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Bangalore Queer Film Festival 2012

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Bangalore has hosted film festivals on themes related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT or Queer) communities since 2003. Please click here for the pdf schedule of the 2012 edition of BQFF, and here for the BQFF website.

Supreme Court hearings on Naz: Feb 15 2012

Vikram’s updates on Supreme Court hearings on the Naz Foundation case

Supreme Court hearings on Naz: Feb 13 2012

Vikram’s updates on Supreme Court hearings on the Naz Foundation case

Personal Stories

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Me, a feminist man

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Deepan supports feminism, and explains why, in this impassioned essay.

The Ex-files

Equations change when that special someone gets downgraded to Ex. Families on both sides are instantly forgotten and abandoned; friends are torn apart and left hanging clueless; anniversaries and birthdays are like Friday the 13th; and gifts and pictures are packed in cartoon boxes, labeled with a skull and crossbones and put in the attic. Chandra D and his Ex-files.

Why I Do What I Do

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Pramada Menon writes about her 20-year journey into queer activism and breaking the silence around gender and sexuality. The article has been reproduced with permission from TARSHI’s magazine In Plainspeak.

Poetry and Fiction

More Poetry and Fiction

Poem: my butch

my butch: poem by desinorse/Jaya

gender meanders

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This gender-river has been flowing through since time immemorial and every generation has its share of folks testing the waters.

Poem: We Adapt

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A Queer Navaratri poem by Jaya

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