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Nothing I have ever done for anybody has been motivated by sexual desire. It sometimes seems that I canтАЩt 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?
Poetry by Abigail Silversmith Irfan
![[poem] For Us](https://orinam.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-03-at-23.58.42-768x768.jpeg)
For Us, a poem from Visveshwar’s debut collection ‘Boy From the Poems’ (Dec 2023: Notion Press).
![[story] Strangers and Unspoken Connections](https://orinam.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Amalstory-1.jpeg)
Life lessons from a stranger on a bus in Kerala.
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!
We must focus on how we can be better humans: not what someone wears or who they sleep with.
Poem by Lekshmi Sasidharan
Bubbly writes to her parents and sister in Chennai, explaining why she cancelled her engagement.
Raveen, a straight guy in Pune, shares insights from his experiences of having a friend recently come out to him.
Sex change is my farewell to 23 years of being, trying to be, pretending to be and for days to come, trying to give being a chance.
