Support Group Meeting/
Support Group Meeting: a poem by A. Maya, with art by Param.
Sex-reassignment surgery not needed for binary gender change in Indian passport: Madras High Court
Evidence of sex-reassignment surgery (gender-affirming surgery) not needed for binary gender change in India passport: Madras High Court
My Boyfriend is a Scam
Vinay Chandran writes about the burgeoning scams involving (allegedly)overseas men preying on the loneliness and desperation of gay and bisexual men in India to fleece them of large sums of money.
On Being Asexual
Nothing I have ever done for anybody has been motivated by sexual desire. It sometimes seems that I can’t relate to this world at all. Must I always be afraid that any friendly gesture to a person of a different sex would be interpreted as a sexual advance?
LGBTQIA+ Community Needs: Aces’ Input
Submission to the Department of Social Justice and Empower by members of the Ace community in response to the Department’s request for inputs on queer rights issued in September 2024.
[fiction] On the Radio
“Set against the backdrop of an early 2000s radio show in a Mumbai apartment, teenager Ashwin grapples with a knot in his stomach. He seeks healing amidst Bollywood music, the soothing voice of a radio jockey, and a crushed neem face pack.”
Media Release: Chennai Pride 2024
Media release for Chennai Rainbow Pride, June 2024
The many transings of my gender
Poetry by Abigail Silversmith Irfan
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[poem] For Us
For Us, a poem from Visveshwar’s debut collection ‘Boy From the Poems’ (Dec 2023: Notion Press).
Pope permits blessings for same-gender Catholic couples
Reflections on the Pope’s announcement by Ruby Almeida, Indian-origin queer activist, and chair of LGBT+ Catholics, Westminster, UK.
National Transgender Council reconstituted, excludes transmasculine persons entirely
In a setback to transgender and intersex inclusion in India, the National Council has been reconstituted with no inclusion of transmasculine individuals or persons with intersex variations.