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.
Can Bollywood let people choose their occupation/profession as they wish without prejudice, heredity, saste-rules, marriage and religious institution’s interference?
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?
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?
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
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.
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’.
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 went beyond just seeking removal of Sec 377, or demands for decriminalisation of homosexuality. Pride this year was all about intersectionality and solidarity.