Watch: Queer Indian Version of Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud Song
The "69th" Independence Day of India was surely going to evoke a lot of queer desires, and it is no wonder that various videos have been released on Youtube a... Read More...
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Strange People, Us Sexual Minorities
A still from the movie Dostana
We are a strange people, we sexual minority people.
We rush to defend the freedom of expression of some extremely sexist, raci... Read More...
Poem: Where Queer Meets Queer
Illustration by Maitri Dore
I wake up every morning,
And the wall around me breaks down my life into various provinces
With the ruler of each
Driving me cr... Read More...
Variety is the Spice of Life
I was listening to this remix version of a Punjabi folk song - Laal Churra. It describes a newly-wed bride, all decked up in lovely clothes and jewellery, wai... Read More...
An Indian Documentary Dares To Tell The Truth About Violence Against LGBTQ
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) groups and individuals across India have been clamouring for the reading down of the colonial law Section 3... Read More...
With Independence Day approaching, it’s time to demand #FreedomFrom377
India will soon be celebrating 69th Independence Day, but after more than 60 years of freedom from British Rule, have we truly given up the British chains of ... Read More...
Straight Support for Queer Cause, through a Missed Call Campaign in Bangalore
On a breezy summer evening in Bangalore, a bunch of friends got together, determined to do something meaningful for the queer cause in the city. Their timing ... Read More...
Book Review: Don’t Let Him Know by Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy’s debut novel Don’t Let Him Know by Bloomsbury is a family saga spread across two generations and continents. The novel tells the story of a Bengal... Read More...
Book Review: Selections from The Thousand Nights and a Night
“Glory be to Him who changes others and remains Himself unchanged!”
And hence, glory be to the aforementioned book, translated by Sir R.F Burton.
The book i... Read More...
Live life with ‘Head Held High’
Harvey Milk once asked every gay man and woman to come out. “Come out to your parents,” he said. “Come out to your friends…come out to your neighbours…to your... Read More...
3rd Chandigarh LGBT Pride Walk to be held on March 8
Holi may be over on the 6th, but Chandigarh decides to keep the color play on by organizing the 3rd year of the Chandigarh Pride Walk on the 8th of March. In ... Read More...
Queer, apolitical, and without an ideology
I have often been witness to rather acrimonious conversations centred on politics, religion, caste within the community and it makes me wonder why intolerance... Read More...