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Cutting A Woman’s Genitalia Is Still A ‘Tradition’ In India
During a TED Talk in 2015, Khadija Gbla recalled how she was subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a child in Sierra Leone. “She took hold of what I now know to be my clitoris, she took that...
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Why I Started Fighting Online Hate With Hilarious Web Comics
As a queer woman of colour, the internet has played a huge role in my life. It has offered me a massive pool of resources on gender and sexuality that were just not available to me in real-world spaces...
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Of Coming Out As A Lesbian In Durgapur, West Bengal
By Suchismita Karmakar: Even at a time when I wasn’t familiar with the word “lesbian”, I knew this is who I am. Since my childhood I loved painting, and one fateful day, I saw a very distinctive...
View ArticleA Delhi University Professor Reveals Why Colleges Are Still Not LGBTQ-Friendly
For a young and confused queer student in an educational institution as vast and daunting as Delhi University, actual LGBTQ visibility can go a long way in helping deal with one’s identity. But when...
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7 Professionals Reveal What’s Deeply Wrong With Our Workplaces Today
In the coming decade, our labour force is set to grow by over 8 million per annum, mostly driven by the youth entering the job market. Hence, it’s important for our policymakers, more than ever before,...
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Haunted By Prejudice, How Colleges In India Can Be More LGBTQ-Friendly
By Dr. Rajat Thukral: I was recently interviewed by a college student for her class project on queer mental health. Her first question to me was “What was the thinking behind calling your counselling...
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7 Symbols On Indian Campuses That Challenge Prejudice, Stand Up For LGBTQ+...
At the beginning of term every year, students and teachers at my school busied themselves with ‘class-beautification’ choosing a theme for the massive display boards that hung at the back of our...
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A 10-Year-Old Reveals The Disgusting Condition Of Delhi’s Night Shelters
By Eklavya Raman: In one of the rain baseras (night shelters) I visited with my father and his colleagues at midnight on 19th January 2017, I got to see a newspaper called Balaknama and to meet one of...
View ArticleWhy You Should Attend This LGBTQ Themed Literary Fest In Kamala Nehru College
The theme of LitLuminous’, the annual literary fest of Kamala Nehru College’s English Department, is always related to pop culture, such as “Harry Potter”, “Game of Thrones”, etc. However, this year,...
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As A 15-Year-Old, Why I Think Pride Marches Are ‘Adults-Only’ (Not Cool)
By Lusha Jetley: As a 15-year-old, I understand that in India, discussing sex is taboo. That also implies, that discussing all things associated with sex are taboo, including sexual orientation. But...
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Here’s How I Support My LGBTQ Friends In My College (And So Can You)
One of the best things about going to college, other than the degree given at the end, is the journey of self-discovery and exploration one undertakes during the time. Unlike things we learn in school,...
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‘JNU’s First Queer Group Didn’t Die; It Was Forced To Invisibilise Itself’
By Gourab Ghosh: Jawaharlal Nehru University—a politically vibrant campus (and a strong hub of the Indian Left students’ movement among others), has recently been in the news for its fierce protection...
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These Kickass School Kids Are On A Mission To Fight Hate Against LGBTQ+ Folks
Schools and colleges in India, are largely, not inclusive of their LGBTQ students. So, it is truly heartening when students take it upon themselves to create safe spaces for their friends from the...
View Article10 Working Women Speak Out On What They’re Denied In The Workforce
It is no secret that gender disparity in the Indian workplace is a growing concern that needs addressing. Women’s participation in India’s labour force has seen a decline by about 10% since 2005,...
View ArticleIs The Youth Really Indifferent And Dispassionate?
During lunch at a fancy seminar, I was subjected to an interesting conversation which eventually turned into a monologue. An elderly man of about 60 was not mincing words on how the younger generation...
View Article14-Year-Old’s Story Reveals Shocking Reality Of What Queer Youth Face In India
He was shivering in the cold, worried and unsure of what he ought to do. He was lying somewhere on the footpath of Mumbai, in the middle of the night. The most shocking part was that he was only 14...
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Where Govt Fails, These 4 Innovators Are Solving Some Of The World’s Biggest...
Breathable air, clean food, electricity, and personal hygiene – these things are basic human rights. Yet in 21st century India, equal access to these is still a distant dream for many. We look to our...
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Threatened Online For Standing Up To Religious Hate, How I Fought The Bullies
My parents had a love marriage. My father was a Christian and my mother, a Hindu, and owing to conditions put on my father by my uncles who followed more conservative, right-wing ideologies, I was...
View ArticleMeet The First Lesbian Woman To Contest For Student Elections In Jadavpur
Jadavpur University in Kolkata had its student union elections in January. Much like every other student election, political parties rallied around the campus, promising to make the university even...
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A Step-By-Step Guide On Starting A Queer Collective In Your School Or College
In 2016, many queer students at Mumbai’s TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) began complaining of harassment on campus. Their issues were then taken up by the newly formed TISS Queer Collective...
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