Coming home to my body: Finding my nonbinary self
I believed that cosplaying ‘normalcy’ by pretending to be cisgender would be the easiest way to live my life. Accepting my ‘nonbinary’ self gave me a way out of that trap.
BodiesI believed that cosplaying ‘normalcy’ by pretending to be cisgender would be the easiest way to live my life. Accepting my ‘nonbinary’ self gave me a way out of that trap.
Bodies2021 SAATHII-Sahodaran study that screened 2,500 trans women for TB represents an important step in the fight against the disease
HealthAs a child, the Church told me that queerness would be my damnation. It was only in my 20s that I sought refuge in my queer bonds and found my salvation.
FaithLoneliness led me down the path of self-harm, which almost cost me my life. Healing began when I came to terms with my queer identity.
BodiesAlthough these initiatives create some change, they are throttled by uneven implementation and poor follow-ups.
WorkSunil Mohan R on his cricketing journey, activism past and present, and his hopes for the queer future
Queer RightsAn in-depth look into the deaths of two trans women–one in Kolkata and another in Goa–reveals how trans people face systemic violence in death, as they do in life
BodiesIn the week before I came out, I broke out in pimples, lost appetite and sleep, developed diarrhoea, and a migraine—all symptoms of the violence that visibility brings
CasteMade as part of Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar’s degree at the Film and Television Institute of India, the film chronicles the transformation of a man through the eyes of his daughter
CultureNautch Boy chronicles Manish Gaekwad’s coming of age, set against the backdrop of a kotha
BodiesWhatsApp, Instagram, Reddit, and Telegram have become vital lifelines for queer healthcare. But crowdsourced medical support is not without its risks
HealthThe two women have been partners for 10 years. But during a health emergency, they are strangers to each other in the eyes of the law.
LawIn conversation with Rohan Kanawade, director of Sundance-winning Sabar Bonda
CultureExcerpted from 'On the Brink of Belief: Queer Writing from South Asia,' edited by Kazim Ali and published by Penguin India.
BodiesTrans masc persons struggle to be seen and desired as masculine while they resist toxic tropes. Will cishet and queer communities catch up?
RelationshipsExcerpted from the book ‘Desi Queers: LGBTQ+ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain’ by Churnjeet Mahn, Rohit K. Dasgupta and DJ Ritu published in India by Westland Books
CultureSometimes, love looks like someone holding your hand through a panic attack
RelationshipsHow two women from Mumbai’s fishing and dabbawalla communities taught me that gender can’t be put in a box
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