‘The smartphone freed me’: a journey of dating as a transwoman
In which Nadika describes how Second Life, a smart phone, and dating sites helped her explore dating as a transwoman.
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PRESS RELEASE: Tamil Nadu state-wide protest demanding reservations in education and employment for transwomen
We believe that reservation in education and employment is the only solution to this situation. To advocate for reservation, we are conducting a state-wide protest on 17 August, 2015, at 3 pm at Valluvar Kottam, Chennai.
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Statewide protest in Tamilnadu demanding reservations in education and employment for transwomen
People are fond of asking thirunangais: “Why can’t you work honestly? Why do you do sex work? Why do you ask for money at shops?”
Watch this video of Vaishnavi, Chennai’s first thirunangai auto and cab driver responding to such questions.
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Friends of Queers: IIT Bombay’s 2015 fresher orientation video
Saathi, IIT Bombay’s LGBTQ resource group, oriented the 2015 incoming batch students on LGBTQ issues with a video featuring allies.
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Disciplining Trans* Bodies: some cases from Malaysia and India
By defining particular categories and particular forms of embodiment, rights are conceptualised legally to exclude many trans* bodies and lives, as illustrated by cases in Malaysia and India.
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Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2015 is here
Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2015 is being held from July 24 to 26, at Goethe-Institut, Nungambakkam, Chennai
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The slow death of the list-serves, losing our history to social media
The slow death of the list-serves! Loosing our queer history to social media and how to prevent some of its fallout?
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Rethinking gender and language in the face of privilege
That people were making this very linear connection between my request for a gender-neutral certificate and trans* identity alarmed me. To lay claim to trans* identity, in today’s world, is to lay claim to certain narratives and lived experiences that are not mine.
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Ambedkar helped me embrace the ‘emotional’ within the rational
I realized that I was trying so hard to fight the shame attached to me being gay that I somehow overlooked to fight the shame that is attached to my caste. I began to accept my caste within my engagement with my sexuality.
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Africa Report on Diversity in Human Sexuality must be read by Indian law- and policy- makers
The ASSAF-UNAS May 2015 report is a must-read for policy- and law- makers dragging their feet on decriminalisation of homosexuality in India.
