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[story] Strangers and Unspoken Connections
Life lessons from a stranger on a bus in Kerala.
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Our Own Hurt Us the Most: Centering Familial Violence in the lives of Queer and Trans Persons in the Marriage Equality Debates
This report is about the families that are assigned to us and those that often are the biggest road blocks to being able to live the way we want to. The families that are supposed to be spaces of nurture, care and support, turn against their own children (often at very young ages), treat them with utter disregard and violence, and force them to conform to socially accepted ideas of what is “normal” without any regard to the individual’s dignity or personhood.
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[poem] My Name is a Spell
The database collects my name / But cannot understand it / Yet the database decides / Where I will go in this life
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Apartment-hunting as a father of trans experience
A man of trans-experience recounts his challenges in finding a home for himself and his two children.
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On learning why pronouns matter! A tribute to a friend
In 2015, at an event, I noticed that while introducing themselves, people were sharing their pronouns. I did not understand…
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Gender Inclusion through Ultimate Frisbee
Unlike other sports that have separate divisions for men and women, in Ultimate Frisbee all players play together, irrespective of their gender identity. PUL is interested in collaborating with queer and trans community groups in India.
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First Generation Queer South Asian Immigrant Rant
Coming out is not a one time thanksgiving dinner table announcement but a recurring repetitive struggle that can be dreadfully frightening for some. We are shedding our skin in baby steps!
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Ravi’s encounter with the Romance Scam
A detailed account of how Ravi, a gay man in Chennai, came to part with INR 52 lakhs through the romance scam.
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Out, Proud and Liberated: Reflections of a former officer in the Indian Army
Major J. Suresh (ret’d) reflects on his coming out journey, motivated by General Rawat’s homophobic statements around gay people in the Indian Army.
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[podcast] Colours of Pride: A Talk on Gender, Sex and Sexuality
Podcast of June 20, 2020 panel discussion on gender-sex-sexuality, organised by rYMS and Orinam on Insta Live.
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