Gender and Sexuality

Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other

The selectiveness of medieval Muslim or medieval Rajput history in contestation is not just deliberate effort to alienate these two communities but is also a Brahmanical viewpoint that refuses to subject Peshwa or Maratha history to a similar brand of selectivity

Sweekar – Accepting LGBT children

Sweekar – the Rainbow Parents is a support group...

Thousands of Transgenders left out the NRC, petition filed in the SC

Assam's NRC has been a difficult process for countless...

Openly queer artist brings out India’s first LGBTQI+ album

Pragya launched the full-length album Queerism with a brand...

Equal Rights Activist Harish Iyer joins Congress

Internationally acclaimed activist Harish Iyer who has advocated passionately...

NIT Calicut administration denies permission for LGBTQ lecture

On 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India...

Is Bangladesh on the cusp of electing its first transgender MP?

The MPs elected to the parliament during the polls...

When the roads of Mumbai were painted pink

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