India Archives

asexuality

India

friendship

How We Cultivate Intimacy in Our Aroace Friend Group

What would be the shape of our lives if we prioritised each other?

Priyanka —

Jul 29, 2025

butch

India

gender

Butch Feels Like Home

Masc lesbians in India are challenging gender norms and finding comfort in masculinity and stone butch identity.

Stuti Gupta —

May 29, 2025

India

palestine

the Paradisi Synagogue in Jew Town in Cochin, Kerala

first person

To Be Trans Is To Refuse Borders

In 2022, I brought my girlfriend daddy to my homeland.

MK —

Feb 23, 2024

India

school

A feminine South Asian person in a black and white dress holds the hem of their dress in one hand and a Pride flag wit measuring scales on the other hand.

politics + activism

How a Trans-Inclusive Manual for School Teachers Turned Controversial in India

The backlash that ensued after a trans-inclusive education manual was released demonstrated that post-independence India still reckons with the legacy of British colonialism.

Anmol Arora —

Feb 22, 2022

India

Samara and Umang sit together on a couch, fingers nearly touching, in front of a candle.

tv reviews

“Four More Shots Please” Season Two Was a Betrayal

Four More Shots Please wants to broach serious issues relating to gender and sexuality but puts in no work to actually address them in any kind of meaningful way and…

himani —

May 11, 2021

covid-19

extra extra

An Indian woman distributes masks in her COVID ravaged country.

news

Extra! Extra!: How to Begin to Process the Unfolding Horror of COVID in India?

COVID returns to the forefront of this week’s Extra! Extra! as we look at the outbreak of COVID in India and the threats posed by variants across the globe. We…

the team —

May 7, 2021

India

Bombay Begums queer storyline is refreshing and real.

television

Bombay Begums Centers the Queer South Asian Story I’ve Been Searching For

It’s moments like this that I’ve been desperately searching for in South Asian media these past few years. I want to know, I want to see where queer South Asians…

himani —

Apr 1, 2021

but make it fashion

India

issues

Hippie Pants Make Me Feel Pretty — and Guilty

“I wear Spiritual Awakening Pants, because I look good in them and sometimes I crave that feeling. I feel guilty while I do it, like I’m legitimising the remnants of…

bee —

Dec 6, 2018

bicycles

fullscreen

first person

Bicycling Across India, Learning About Queerness and Intimacy Along the Way

Lying in bed, she asked why I thought she’d be into women, and I tried to explain that Indian norms are full of moments Americans consider to be flirting. “Holding…

Mat —

Jun 14, 2018

India

people of color

tv reviews

Indian Web Series “The Other Love Story” Gives Queer Women A Happy Ending

“The Other Love Story was such a breath of fresh air in many ways. Aadya and Aachal felt like any other regular person: they were not coded Butch or Femme,…

Creatrix Tiara —

Dec 14, 2016

Daily Fix

India

politics + activism

South Asian Queers Occupy Heteronormative Space at NYC India Day Parade

“Despite the bleak prospects for queer rights in India, the support that we received last Sunday from the spectators at the NYC India Day Parade touched a chord in our…

Jay —

Sep 5, 2014

Daily Fix

India

politics + activism

The Complex Paradox of Transgender Rights in India

“A closer look at the Indian Supreme Court ruling demonstrates that it has probably more to do with the economic and social injustices meted out to trans-identified people over centuries…

Jay —

Apr 28, 2014