Do we really care about what happens to queer people when they age?
An excerpt from Unfinished Equality: Discrimination, Resistance and Hope in Queer India by queer activist, archivist, and researcher Pawan Dhall
RelationshipsAn excerpt from Unfinished Equality: Discrimination, Resistance and Hope in Queer India by queer activist, archivist, and researcher Pawan Dhall
RelationshipsAn excerpt from A Room in Bombay, a memoir by Manil Suri
DesireIn conversation with intersex activist Momo on the erasure of intersex lives, trans and intersex solidarity, and the violence of bio-essentialism.
Queer RightsAn excerpt from Queer India Now, co-edited by Dhrubo Jyoti and Dhamini Ratnam
RelationshipsA queer woman’s reflections on unlearning the internalised male gaze.
DesireGazal Dhaliwal is a trans writer who has made it in Bollywood. In this conversation, she reflects on her journey, craft, and the delicate balance of being political in mainstream cinema
CultureWhat they say, what they don’t, how you can protect yourself
LawThe amendment’s push for medical validation clashes with how gender identity is lived in the region.
LawAs gender affirming care has already been disrupted nationwide, we need the health ministry to intervene urgently, said Sanjay Sharma, head of the Association for Transgender Health in India
HealthTrans people nationwide continue to strategise on the way forward; many express confusion about medical transition processes
CultureParliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Claims Trans Bill 2026 discussed by standing committee for over a year; members say otherwise
LawCongress, DMK, and NCP(SP) leaders held separate meetings with trans activists; politicians from across opposition parties have critiqued the Bill publicly
LawPoliticians and activists are calling for the ouster of ministry official Yogita Swaroop, who chaired a meeting with NCTP members on the Trans Bill 2026.
LawThis means they account for about 0.01 percent of 16 lakh teachers in total
WorkA contentious amendment bill threatens to scrap self-determination of gender, impose medical scrutiny, and criminalise trans communities
LawComing 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
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