Watch: Coming Out as Gay and Dalit
In this video, Akhil shares how he came out to his parents and family, their reaction to it, and his own journey of asserting his dalit identity in queer spaces.
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Meet the 12 LGBTQ Individuals Featured in Gaylaxy’s Queer Calendar 2019
The calendar is a representation and celebration of the various gender and sexual identities of LGBTQ people
Will Bollywood Add the Fifth One to the Ancient Indian Caste System as “Nepotism” Thrives Again?
Can Bollywood let people choose their occupation/profession as they wish without prejudice, heredity, saste-rules, marriage and religious institution’s interference?
Gay Men are not Casteist, It is Merely our Preference
It is not casteist to write in my Grindr profile "Gujjar Top". I have not asked for any reservation based on my caste here. I even have Gujjar written on my Fortuner. What is casteist about that?
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?
Short Story: Nanima and Roger Toilet
She knew that Svasti and he were special friends, and that he had problems with his family, that this was the reason he lived here now.
Queer Struggle Doesn’t End With Section 377 Or Same-Sex Marriage Laws
Despite this onslaught of high-voltage atrocity and the continual thumping of nationalist chests, complaints have poured in that by talking about the various kinds of hate, crimes and oppressions – one is derailing pride and a fight for queer issues
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.
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’.
Time for the Queer Movement to Deal with its Shit
Ashley Tellis asks us to engage with shit
Where is the active participation of the queer movement in the general Chennai relief activities on the ground, apart... Read More...
Delhi Queer Pride 2015 Goes Beyond Sec 377, Expresses Solidarity With Other Struggles
Delhi Queer pride 2015 went beyond just seeking removal of Sec 377, or demands for decriminalisation of homosexuality. Pride this year was all about intersectionality and solidarity.