In Modi’s India, no structural gains for queer rights, only symbolic victories
The BJP has sought to use tokenistic patronage of the LGBTQIA+ communities to create new Hindutva allies.
Queer RightsThe BJP has sought to use tokenistic patronage of the LGBTQIA+ communities to create new Hindutva allies.
Queer RightsThe unspoken experiences of queer disabled folx accessing medical care in India
HealthWhat access intimacy is and how some therapists are incorporating it in their practice to make it inclusive of queer and disabled people.
HealthMuskan was stifled by her biological family. Her chosen families, despite their transience, helped her grow
RelationshipsNot all queerness is loud. Quiet queerness has always been here.
CultureA Dalit-Queer critique of Lihaf recovers a world of meaning lost in its translation, reminding us that desirability is shaped by caste.
CasteSystemic discrimination deprives trans people of education and employment. Horizontal reservation promises a foot in the door.
CasteLack of support and inclusion within queer communities can drive some gay men seeking intimacy into rooms of drug-fuelled sex.
BodiesSix months, sobriety, and perseverance — the true story of my transformation, from flab to abs
BodiesOn the Edge offers a fascinating window into the evolving literary representation of same-sex desire in India.
CultureDoctor and writer Kinshuk Gupta on his debut collection of Hindi short stories about queer life in India and challenges of representing LGBTQ+ stories in Hindi publishing
CultureThe collapse of a deep Meitei–Kuki friendship shows how Manipur’s nascent queer movement is fraying, threatening its hard-won gains in the violence-torn Indian state.
RelationshipsWalking between the narrow bylanes of Old Delhi, Iqbal Ali leads queer heritage walks to revisit and rewrite the city’s heritage through a queer lens, and what Indian history owes queer persons.
FaithHow queer communities in India build and maintain their heritage through food
CultureA novel exploration of consent, intimacy, love and acceptance in Shastri Akella's dazzling debut The Sea Elephants
CultureAromantic and asexual people are doubly invisible — both in the cishet and queer worlds.
RelationshipsVaibhav Saria’s book Hijras, Lovers, Brothers, opens a crucial conversation about where hijras live under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella.
CultureThrough the lens of three Muslim-American children, When We Were Sisters sits the poignant intersection of grief, South Asian queer identity, and growing up too soon
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