How my disability shaped the way my father approached my queer relationship
Coming out as a disabled queer woman taught me how love, safety, and worth are quietly negotiated in some families.
RelationshipsComing out as a disabled queer woman taught me how love, safety, and worth are quietly negotiated in some families.
RelationshipsAn excerpt from Love, Sex and India: The Agents of Ishq Anthology
DesireHow Madhav started from scratch and learnt to love his new pitch
BodiesFeminist queer activist Jaya Sharma on the transcendental liberation of being old, sexy, and kinky
DesireMore trans people have joined the police ranks since, but they are not reflected in the data, which is current as of 1 Jan, 2024
WorkExcerpted from the book Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in India, edited by Jayna Kothari
Queer Rightsqueerbeat interviewed five people closely involved with the case, a Bajrang Dal spokesperson, as well as reviewed the woman’s draft police statement and her hand-written and video statements to a Delhi-based NGO.
Queer RightsUsing language that respects people’s identities is good for them. Queer people have always known this. Science agrees.
BodiesSix states and union territories have not recorded a single trans school student over the past four years.
Queer RightsExcerpted from the book Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal: The Life and Times of a Female Impersonator by Sandip Roy
BodiesOnly 20 cases have been registered under the Trans Act between 2020 and 2023. Police bias is to blame.
LawMore than half of them are studying in four states.
Queer RightsAt times ritual, at times resistance—the taali is barely understood by society and hotly-debated, even by hijras
CultureSpeaking to dissident artist Priyanka Paul about art and anger
CultureIn conversation with actor, teacher, and drag artist Lauren Robinson
CultureAs a bahujan individual, my sexual identity is intertwined with my caste. It continues to shape all facets of my queer life
CasteIn conversation with comedian-poet Alok Vaid-Menon ahead of the India tour of their show, Hairy Situation.
CultureChoosing a name is an experiment with meaning and perception, playing hide-and-seek with social memory—the state takes all the fun out of it
Bodies