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Invocation of the Sacred Goddess

Posted on April 25, 2019May 11, 2019 by Editorial Team

An invocation ballad dedicated to the late Marsha P. Johnson, the progenitor of the Stonewall Riots. She was a symbol of fierce courage, unwavering hope, and firm faith. This ballad serves as an expression of adoration of her kind spirit. Oh Great Goddess, before this sacred flame, I invoke thy name. Oh Great Goddess, bless us…

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The Crooked Tree

Posted on April 25, 2019May 11, 2019 by Editorial Team

CROOKED TREE The stage would be horizontally divided in two parts. The part in the back would further be divided in two halves. The left side would function as doctor’s room and office of the adoption agency, to be used for Act II & IV respectively. The right side would function as the protagonist’s home….

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The Toxic Binary

Posted on April 25, 2019May 11, 2019 by Editorial Team

  This artwork is a comment on the toxic binary which exists between male and female attributes. The difference in how men and women are supposed to behave, dress, and talk, conventionally. The pot represents our conditioning since birth. The face split into two, is both, a male (on the left) and a female face…

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Paradise for Imperfect Individuals

Posted on April 25, 2019May 11, 2019 by Editorial Team

PARADISE FOR IMPERFECT INDIVIDUALS It was just another cold winter morning, pretty much like all other mornings, the only noticeable difference being that it was the day my father adopted the son of his friend. His father and mine fought in the war together and had shared a bond as brothers. After the war his…

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Mudra

Posted on April 25, 2019May 11, 2019 by Mohammed Hidhayat

A ‘coming-out’ tale of a young woman, in 1998, in Madras. “She took lonely walks, existed quietly, avoided office get-togethers, listened to Boney M and Eruption, read books by Kalki and watched movies with her neighbour, an Anglo-Indian, who introduced her to Roberto Rossellini. She was known by few, cared by less. She was a…

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Umeed

Posted on April 25, 2019August 19, 2019 by Surbhi Rathore

            Umeed is a poem by Surabhi Rathore. 

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The Diary of a Troll

Posted on April 25, 2019May 11, 2019 by Editorial Team

   An Imaginative Diary Entry                        Date: 22nd April 2015 Wednesday Dear Diary, Today I am going to share something new about my life. I watch pornography frequently and I do so by exploring different categories which are available on the website. Today I discovered that there is a Gay Porn category. It was…

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I Want To Come Home

Posted on April 25, 2019May 11, 2019 by Tarushi Goel

    I WANT TO COME HOME  As I woke up today Thinking of taking my kids out to play My feet stopped on its own Because now I know the neighbourhood’s tone   I wonder what’s the new joke in town Why does everyone frown? They say that the blessings I give to a…

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A Fictional Story

Posted on April 25, 2019May 11, 2019 by Nayan Singhal

BUBBLE OF PROGRESSIVENESS IN GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE A narrative byLucky, who was not just a transgender……. It was a start to a new phase of life. Like all other students, I was also excited to join college, meet new people coming from different parts of the world, and finally living a “hostel life”. But unfortunately, everything…

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Edge of it

Posted on April 24, 2019May 12, 2019 by Srishti Ray

A short article on two men, lovers, walking hand-in-hand in public, and the thoughts running through their minds. About how making laws, doesn’t always change the minds of the people.   It’s January, 2019 and we walk hand in hand in a crowded street in Kolkata. He’s late. And it’s time I make a choice….

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Supreme Court Verdict on Section 377: Celebrations by the LGBTQIA Community

Posted on September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 by Editorial Team

September 6, 2018 will be remembered as a watershed day in history of LGBTQIA movements in India. On this day, the Supreme Court of India decriminalised consensual homosexual sex. A five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court ruled that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code violates the fundamental rights of the LGBTQIA citizens including…

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The National Register of Citizens in India: The Plight of the Transgender Community

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Editorial Team

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of all bona fide Indian citizens. It was first prepared after the Census of 1951. In 1978, a by-election was conducted in Assam after the death of an MLA. During the election, observers noticed that the number of registered voters had grown dramatically. Thus a long-drawn…

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Beyond the Binary

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Editorial Team

[This artwork was contributed under the pen name Moony.]

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Creator’s Judgement

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Editorial Team

A magnifying glass is also known as bi-convex lens which is a combination of two convex lenses. From an unusual distance, the image formed through the glasses appears inverted but at a distance close to eye, the image formed through it emerges larger than the usual size. Same concept applied to the society, when we…

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Don’t Divide the Colours of Pride

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Editorial Team

  The universe as a whole, is but an ocean of immortality, with various gems and priceless stones, floating in the cosmos defying gravity. Our planet amongst the crores, is another renowned yet claimed shore, which is a consortium, of creatures, dust, marine, magic, and more. But then came divide, to save the pseudo honour…

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Hindu Mythology and the Forgotten Queer Characters

Posted on September 21, 2018March 23, 2019 by Editorial Team

The queer movement in India has sparked nationwide debates all over the country. The battle against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code has been won, however the war against the heteronormative structure of the society still continues. The Hindu mythology is a proof that alternative sexual orientation did find a place in the society….

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Distract and Punish

Posted on September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 by Editorial Team

  This piece depicts child sexual abuse questioning whether the death sentence would really curb the crime, or it’s an easy way to distract from the actual problem? The work is on canvas with use bold acrylic brush strokes. This artwork was contributed by Divyanshi Singh. Divyanshi is an LLM graduate who loves to express through…

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If I Was The “Other”

Posted on September 18, 2018September 21, 2018 by Editorial Team

If I was the “other” is a piece I am supposed to write. But what is the other, what is it that makes them the “other”, why is there a need for there to be an “us versus the other”? Why can’t we all be just us, just humans? This world is a place where…

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