If social change needs to be initiated through a change in the law, which definitely provides more security to the members of the queer community, then so be it.
“Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come”. Equality, of gender, sexuality, between classes and castes, across regions and languages is the idea whose time has come!
Whistling Woods International (WWI), in association with KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival will host an evening of contemporary films that focus on lesbian, gay and transgender lives on January 29, 2016 from 4pm to 8pm.
When I first started my journey on the path of Human Rights, LGBTQI and same sex marriage rights, it felt completely hopeless and demoralizing. I lived in a highly closed and conservative society that was intolerant towards religious and sexual minorities.
Then I saw him, for the first time, in the flesh. I recognised the handsome face and as he drew closer, I recognised the blue denims worn with a white linen shirt.
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.
Queer people cannot be free in a world where people of various hues are shackled, not just because a common oppressor – overarching patriarchy – attacks us all, but also because many of us straddle multiple identities – we’re Dalit and queer, Muslim and queer, Tribal and queer, Disabled and queer.