straight from the heart Archives

My Gayest Dream

ByAditya Kumar Sahu May 27 2025May 27 2025

When we’re in the state of love, we attract love. To attract love, we must become love.

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?

The many transings of my gender

ByAbigail Silversmith Irfan Jan 31 2024Jan 31 2024

Poetry by Abigail Silversmith Irfan

[poem] For Us

Byvisveshwar Jan 6 2024Jan 6 2024

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For Us, a poem from Visveshwar’s debut collection ‘Boy From the Poems’ (Dec 2023: Notion Press).

[story] Strangers and Unspoken Connections

ByAmal S Nov 16 2023Nov 16 2023

Life lessons from a stranger on a bus in Kerala.

First Generation Queer South Asian Immigrant Rant

ByVignesh Babaiah Feb 10 2021Feb 10 2021

Coming out is not a one time thanksgiving dinner table announcement but a recurring repetitive struggle that can be dreadfully frightening for some. We are shedding our skin in baby steps!