LGBT
Nagarkirtan’s intersections
Kaushik Ganguly’s transgender love story is a nuanced and unflinching account of life on the margins.
Sohini Chatterjee | Jun 03, 2019
India’s queer politics after Section 377
On the limits of the Supreme Court decision that decriminalised same-sex acts in India.
Ian Miller | Dec 31, 2018
Of love’s austere and lonely offices
The film Aligarh has ruffled the feathers of conservatives within and outside Aligarh Muslim University.
Samiya Javed | May 26, 2016
Where will all the young queers go?
Despite legal reforms, Nepal’s societal mores continue to constrain daily lives and freedoms of sexual and gender minorities.
Danny Coyle | Dec 23, 2015
No going back
India’s first gay memoir shows how guarded gay people have to be, and how terribly isolated this makes them.
Aditi Angiras | Dec 22, 2015
Minority report
On the lived experiences of sexual and gender minorities in Nepal.
Danny Coyle | Sep 18, 2015
From the land of what-might-have-been
A family tale exploring the complexities around Indian diaspora, rightwing Hindu politics, and LGBT struggles.
Svati P Shah | Dec 18, 2014
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