man narrates what how it feels growing up in a world that forces you to behave and dress like a girl, and refuses to acknowledge your gender identity
Queer Voices
Forced To Marry A Girl, I Have Been Dying Inside Everyday : The Story of A Gay Man From Haryana
It has been one and half years since my wedding, and I have been dying every day ever since. I saved my family’s reputation and prestige but couldn’t save my own happiness.
A Straight Man’s Experience of Attending the Delhi Queer Pride for the First Time
Queer pride parades happen all over the world, but what was unique about this was the coming together of people from many other spheres; the Dalits, the Adivasis, women, and persons with disability, among other groups
Why I Wore Phanek, A Symbol of Meitei Women’s ‘Purity/Impurity’, To The Delhi Queer Pride
In the case of Meitei society, wearing phanek has come to acquire gender, moral and cultural values. So wearing phanek is my own battle to challenge patriarchal norms, values and heterosexuality.
How I Came Out As a Transman in Islamic Society of Pakistan
I was a boy, without a doubt in my mind. Being born of the female gender meant nothing to me. I was convinced that I was a boy that unfortunately just looked like a girl
Delhi Queer Pride 2016 To be Held on Nov 27, Here’s The Statement and Demands of Delhi Queer Pride This Year
Organized by The Delhi Queer Pride Committee, a voluntary collective supported only by community funds, the Delhi Queer Pride March brings together members and supporters of the queer community.
No, Bisexuals Are Not Half-Gay and Half-Straight
There are degrees of bisexuality - we are not half-gay or half straight. Degrees can vary from lusting after the same-sex while being emotionally involved with the opposite sex or vice versa, to lusting and being emotionally involved after the same and the opposite sex
THE VISIBILITY CAMPAIGN: Basita’s Story
I am a bisexual person. And it took me more than enough time to come to terms with it. When I first realised that my liking for women has been sexual, I went in denial.
How A One Night Stand Changed My Life And Helped Me Accept Myself As Gay
Life for me was running smoothly, as I grew up from a teenage boy to a young man bristling with energy. I did not think there was anything amiss or different ab... Read More...
42 meets 24
At 24, sex is undefined and can be with anyone and everyone and need not be confined to a relationship. But at 42, an age when wet dreams are hard to come by; more time is spent trying to define every relationship and giving it the appropriate respect or burial.
Please Keep Kids’ Toys Away from Gender Norms
At every juncture, kids are molded into these twisted gender-driven robots by their parents and those around them, that by the time they reach adulthood, they turn into the same cardboard cutouts of the generation that went before them, ready to dole out the same bullshit about gender norms
THE VISIBILITY CAMPAIGN: Kavita’s Story
I am Kavita Sarmah and identify as Bisexual. I do not ask for any kind of judgement or validation but only acceptance for me to happily be who I am