India’s First Gay Matrimonial Ad and the Caste Controversy
If you have been living in India, or follow LGBT related news, you must have been aware by now that a matrimony ad for a gay arranged marriage appeared in o... Read More...
Blogs
A Response to the Fading Queerness
Gay Matrimonial Ad
It has been a few days since the first gay-matrimonial ad of the country has been out, and as expected, it has gathered a great deal of att... Read More...
Opinion: State Interference in dealing with Homo- and Trans-Phobia
(Photograph by Raj k Raj/Hindustan Times)
While discussions, protests and movements around the queer spectrum are happening all around the world, what is inte... Read More...
Mr. Gay World: A Problematic Contest
A picture of particiapnts at Mr Gay World 2014 (Photo: Beate A Tecza/MrGayWorld.com)
I was in my high school when for the first time I heard about Miss. India... Read More...
Opinion: Media Sensationalism of LGBTIQ Lives
“Adam and Steve is a couple of a different kind; they live together near Rotary Sadan, Kolkata. Every morning they wake up, and look at the sky for signs of cha... Read More...
Queer, apolitical, and without an ideology
I have often been witness to rather acrimonious conversations centred on politics, religion, caste within the community and it makes me wonder why intolerance... Read More...
One Year After Reinstatement of Sec. 377
Dec. 11, 2013 was the day 17 percent of the world’s LGBT population became potentially subject to criminal status due to the reinstatement of Section 377 by... Read More...
Satire: Ghar Wapsi of Homosexuals
(A fictional account of why Goa Minister Ramesh Tawadkar wanted to have gay cure centres, in his voice)
Too much has happened in the last 48 hours and I sudd... Read More...
Opinion: What Justice Katju’s Facebook posts reveal about the Indian Judiciary
Justice Markandu Katju is no stranger to controversy. He has raised many eyebrows before, when he called "90% of Indians as stupid". He has gone many steps fu... Read More...
Crowdfunding for Mumbai Pride 2015
Mumbai Pride
QAM (email: qam.editorial@gmail.com) is a collective collaboration of nonprofit organizations and individuals formed with an objective of c... Read More...
Including the Queer in Indian Courts and Society
Supreme Court of India
At the start of a new year, let us analyse and learn from the recent legal and social processes and events as well as celebrate the vic... Read More...
5 Stupid Gay Presumptions
As enthusiasm for gay rights is gaining massive acceptance globally, so are the needs of people to meet and network with more people in the community. However... Read More...