The mere recognition of the community as the third gender is not sufficient. Laws must ensure that their community is holistically accepted in the fabric of the Indian society.
The move sends the message that equal rights for LGBTQ+ community is a distant dream.
Maybe the price for safety doesn't always result in the loss of privacy.
What people are choosing to do with their bodies is more of a youthful assertion of independence and individuality than a meltdown of societal taboos.
[Book excerpt] As India turns 70, a gay citizen looks at the (In)dignity of our sexualities.
In the overconfident assumption that one can understand the struggles of another, we forego that their suffering may be beyond our comprehension.
It's time we came out of our dark cave of criminalisation and persecution.
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Shorts In The Dark | 5-minute read
Nothing prevents the Hindu Right in India from reinventing itself.
[Book excerpt] I think it’s self-acknowledgement. It’s coming to terms with everything.
Love, I know not why, is judged to be a weakness.
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