How Aligarh and Kapoor And Sons Reaffirm That Homosexuality Is Acceptable Only When Made As Heterosexual As Possible
Ashley Tellis on two recent films in Hindi that pretend to engage with homosexuality
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How The Islamophobia vs. Homophobia Debate Is Harming The Queer Movement
It seems like Islamophobia and Homophobia have been pitted against each other in the race to attention, which should not be the case. Homophobia, or broadly, Queerphobia, is the root cause of all such incidents, where people have to give up their lives just because they were being themselves.
Indian Leaders Are Shocked by Orlando Shooting, But Not by Homophobia
Indian leaders were shocked at the killings, true, but what is also true is that they were not shocked by the underlying homophobia. By completely erasing the mention of LGBT people in their statements and refusing to condemn the homophobia behind the massacre, they have proven that they will remain blind to the plight of LGBTs in India and world over
Why This World Environment Day Is Also A Day Against Patriarchy!
Human species is quite diverse. Diversity is present in culture, ethnicity, religion and also gender and that is Natural. Like Monsanto, there are powerful entities in our lives who promote “Monoculture” in humanity.
The Deafening Silence Of The Queer Community Even When Its Own Members Are Attacked Is Shocking
What is truly disgusting and shocking is the ‘queer community’s’ silence in the face of these attacks on some of its only radical and worthwhile members like Koonal Duggal and Moses Tulasi.
On Krishna’s Chariot Stands Shikhandi
Shikhandi embodies all queer people – from gays to lesbians to Hijras to transgendered people to hermaphrodites to bisexuals. Like their stories, his story remains invisible.
Kapoor and Sons: The Real Reason Why I Liked Fawad Khan’s Gay Character Is The Erasure of Effeminacy
Every time I complained about stereotyping, all I wanted was for a beefy ‘just like you’ man replace the effeminate man on screen
Casteless-ness in the Name of Caste
Even when the queer acknowledges their own caste, it is to make it caste-neutral. Upper caste individuals tell us again and again as to why are we unnecessarily bothering the people around us by ‘bringing in caste’.
The New Homophobia
Gay people become acceptable only when there is no shimmer of a suspicion that there’s anything going on between the same sexes in bed
Why Queer People Should #StandWithJNU
This is not an attack on JNU, but an attack on dissent .Today, we either stand with JNU, or risk perishing our own freedom
Homophobia, Society and Violence
If we are truly honest with ourselves, we might realise that somewhere within our family circle and networks of friends, there is someone who is either lesbian or gay or bisexual, transsexual, intersex or queer.
