Christianez Ratna Kiruba

Christianez Ratna Kiruba (She/Her) is a pansexual medical doctor and a freelance health journalist currently based in Guwahati. She is interested in viewing public health problems through the gender lens and bringing diverse perspectives to the discourse on health.

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Christianez Ratna Kiruba 10 Oct 2025

“I’ll only go to a hospital if I’m dying”: Queer people are turning to social media for healthcare support

WhatsApp, Instagram, Reddit, and Telegram have become vital lifelines for queer healthcare. But crowdsourced medical support is not without its risks
Health
Personal Essay

Christianez Ratna Kiruba 21 May 2025

I was going to end up like my mother. Queerness saved me.

She was made to accept shame and silence. Queerness gave me the tools to understand desire and intimacy on my own terms.
Desire
Personal Essay

Christianez Ratna Kiruba 21 Feb 2025

I’m a pansexual woman, I married a straight man. Then everyone started erasing me.

When you’re queer but people don’t know it, they tell you the worst queerphobic jokes.
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Christianez Ratna Kiruba

“I’ll only go to a hospital if I’m dying”: Queer people are turning to social media for healthcare support

I was going to end up like my mother. Queerness saved me.

I’m a pansexual woman, I married a straight man. Then everyone started erasing me.

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