LGBT

“Yes, our son is gay”: A Nepali father’s awakening
A path-breaking personal essay calling for social acceptance and full rights for Nepal’s LGBTIQ+ community
Bhojraj Pokharel (translated by Niranjan Kunwar) | May 10, 2023

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
