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Felix

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Felix has been proudly associated with the Orinam/MP collective since 2005, and has watched it grow from an online list and support space to what it is today. A techie…

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kinsey3

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kinsey3 (L Ramakrishnan) works with a public health non-profit SAATHII, and volunteers with the editorial team of Orinam.

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Sami S

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Shri

28 posts

Shri believes that the keyboard is mightier than the sword and that Internet activism is his calling. As a writer, Shri writes in the hope of effecting change. He blogs…

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Velu

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A. Mani

1 posts

A. Mani is an active researcher in algebra, logic, rough sets, and related fields. Her current affiliations include the University of Calcutta. She is also a trans feminist, teacher, free…

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Aaditya Joshi

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Aaditya Joshi is your quintessential Mumbai boy pursuing his PhD in Computer Science. When he’s not being geeky, he writes blogs for a website called Love Matters sharing his experiences…

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Abhinav

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Abhinav, is - as of 2024 - a student at IIT Madras, and part of the Vannam (campus collective) and Orinam spaces.

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Abhishek D.

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I am currently (as of March 2017) a Bachelor's student and have been actively involved with the Xukia collective in Guwahati, Assam, since 2014.

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Abigail Silversmith Irfan

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Abigail Silversmith Irfan is a muslim autistic lesbian trans woman. She likes to think she writes primarily on the locus of pain(s) although she does emerge from it on occasion.…

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Ace Contributors

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Ritash: Writer, LGBTQIAP+ peer counsellor and co-founder, RANG Foundation Sweta D: Research scholar and LGBTQIAP+ peer counsellor Lakshmi V: Researcher, Writer and MA Sociology Student SAN: Entrepreneur Akil Sujenth: Founder,…

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Aditya Bondyopadhyay

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Aditya Bandopadhyay is a lawyer based in New Delhi, India and is a prominant gay rights activist. He has been an activist for the rights of all sexualities since 1993,…

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Aditya Kumar Sahu

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Aditya is, as of April 2025, a final year student at Loyola College, Chennai.

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admin

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Orinam.net is a bilingual website (Tamil and English), with information on alternate sexualities and gender identities. Our voices – The Orinam blog features news and views, personal stories and creative…

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Ajita Banerjie

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Ajita Banerjie is a researcher on gender and sexuality in Delhi.

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Akhil Katyal

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Akhil Katyal is a writer and translator based in Delhi. His first book of poems 'Night Charge Extra' is forthcoming with Writers Workshop, Kolkata.

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Akhil Kang

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Akhil Kang is a law graduate from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, and is currently working with Partners for Law in Development in Delhi on issues related to gender and…

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Akilan Makaranthan

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சில தேடல்கள் மட்டும் முடிவே இல்லாதவை. அது போல தான் என் தேடலும் . படியுங்கள், கருத்துகளை பதியுங்கள், பகிருங்கள்/ Some quests are never ending. Mine is one such. Do read and share your views.…

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Alok Vaid-Menon

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Alok Vaid-Menon is a queer South Asian artist and activist who has performed and organized with queer movements in the United States, South Africa and India. They are committed to…

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Alok A N

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An MBA student from Shivamogga, Karnataka, who is also an amateur artist, a cinephile, a hopeless romantic and a friend of Dorothy.

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Amal S

1 posts

Amal Sanall is a Malayali settled in Chennai, and works as a customer relationshop management (CRM) analyst in a private form, as of 2023. He is also a trained Odissi…

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Aman Sinha

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As of October 2020, an M.A. English student at AUD. I mostly procrastinate, and stress eat, and read and write in between those too. I don't recommend this, haha. I…

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Andy Silveira

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Andy Silveira is a runner and a queer story teller with a doctorate in Film Studies and Visual Culture. He is based in Hyderabad.

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Trinetra Gummaraju

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Trinetra is a student of medicine in Manipal, Karnataka.

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Anindita Mukherjee

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Anindita is a lawyer, fresh out of NALSAR University of Law as of mid- 2015, presently working as a research consultant with the Centre for Legal Philosophy and Justice Education…

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Aniruddhan Vasudevan

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Aniruddhan Vasudevan is a performer, writer and activist from Chennai, India. He is passionate and vocal about issues around gender, sexuality, social justice, and human rights. Aniruddhan is a founder…

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Aniruddha Dutta

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Aniruddha Dutta is an Assistant Professor in the departments of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies and Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Iowa. Dutta’s current research…

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Anis

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Anon Queer

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Anu Elizabeth Roche

1 posts

Anu is a poet, mother and member of an amazing band called Mental Heads, which does spoken word poetry on mental health issues. She has co-written a book of poetry…

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ApsaraReddy

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Chennai-based Apsara Reddy is senior editor of a national newspaper, a broadcast journalist, a human rights activist, brand ambassador, dancer, and political lobbyist.

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Aqsa Shaikh

1 posts

Delhi-based medical educator Dr Aqsa Shaikh is a Community Medicine Specialist teaching at Jamia Hamdard, Delhi. A trans woman, Dr Aqsa writes extensively on the challenges faced by the transgender…

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Aravind

5 posts

A diploid from the fusion of humanism and science. அரவிந்த் - மனிதாபிமானமும், அறிவியலும் புணர்ந்துருவான இருமடியம்.

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Archanaa Seker

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Archanaa Seker is passionate about mental health, environmental justice, gender-queer-sexuality-disability-human rights, education, corporate accountability, labour, media, arts and culture.

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Arthi Vendan

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Arun Mirchandani

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Arun Mirchandani is the author of 'You Are Not Alone', one of the first gay novels published after the reading down of section 377 by the high court in 2009.…

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Arvind Iyer

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Hailing from Chennai and raised in Mumbai, Arvind Iyer is (as of March 2014) a graduate student at the University of Southern California working in the broad areas of Computational…

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Arvind Narrain

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Arvind Narrain is a human rights lawyer and founding member of the Alternative Law Forum in Bengaluru. He is an author of 'Because I Have A Voice: Queer Politics in…

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Arvind Raghavan

1 posts

Arvind Raghavan is part of Nirmukta, a collective promoting science, free though and secular humanism in India.

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Ashley

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Ashley is a University student, poet, and is currently learning Indian classical dance.

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Ayesha Farook

3 posts

திருநங்கைகளின் முன்னேற்ற வழிமுறைகளுக்காக குரல் கொடுக்கும் ஆயிஷா பாரூக் புதுக்கோட்டை மாவட்டத்தை சேர்ந்தவர். மேலாண்மையில் முதுகலை பட்டம் பெற்ற ஆயிஷா, மேனேஜ்மண்ட் கன்சல்டண்டாக பணியாற்றி வருகிறார். ஆயிஷாவின் படைப்புகளை அவரது வலைப்பதிவில் காணலாம்.

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Bessi Mon

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Bessimon, originally from Nagerkoil, has been in Chennai since 2010. He volunteers for Orinam events and has read his poetry at Orinam's Quilt, the reading group.

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Brenda

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Brenda, a bi transwoman and member of the MP/Orinam group, is a scientist from Chennai, currently pursuing her postdoctoral research in Germany.

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Bubbly Mehta

1 posts

Bubbly, born in Gujarat, was raised in Chennai. In 2012, at the age of 24, she moved abroad for higher studies. She has been part of the Orinam/MP mailing list…

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Butterfly Boy

1 posts

As of April 2020, a confused closeted teenager, an amateur writer, and an engineering student who hopes to fit in.

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Chhanda Dutta

1 posts

Chhanda Dutta, based in Kolkata, is a teacher and tutor, and the mother of Avinaba.

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Chitra Nagarajan

1 posts

Chitra is an activist and writer from Bangalore. She currently lives in Nigeria where she works to promote and protect human rights and build peace. She tweets @chitranagarajan and blogs…

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Danish Sheikh

2 posts

Danish Sheikh graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, following which he pursued a master’s degree at the University of Michigan Law School on a Michigan Grotius Fellowship. He primarily…

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Diversity Dialogues and Orinam

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Orinam and Diversity Dialogues are collectives based in Chennai and Bengaluru, respectively. Diversity Dialogues is a collective representing multiple affinity groups, and diversity and inclusion professionals working in the space…

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Deepan

4 posts

Deepan is a voracious reader with a keen interest in contemporary cinema, and is a firm believer in gender equality. He is a member of the Orinam group and mailing…

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Deep and Dr.Raman

1 posts

Deep is a Mumbai based IT professional ([email protected]) Dr. Raman is a gay friendly psychiatrist

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Dhakshayini S

1 posts

Dhakshayini is an expert on technology policy, digital surveillance [at borders and in social welfare] and disinformation. They are are a PhD candidate at the ANU School of Regulation and…

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Dinesh Kumar

2 posts

Social researcher and Queer/Trans activist in Erode, Tamil Nadu

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Edwina

1 posts

Edwina teaches English in Singapore and was in Chennai for 3 months in 2011 dabbling in journalism.

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Felix

4 posts

Felix has been proudly associated with the Orinam/MP collective since 2005, and has watched it grow from an online list and support space to what it is today. A techie…

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Francis Dhivakar

6 posts

J.P. Francis Dhivakar, M.A. (SW, HRM) says: I am a graduate of Loyola College, Chennai. Humanity matters lot to me. I am a social worker & teaching professional who celebrates…

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Fred R

2 posts

Fred (he/him) is a queer- and trans- affirmative counsellor in Chennai.

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Gaurav Deka

1 posts

Dr. Gaurav Deka studied medicine in Gauhati Medical College. He is a clinical psychotherapist specialising in Regression Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. He also writes fiction and poetry in various literary…

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Gee Ameena Suleiman

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Gee Ameena Suleiman

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Gee Imaan Semmalar

2 posts

Gee Imaan Semmalar is based in Bengaluru. His writings have appeared in Dalit Camera, WSQ Women's Studies Quarterly, OPEN Magazine, and other forums.

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Gokul Asokan

2 posts

As of August 2017, Gokul is 20, and a fourth year student of Architecture in Chennai.

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Gowthaman Ranganathan

4 posts

Gowthaman Ranganathan is - as of 2024 - a Ph.D. student at Brandeis University’s anthropology department. He is also a lawyer and an artist.

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Grace Banu கிரேஸ் பானு

3 posts

Grace Banu is an activist based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and the first out transwoman to be accepted into an engineering college in India.

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Guhan M

1 posts

Guhan M is a consultant who divides his time between Delhi and Chennai, and is a member of Orinam's Quilt reading group.

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Hari Chennai

1 posts

ஹரி, சென்னையில் வாழும் தற்பால்க்காதலன்.. கனவுக்காரன்...

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Ileana Jiménez

1 posts

Ileana Jiménez believes in transforming education for gender, racial, and economic justice. A high school English teacher in New York, Jiménez is founder of the New York Independent Schools LGBT…

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Insaaf NLU Delhi

1 posts

INSAAF is a student-driven legal aid project initiated by National Law University, Delhi, as part of its commitment to social justice and furthering the rule of law.

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isaiswasan

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Jay R

2 posts

Hi queerfam! I’m Jay. And I’m gay. Pronouns - she/her. My queer journey started over a decade back and it’s been nothing less than a roller coaster ride, having realized…

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Jaya Sree

1 posts

Jaya Sree M is a young researcher from Tamil Nadu and currently (as of 2023) works as a data scientist in Canada. She identifies as lesbian and goes by she/her…

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Jayna Kothari

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Advocate Jayna Kothari practices in the High Court of Karnataka and the Supreme Court. She is Executive Director of the Centre for Law and Policy Research which works extensively on…

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Jo is a doctoral student at the Indian Institute of Technology. Beyond her academic research on cancer studies, she loves researching the philosophies and psychologies of random people. Jo has…

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J Suresh

1 posts

Major J. Suresh (Retd) is a resident of Chennai.

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Kalki Subramaniam

5 posts

Kalki Subramaniam is an actor, transgender rights activist and founder-director of Sahodari foundation, an organization working for the social, economic and political empowerment of transgender persons in India. To know…

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Kanaga Varathan

2 posts

Kanaga is a transwoman and part of the Orinam collective.

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Kanav Narayan Sahgal

2 posts

Kanav is, as of May 2021, pursuing his Master's in Development from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. He identifies as queer for personal and political reasons and can be contacted via…

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Karthik G

1 posts

The author is a Strategy Consultant for a leading consulting house, based in Delhi. This is his first published piece.

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Karthik Rao-Cavale

1 posts

Karthik is a doctoral student at MIT and will be conducting fieldwork in Tamil Nadu in the summer of 2015.

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Karthik Hebbar

1 posts

Karthik Hebbar, a queer classical musician and theatre practitioner, employs art as a tool of activism to claim space for equal representation of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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kinsey3

5 posts

kinsey3 (L Ramakrishnan) works with a public health non-profit SAATHII, and volunteers with the editorial team of Orinam.

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K.S. Vasudevan

2 posts

Dr. K.S. Vasudevan is an ally and and an intervenor in the submission by parents of LGBT children in 2011 against the Supreme Court Koushal verdict.

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Kuru

2 posts

Indo-Sri Lankan residing in the US, who likes to read a lot and write a little

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LABIA - a Queer Feminist LBT Collective

2 posts

LABIA - a Queer Feminist LBT Collective is a non-funded group based in Bombay working since 1995.

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Lawyers representing Voices Against 377

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Lekshmi Sasidharan

1 posts

I am from Trivandrum, currently living in Muscat. Writing has always been my passion and I often write about things I have seen and felt.

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LesBiT Bangalore

1 posts

LesBit is a collective of lesbians, bi women and transmasculine persons in Bengaluru.

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Living Smile Vidya

4 posts

Living Smile Vidya - Smiley to friends - is an accomplished writer, theatre actor, director and artist. She received the Charles Wallace 2013 scholarship to study theatre in the UK.…

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Maddy R

1 posts

Maddy is a connoisseur and student of Bharatanatyam. And yes, queer.

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Manasi Nene

1 posts

Manasi Nene is the founder of the Pune Poetry Slam. She is - as of April 2015 - a student at the Foundation for Liberal and Management Education. Manasi loves…

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mangai-srijith-revathi

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A. Mangai, Srijith Sundaram and A. Revathi.

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Manojkiran C

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Manojkiran is a recently minted Mechanical Engineer who works in the field of renewable energy. He is passionate about children's education and LGBT rights. He joined the Orinam collective in…

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A. Maya

1 posts

A Maya (she/her) is currently a medical teacher based in Tamil Nadu

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Mayank Vashistha

1 posts

Mayank identifies as a genderqueer male. He takes a keen interest in issues of human rights and is constantly trying to battle against stereotypes. He is currently a campaigner with…

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Mayur Suresh & Arvind Narrain

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Mayur and Arvind are human rights lawyers.

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Meshy

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என் பெயர் மேஷி. நான் சென்னையில் வசிக்கிறேன். என் பிரதிப் பெயர்ச் சொல் (அவன்/அவன்). நான் இளங்கலை உளவியல் மூன்றாம் ஆண்டு படிக்கும் மாணவன். I am Meshy and my pronouns are he/him. I live in Chennai…

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Appandairaj A

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Appandairaj A is a 30 year old semi-closeted gay man. He's a former software engineer turned UPSC CSE aspirant. He writes under the pseudonym Mozhi Kirukkan (மொழிக்கிறுக்கன்). His interests are…

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Mujeebur Rahman

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Rahman, born to an Indian middle class family in Chennai, kept to himself for most of his young life. He spent the time he saved by avoiding social contact on…

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Mukesh

4 posts

Mukesh loves being vegan and queer when he is not lost running the trails in rain forest, biking between cities and hiking the mountains. He understands geology and works in…

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Nadika N.

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Nadika is from Chennai. She is tall, dark and…has advanced degrees in history. Nadika has Kleinfelter’s syndrome, an active Second Life avatar, and many roles in Life itself. She writes…

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Naren Pai

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A wannabe engineer and wannabe don't-wannabe, ex-blogger. Loves to procrastinate writing in free time. Loves to educate self and straight friends on queer issues, carries colourful cards in wallet always.…

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Neel Kamal

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Nirangal India

1 posts

Nirangal is a Chennai-based NGO that works to advance justice and rights for LGBT and sex worker communities in Tamil Nadu, and thus contribute to the overall progress of these…

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Angshuman

2 posts

Angshuman lives in Kolkata, with his partner and two children. He never has been sure what gender he is. He uses these pronouns out of habit. He is currently working…

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Orinam

275 posts

Orinam.net is a bilingual website (Tamil and English) associated with the Chennai-based social-support-arts-advocacy group Orinam. The site contains information on alternate sexualities and gender identities and resources for the public,…

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Guest Author

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Orinam.net Guest Author

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Pink Me

1 posts

Pink Me is a 20-something Indian Christian woman who is just starting to embrace a sapphic identity.

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Pramada Menon

2 posts

Pramada Menon is a queer activist and an independent consultant working on issues of sexuality, sexual rights, gender, violence against women and organizational development and change. She has spent the…

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Prashanth

2 posts

Prashanth has roots in Chennai, and is an avid writer. He has recently embraced who he is; and hopes that his keyboard can serve to help others in any meaningful…

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Prasoon

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Prateek Sharma

1 posts

Spelunking through the persecuted corners and uneventful settings of this world, I write. I believe we all must, for us, for others. With an impeccable interest in human psychology, films,…

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Praveen Rajendran

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Praveen likes science fiction & murder mystery novels and also enjoys reading about technology and quantum physics in his spare time.

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Priyank Pillai

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Priyank Pillai is a trans femme South Asian poet and conceptual artist. Born on a small francophone island in the Indian Ocean, they divide their time between friends and family…

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பூ.கொ சரவணன்

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எளிமையில் நிறைபவன்;அன்பால் மிகைத்தவன். கிராமத்துப்பிள்ளை. பேச்சும்,வாசிப்பும்,காதல் இணைப்பும் முக்கியப்பணிகள். எழுத்து இளைப்பாறுதல். கவிதைகள் உளைச்சலின் பொழுது எழுபவை .

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Pu rush

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Purush is a professional in the medical field, based in Chennai.

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Queer Ink

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Queer Ink publishes and retails resources on India-specific Gender and Sexual Diversities. See queer-ink.com

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Raghul R

1 posts

Raghul (he/him) used to work in IT and, as of 2025, aspires to be a civil servant.

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Pronoy Rai and Barath Ezhilan

1 posts

Pronoy Rai and Barath Ezhilan are PhD students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

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Rashmi

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Rashmi (ரஷ்மி) grew up in india and now lives in Freak-town, USA. She writes to share a piece of her mind but primarily is working on an unjust, ambitious and…

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Rasika Gopalakrishnan

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Rasika Gopalakrishnan is a student, athlete, and music-lover from Chennai, India. She identifies as non-binary, and has co-founded the People's Ultimate League in efforts to expand the scope of Ultimate…

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Raveen Gaikwad

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Raveen is a creative professional based in Pune. He likes to blog about everyday social scenarios at http://raveengaikwad.blogspot.in. He is a quasi-meliorist, and deploys his writing skills for the same…

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Ravi

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Average education; Finance BPO; Fits into the gay stereotype except that he lacks fashion sense. Believes that the recognition of individual rights is the greatest achievement of humanity.

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Reva

2 posts

Reva is a transwoman who is trying to retain her bearings and navigate through a complex web of relationships, self realization, societal expectations and daily challenges offered by her life.…

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A. Revathi

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Revathi is a noted transgender activist. Her authobiography "The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story" has been translated into multiple languages from the original in Tamil.

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Ritesh Rajani and Madhumitha Venkataraman

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Madhumitha Venkataraman and Ritesh Rajani are diversity and inclusion champions who are committed to making the world and workplaces more inclusive, accessible and equitable for everyone (Persons with Disability, LGBTQ+,…

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Ritesh Rajani and Sourav Mandal

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Ritesh is an HR professional working to make workplaces and the world a more inclusive place. Sourav teaches at the School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru.

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Ritwik Dutta

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A transman, exploring writer, traveller, believer in old school, and a member of Homo sapiens.

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Salik Ansari

1 posts

Salik Ansari is an early career researcher and an ethicist. He is currently (as of Nov 2021) employed as a Teaching and Technical Assistant with Sangath, a 25-year-old non-governmental, not-for-profit…

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Samira Obeid

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Samira Obeid or Sam as most know her is a writer, multimedia content producer and creative thinker above all. An Indian butch lesbian originally from Chennai, she uses her identity…

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Sampoorna Working Group

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Sampoorna is a network for and by trans* and intersex Indians across the globe

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Sandeep

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Sandeep is an IT professional who calls Mumbai his home. Apart from books on software he loves to read novels, especially science fiction, and books on psychiatry and the paranormal.…

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Sappho for Equality

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Sappho for Equality (http://www.sapphokolkata.in/) is a Kolkata based activist forum fighting for the rights of lesbian, bisexual women and transmen since 1999.

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Sayan Bhattacharya

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Sayan is based in Kolkata, and is Senior Editor of Kindle Magazine.

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Shakthi Nataraj

1 posts

Shakthi Nataraj is an anthropologist researching narratives of sexual identity and violence in Tamil Nadu. Since 2009, she has been volunteering with Nirangal, an organisation working to promote the human…

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Shalini Mahajan

1 posts

Shalini Mahajan is a writer, researcher, queer feminist activist and a creative writing teacher based in Mumbai, India. She is a member of Lesbians and Bisexuals in Action (LABIA), a…

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Shambhavi Madhan

1 posts

Shambhavi Madhan is a gender and queer rights activist based in Bangalore, and a volunteer with Orinam.

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Shankar Ganesh

2 posts

Shankar is from Tuticorin, India. He's a techie at heart, and a marketer by profession. He hates shopping, is a crappy dresser and prefers books and wifi over parties and…

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Shankar G

3 posts

Dr. Shankar teaches at a business school in Chennai, and volunteers with Orinam.

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Shivapriya Ganapathy

3 posts

Shivapriya Ganapathy lives in Chennai, and is a research scholar working on lesbian feminism and language. She usually writes in free verse and loves to dabble with haiku and other…

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Shivein Prem

1 posts

Shivein is a nomadic seeker of love, companionship, silence and rest.

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Shri

28 posts

Shri believes that the keyboard is mightier than the sword and that Internet activism is his calling. As a writer, Shri writes in the hope of effecting change. He blogs…

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Sid

1 posts

Sid is a coffee enthusiast and is a part of the Chennai queer community.

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South India Transgender Samithi

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South India Transgender Samithi is a collective of individuals from diverse transgender communities across Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

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Soorya Sriram

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Soorya Sriram is a feminist, lgbt ally, freethinking, primate, movie freak, foodie on a diet who, ironically, hates labels. When he is not slogging away at work or advocating for…

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Srini

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Srini, a software engineer by profession, is an active member of Bangalore queer community and the queer support group 'GoodasYou'. His favorite time pass is to hangout with his queer…

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Srivatsan Q

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Q is a graduate of O.P. Jindal Global University, specializing in international relations and conflict studies. They is agender, the Editor of Maya, a queer magazine centered around loneliness and…

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Sudha Santhanam

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சுதா சந்தானம் சென்னையில் வசிக்கும் ஒரு ஓய்வுபெற்ற ஆசிரியை. இவர் மாற்றுப் பாலியல் குறித்துப் பொதுவாக பெற்றோர்களுக்கு இருக்கும் தவறான புரிதல்களைப் போக்குவதில் அக்கறை கொண்ட ஒரு தாய். Sudha Santhanam is a retired teacher from Chennai. She…

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Sumathi

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Sumit Baudh

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Sumit Baudh is a lawyer, scholar and activist in the areas of caste, gender, sexuality and human rights.

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Surabhi Shukla

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Surabhi Shukla is a lawyer and currently, a PhD (law) student at the University of Oxford, U.K.

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Suryatapa Mukherjee

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BA Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies student at Cardiff University, UK. Editor of the LGBT+ section of Quench - a Cardiff students' magazine. Breaking News correspondent at news website, The…

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Sush Sush

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Sush works in engineering and, as of April 2021, is based out of the United States. She is Desi, Queer and Proud!

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Taejha

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Taejha, a classically trained dancer, works in the area of HIV prevention and LGBT rights.

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Telangana Hijra Intersex Transgender Samiti

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The Glass Closet Collective

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The Glass Closet Collective consists of Diti and Chayanika in the Research team, Shals as the writing facilitator and a group of 14 amazing writers from Higher Educational Institutes across…

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The Queer Muslim Project

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Tuli Bakshi

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As of March 2021, Tuli Bakshi is a postdoctoral researcher in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, a feminist and an LGBTQ rights activist. She is part of Ambar, a Gender…

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Typist Rosy

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The author (he/him) identifies as a gay person. He uses the pseudonym 'Typist Rosy' as a way of embracing the very term his cousins used to make fun of his…

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Velu

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Vignesh Babaiah

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Vignesh, based in Dallas, Texas, is a queer South Asian and also a first generation Indian immigrant. More of his writings may be viewed on his Instagram page @writeupbyviggy

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Vijay Rengarajan

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Vijay Rengarajan, Research Student | விஜய் ரெங்கராஜன், ஆராய்ச்சி மாணவன்

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Vikram

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Vikram is a journalist who grew up in Chennai and currently makes Mumbai his home. He is among the founder-organizers of the Gay Bombay collective.

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Delfina

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Delfina is gender-fluid and envisions a world where everyone is free to express their sexualities and genders the way they choose to, without being stigmatized. S/he has volunteered with Orinam…

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Vinay Chandran

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Vinay Chandran is a peer counsellor with the SAHAYA Helpline, and Executive Director, with Swabhava LGBTQIA+ support services in Bengaluru.

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Vinodhan

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Vinodhan lives and works in Madras, India. He takes both an academic as well as an activist interest in questions of gender, sexuality, selfhood and mental health. He identifies as…

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Vishnu Ramakrishnan

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Vishnu is an eternal laid-back traveler. He believes that being joyful is his first duty. Loves literature, movies, theater, dogs, aquarium, cricket, tennis, photography and good food. He likes to…

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visveshwar

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Visveshwar is an engineer by training, a lawyer by persuasion, a psychotherapist by conviction, and now, a poet by love. He can be reached at: [email protected]

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Vyjayanti

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Vyjayanti Mogli is a transgender woman, Learning and Development professional, and activist in Hyderabad. She has intervened in the honourable Supreme Court of India Koushal case through her affidavit highlighting…

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