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TopicQueer community

Topic: Queer community

We live in a post-pronoun world. India’s queer movement needs its Woke 2.0

Corporate India loved its brave 'they/them' workshops, but the queer community is moving past vocabulary to fight for horizontal reservations.

Queer protesters refuse to be a meme. Armed with painted nails & defiance

Attacks against the queer community are launched with twin purposes: to strike the fear of endless memefication in the hearts of trans people and dismiss the political movement they’re a part of.

Diljit Dosanjh’s new song ‘Aroma’ demeans transpeople. Masculinity doesn’t marginalise

Weeks after its release, listeners on social media vent their shock upon discovering the actual message of Diljit Dosanjh's his new song.

Good queer vs bad queer—Rainbow Lit Fest brought out tensions within the community

At the first panel discussion of the festival, titled Morality and Sexuality, writer and sexuality educator Jaya Sharma addressed the conflict between ‘good’ queers and ‘bad’ queers.

Urban Elite vs Union of India—what went behind the scenes of SC judgment on same-sex marriage

On 17 October 2023, the Supreme Court rejected the plea for queer persons' right to marry. A year later, a discussion on lawyer Rohin Bhatt’s book discloses what went wrong.

Activists celebrate as NMC junks ‘homophobic’ revisions to MBBS curriculum. ‘Pressure on govt works’

Revised forensic medicine curriculum had reinstated topics like classifying sodomy & lesbianism as 'unnatural sexual offences', and definition of virginity, defloration removed in 2022.

SC’s same-sex marriage verdict will ‘push queer Indians to lead dishonest lives’, says review petition

Petition filed by four members of queer community lays out arguments against SC’s 17 October verdict which held that right to marry was not fundamental.

Jain monks defined sexualities as kinds of fire. Queer desire was called most intense

Devdutt Pattanaik's 'Bahubali: 63 Insights into Jainism' delves into the many teachings and stories of the Jain faith.

‘Equal rights to equal love’ — where CJI & Justice Kaul disagreed with majority on same-sex marriage

Both advocated for right to form ‘unions’ for non-heterosexual couples, State's recognition of 'entitlements that flow from such a relationship' & adoption rights for queer couples.

Bending stereotypes on the dance floor—how the queer community is bringing voguing to Mumbai

The dance form was created in the 1980s by the Latino and Black queer community in New York. It has transcended space and time to become a symbol of expression and resistance.

On Camera

Where did Bollywood’s everyday women go? Bring back the messy queens

Today’s films give women two options: look hot in slow-mo or pick up a machine gun, because apparently, normal human emotions are too boring.

India’s key money market gets unusually quiet at the start of trade

Typically, a lot of transactions happen in the first hour as lenders borrow funds to meet regulatory requirements and cover short-term cash shortages.

Estonia’s defence minister quits after €70 mn Ukraine shell deal with Indian-owned Italian firm goes awry

Hanno Pevkur takes political responsibility after Estonia paid up to €70 million upfront to Datasel for artillery shells for Ukraine that the company never previously made or sold.

20% ethanol, 80% anger: BJP’s core voter is furious and looking for answers

While EBP may be a great idea, it needed 3-4 years of preparation. Now, with the festive season upon us, we have surging prices and a sugar shortage. To top it off, we’re bleeding foreign exchange.