Sex and the Ubiquity
In an era when long-suppressed sexual minorities are emphasising the importance of ‘coming out’ and many…
February, 2014
All Kannadigas are…
Are stereotypes important for establishing identities? Deepa Bhasthi searches hard for that elusive element that makes…
Would you like some Politics with your Tea?
During the Delhi elections, the incumbent Congress Party unleashed a dazzling ad blitz in celebration of…
Embodied
From the specific story Pinki Pramanik, we now move onto the larger discourse around intersexuality and…
Pinki Pramanik stands a burning testimony to the collective brutality of the state-society-media complex. Each one…
Performing Queer, Judging Queer
What is the legal, cultural and sociopolitical import of the Supreme Court judgement? Why is it…
in Her Voice
This was supposed to be an interview but while transcribing the conversation; it seemed the questions…
Vigilantism: Left, Right and Wrong
Why and how are we all queer? By Brinda Bose. *In January 2014, a young female…
Living on the Edge
Michael Schumacher played a relatively dangerous sport for his entire career without sustaining significant physical injury;…
Africa:The End of Gays
The colonial powers, with their need for ‘order’ and their Christian notions of sin, codified a…