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Vishal Tondon’s Suicide is a Collective Queer Failure

we need to talk; about our feelings and the hurt we feel, the insecurities, the invalidity we experience, the constant pressures of an oppressive heteronormative as well as a homonormative society and sub-culture which like a ruthless predator gets over us and takes away our well being, peace and happiness
Sunil Babu Pant

Why Nepal May Never Call it a Gay Pride March?

As Nepal was never colonized, hence it never criminalized homosexuals and third genders, and the Nepali societies are relatively more tolerant towards our LGBTIQ populations compared to many other countries across the world. Thus the ‘Gay Pride Marching’ is not only unnecessary but can become counterproductive too

Vishal Tondon : In Memoriam

Vishal was a warm person, comfortable with himself, who had a good sense of humour, and could crackle someone up, in a good sort of a way.

Why I Did Not Celebrate Father’s Day

A lot of children of alternative sexuality and gender identity are raped by their fathers, uncles, brothers, cousins so as to be ‘cured’. Where do we place these fathers? What respect do they deserve?

Politics of Indifference : Shouldn’t LGBTQ People Speak Up Against Targeted Violence?

In times, when there is increasing and growing antipathy towards Muslims and Dalits, when the voices of hatred and sirens for bloodshed get louder to terminate those who eat beef, when poor farmers and cattle traders are lynched for transporting cattle, shouldn’t LGBTQ people stand up and protest against each act of crime and injustice that unfurls each day?