“If we don’t address our differences now, they will become more suffocating later”
Sunil Mohan R on his cricketing journey, activism past and present, and his hopes for the queer future
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A breakup is threatening to transform Bengaluru Pride. What does it reveal about the queer movement?
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.
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Supporting queer teachers to be the teachers they needed
The Indian education system is far from queer friendly. Can the efforts of individual queer teachers counteract systemic oppression?
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What the experiences of trans men can teach us about masculinity
Equating masculinity with toxicity is a dangerous, transphobic attitude that leads us away from collective liberation.
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Understanding the queer vote in India
We conducted 32 in-depth interviews with queer people across the country to find out which political parties they voted for and why.
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How India continues to deny its genderqueer citizens access to toilets
Patchy implementation of laws, lack of awareness, and stigma leave genderqueer Indians vulnerable to violence in their battle to fulfil a basic human need.
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The harrowing queer struggle of accessing STI care in India
Stigma 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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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.
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Why India’s trans people want horizontal reservation
Systemic discrimination deprives trans people of education and employment. Horizontal reservation promises a foot in the door.
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Agency and vulnerability of hijra lives in rural Odisha
Vaibhav Saria’s book Hijras, Lovers, Brothers, opens a crucial conversation about where hijras live under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella.
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No Place Like Home
Transgender persons in India constantly negotiate their identities with the spaces they grow up in, live in, or move through in search of a home within and outside.
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