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[poem] Am I queer enough?
Poem by Illahi
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Liberation and Lavender Linguistics
The way we talk is a part of identity formation, which is fluid and highly dynamic in nature. So, our languages should evolve accordingly, and we cannot do this without inclusivity.
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Pride Anthem, Carnatic
Pride anthem, composed and rendered by Chennai-based Abishek Chandrasekar in the rAga bEhAg.
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[poem] She Was Never Told
She deserves more than a life in disguise,
More than a loveless bed and a man of lies. -
To My Beloved Chennai…
You are a contradiction – history tangled with progress, caution woven into care. You hold us, yes, but sometimes at arm’s length, with unspoken conditions pressing between us. You are a city that not just welcomes but lets people thrive – vandhaarai vaazha vaikkum Chennai – but only if we learn how to navigate you, how to create our own shelter within your vastness.
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Fragmentation of the Queer Community
Reflections on moving towards fraternity and solidarity.
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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?
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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.
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[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.”
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Support Group Meeting/
Support Group Meeting: a poem by A. Maya, with art by Param.
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