Thursday, April 25, 2024

Topic: Queer

Dalit, Adivasi, Muslim, northeastern alliance registers big win in Mumbai TISS student union polls

The Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) led Dalit, Adivasi, Muslim and Queer alliance registered a resounding victory in the Mumbai Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Students’ Union polls bagging 10 of the 11 posts for which the elections were held on Friday.

Cobalt Blue: A familiar hue in a sea of foreignness

Sachin Kundalkar’s Cobalt Blue, now streaming on Netflix, further mystifies the old and numbing habit called love.

“School has killed me,” says suicide note of teenager, facing gender violence

The suicide of a 15-year-old from Delhi Public School in Greater Faridabad has sent ripples across the country pointing to the institutionalized bullying plaguing...

Queers beyond their nationalities

"Whenever we talk about Indo-Pak peace, we mainly discuss political and military issues but we never think about marginalized communities of both countries. LGBTQIA+ is one of those communities which still lacks platforms to discuss, come together and learn."

Radhika Vemula and 10 Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi-Vimukta activists seek intervention in Hathras case before Supreme Court

11 women and queer activists, academics, and journalists belonging to Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi-Vimukta communities have filed an Impleadment Application in the matter pertaining to the rape and murder of the 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras by upper-caste Hindu men.

Queers in Kashmir say without internet, they are completely isolated

"But as part of the LGBTQ+ community, we are already marginalised, so this lockdown is one more layer of that oppression. It is just pushing our community to the wall."