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Topic: Queer

Grindr’s faceless queer profiles are sporting a new DP—nude Ranveer Singh

Nikhil Rampal - 27 July, 2022

Ranveer Singh's devil-may-care attitude towards all actions challenging heteronormativity might explain his popularity among gay men, many from small towns.

Jamali Kamali, hijron ka khanqah, Sarmad’s tomb — Delhi history’s safe spaces for LGBTQ

+TFP Gaurvi Narang - 29 June, 2022

Delhi's Mehrauli houses several tombs and monuments that are silent sentinels of queer love.

‘Why is your dad wearing a sari?’ South Indian films handle queer with care, unlike Bollywood

+TFP Nidhima Taneja - 18 June, 2022

Compared to Bollywood’s brash, tone-deaf and stereotypical offerings, South India is producing more nuanced queer films. But it is not enough, say critics.

Badhaai Do is only a glimpse of what queerness is. It’s a Bollywood token for ‘hatke’ topic

Tina Das - 10 February, 2022

The film had a queer script consultant, and it shows. But in 2022, it's not enough to show a glimpse of a pride walk to show ‘aal izz well’.

Kingfisher, Dabboo Ratnani calendars set beauty stereotypes that Oddity 2022 wants to defy

Tina Das - 2 January, 2022

Digitisation and phones might have made physical calendars obsolete, but Delhi photographer Rishab Dahiya is helping it make a comeback with a new message.

New OTT rules won’t stop Bollywood’s queer stories – Geeli Pucchi to The Married Women

Tina Das - 24 April, 2021

From ALTBalaji’s The Married Women, Neeraj Ghawyan’s Geeli Pucchi on Netflix, to Ekta Kapoor’s upcoming His Storyy, there’s a new wave of queer storylines.

Modi govt releasing draft rules on Transgender Persons Act in lockdown a blow to community

Prashant Singh - 5 May, 2020

During the lockdown, it is impossible for members of India’s transgender and intersex community to be a part of the consultative process on the Transgender Persons Act draft rules.

Om Shanti Om to Helen: TikTok users are taking ‘man-woman’ Bollywood songs & going queer

Kairvy Grewal - 20 February, 2020

From stolen kisses to doing drag, India’s TikTok users are showing how to be queer openly. Because when the times are a changin’, you will see it on TikTok.

Section 377 verdict: Can we start calling the CJI the CEO of India?

Maneesh Chhibber - 6 September, 2018

After the 377 verdict, the inability of our political leadership to take an effective stand on decriminalising gay sex will not be forgotten.

Pre-modern, pre-Section 377 Queer Ramayana shows sages desiring Rama’s body

Ujaan Ghosh - 12 July, 2018

Odia poet Upendra Bhanja’s retelling was cast aside by the middle class who grew up with the same morality that made Section 377 possible.

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