In conversation with intersex activist Momo on the erasure of intersex lives, trans and intersex solidarity, and the violence of bio-essentialism.
Queer RightsExcerpted from the book Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in India, edited by Jayna Kothari
Queer Rightsqueerbeat interviewed five people closely involved with the case, a Bajrang Dal spokesperson, as well as reviewed the woman’s draft police statement and her hand-written and video statements to a Delhi-based NGO.
Queer RightsSix states and union territories have not recorded a single trans school student over the past four years.
Queer RightsMore than half of them are studying in four states.
Queer RightsSunil Mohan R on his cricketing journey, activism past and present, and his hopes for the queer future
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The collective behind Bengaluru Pride has split into two factions. queerbeat examines the undercurrents that led to the split and what it reveals about the queer movement.
Queer RightsThe Indian education system is far from queer friendly. Can the efforts of individual queer teachers counteract systemic oppression?
Queer RightsEquating masculinity with toxicity is a dangerous, transphobic attitude that leads us away from collective liberation.
BodiesWe conducted 32 in-depth interviews with queer people across the country to find out which political parties they voted for and why.
Queer RightsPatchy implementation of laws, lack of awareness, and stigma leave genderqueer Indians vulnerable to violence in their battle to fulfil a basic human need.
BodiesStigma and ignorance about the diversity of LGBTQIA+ communities in the Indian medical system continue to exact a hefty toll on LGBTQIA+ folks.
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