Doctors are “quietly withdrawing” from treating trans patients after the Trans Amendment Act
In conversation with Dr Kavita Arora, senior psychiatrist and founding member of the Indian Mental Health Alliance
HealthIn conversation with Dr Kavita Arora, senior psychiatrist and founding member of the Indian Mental Health Alliance
HealthThe low number of transgender subscribers could be an indicator of their limited access to formal jobs.
WorkBail order reasons that sexual abuse against trans women is covered by Trans Act. But it leaves open the question of whether they can access stronger rape laws for cis women
LawWorld Suicide Prevention Day: In conversation with Arjun Kapoor, co-director and senior research fellow at the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy
HealthHe showed me that desire and shame often arrive together
DesireJaanmoni Das said her words were misconstrued, edited out of context, and broadcast without her consent.
Queer RightsThe Press Club distanced itself from the event and said that an enquiry would be conducted into the matter.
FaithIn two RTI responses, the ministry says it has no documented records of the evidence or consultations behind the Act. In the third, it says the records exist but can’t be made available.
LawQueer groups are stepping in to fill the void
BodiesWhen cis-het couples don’t pay tax on gifts they give each other, why should we, ask same-sex couples
Queer RightsHow I started aging backwards because of a queer collective in Chandigarh
RelationshipsThree poems excerpted from All That’s Left Behind, a poetry collection by Aditya Tiwari
DesireIn conversation with artist Harshit Singh about the student agitation and why it’s time to talk about the Trans Amendment Act once more.
Queer RightsInclusion politics takes the most visible figures from marginalised communities and uses them to contain a movement’s radical potential.
CasteAn excerpt from Homo and Juliet: Queer & Lesbian Love Stories by Shruti Chakravarty
RelationshipsThey met as schoolgirls, married men, raised children, ran households—but they held on to each other through it all
RelationshipsAn excerpt from Dance Like a Trans: From Jogathi to Padma Shri—based on interviews with transgender folk artist Manjamma Jogathi—by Raghav Chinivar
BodiesAn excerpt from Unfinished Equality: Discrimination, Resistance and Hope in Queer India by queer activist, archivist, and researcher Pawan Dhall
Relationships