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.
For endorsement: Gender nonconforming/trans/non-binary students’ Open Statement to NCERT and Education Ministry
Endorse this open statement to NCERT from gender non-binary, gender non-conforming students, former students, and trans-queer groups.
Homophobia in Madurai college drives two students to suicide
TW: Two first-year college students in Madurai took their lives, succumbing to bullying from peers who ridiculed their close friendship.
Experiences of Queer Students During their School Life in India
Based on a qualitative study of school experiences of young queer people in Delhi, Surabhi Shukla has developed a website with online resources and a model ‘Sexual Rights and Anti- Discrimination Policy’ for schools in India.
Queering the Red: Asmita Sarkar, Jadavpur University
Asmita Sarkar represents LGBTIQ+ issues as a candidate for student elections at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal.
LGBT-inclusion in the National Education Policy, 2016
SIgn on to these recommendations for making India’s National Education Policy LGBT+-inclusive.
“To the person who wrote the note”: Bengaluru student responds to a homophobic extortion attempt
A recent homophobic extortion attempt on the IISc Bengaluru campus offers lessons on courage, allyship and the urgent need for administrative action.
BioHazard: Abhishek Clifford brings ‘Moral Values’ to a Campus near you
There’s a new hazard to Indian college students on the horizon, and it’s particularly toxic for LGBT youth and women of all sexualities. It takes the form of Abhishek Clifford, the CEO of an NGO named Rescue.
A teacher’s rewards
My law students’ group work turned out to be a reward in the otherwise daunting journey of my attempts to sensitise the campus community on LGBT issues.
Kashish Forward: reaching out through queer cinema at IIT-Bombay
Aaditya Joshi reports on ‘Kashish Forward’, a campus event of IIT-Bombay group Saathi on Sept 17 2014, that reached out to LGBTQ people and straight allies through cinema.