What the YouTuber who recorded ‘gande log’ at a Delhi gay spa didn’t show you
Gay spas in Delhi are a sanctuary for many men, offering rare spaces for them to find desire and kinship.
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No longer benched: Queer sports clubs in Bengaluru offer healing, belonging, and joy
Queer-only sports groups provide affirming spaces for folks to reconnect with the field, and stay active and socialise.
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The messy politics of queer cliques
Cliques reveal our desperate need for belonging while exposing the cost of gatekeeping.
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Move over resilience porn: Re-imagining the margins
Mainstream narratives of the trans and gender-diverse people tend to focus on resilience in the face of hardship. It is time to move past this one-dimensional narrative and ask why the hardships never seem to go away
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The quiet resilience of Bijli of Vijay Nagar
In the hustle and bustle of a busy North Delhi neighborhood, a trans woman asserts her identity while grappling with the precarity of life and livelihood.
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The delicate balancing act of being queer and Sikh
Equality of all is one of the founding principles of Sikhism. In practice though, patriarchy and heteronormativity reign supreme.
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Transitioning from a good boy to a loose woman
Transitioning from one gender to another requires grappling with a whole new set of absurd social norms.
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Are fat people welcome in the queer world?
Taking up space is a radical act of liberation for fat people, who face systemic discrimination wherever they go, including queer spaces.
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Where do the quiet gays go?
Not all queerness is loud. Quiet queerness has always been here.
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100 years of representing same sex intimacy in Hindi literature
On the Edge offers a fascinating window into the evolving literary representation of same-sex desire in India.
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How Kinshuk Gupta queers Hindi literature
Doctor 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
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The very queer cookery of food in India
How queer communities in India build and maintain their heritage through food
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