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 RightsQueer Rights
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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.
Culture