Mehfil-E-Queer: Narrating stories of resilience

The March 16 festival offered a platform to queer individuals to come together for story-telling sessions, and engage in fun and therapeutic activities

Calls to allow same-sex marriages

The Queer Community believes that same-sex marriages should be legalised

Advancing with aplomb

After a three-year hiatus, the LGBTQIA+ community was back on the roads of Lutyens’ Delhi with colourful dresses and slogans louder than ever in the Delhi Pride Parade 2022-2023

Queer, but not inclusive: City’s gay spaces stonewall trans spirits

Since the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict decriminalising homosexuality in 2018, Delhi has witnessed a surge in queer-friendly restaurants, spas, clubs and bars. But for a large section of the community, such establishments still remain out of bounds

Right identity: Why gender affirmation surgery is rare

Matching one’s body with one’s gender identity is the foremost aspiration of the transgender community. While gender expressions help them to an extent to deal with dysphoria, getting an identity for themselves still remains a dream for many

Hunt for therapist no cakewalk

With complete family and societal acceptance still being a distant dream for most people of the LGBTQIA+ community, those who need psychotherapy find it difficult to find the right counsellor

‘I brought out the nuances of queerness’: Actor Vidur Sethi

In recent years, there has been a sense that when heterosexual actors play homosexual characters, they fail to portray the reality and nuances of a queer character. Now, for the first time, a gay character will be played by an actor from the queer community: Vidur Sethi in Pine Cone

How inclusive are city’s queer spaces?

Queer spaces are usually imagined as class-less and caste-less spaces where sexual identity predominantly rules. However, these sexual identities are mostly interwoven with class or other social landscapes that are often ignored within the framework of sexual politics