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Stigma and ignorance about the diversity of LGBTQIA+ communities in the Indian medical system continue to exact a hefty toll on LGBTQIA+ folks.

Authenticity and affirmation lie at the heart of desi gay porn’s continuing popularity. But will the hunks make the cut?

The BJP has sought to use tokenistic patronage of the LGBTQIA+ communities to create new Hindutva allies.

The unspoken experiences of queer disabled folx accessing medical care in India

What access intimacy is and how some therapists are incorporating it in their practice to make it inclusive of queer and disabled people.

Muskan was stifled by her biological family. Her chosen families, despite their transience, helped her grow

Not all queerness is loud. Quiet queerness has always been here.

A Dalit-Queer critique of Lihaf recovers a world of meaning lost in its translation, reminding us that desirability is shaped by caste.

Systemic discrimination deprives trans people of education and employment. Horizontal reservation promises a foot in the door.

Lack of support and inclusion within queer communities can drive some gay men seeking intimacy into rooms of drug-fuelled sex.

Six months, sobriety, and perseverance — the true story of my transformation, from flab to abs

On the Edge offers a fascinating window into the evolving literary representation of same-sex desire in India.

Doctor and writer Kinshuk Gupta on his debut collection of Hindi short stories about queer life in India and challenges of representing LGBTQ+ stories in Hindi publishing

The collapse of a deep Meitei–Kuki friendship shows how Manipur’s nascent queer movement is fraying, threatening its hard-won gains in the violence-torn Indian state.

Walking between the narrow bylanes of Old Delhi, Iqbal Ali leads queer heritage walks to revisit and rewrite the city’s heritage through a queer lens, and what Indian history owes queer persons.

How queer communities in India build and maintain their heritage through food

A novel exploration of consent, intimacy, love and acceptance in Shastri Akella's dazzling debut The Sea Elephants

Aromantic and asexual people are doubly invisible — both in the cishet and queer worlds.

Vaibhav Saria’s book Hijras, Lovers, Brothers, opens a crucial conversation about where hijras live under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella.

Through the lens of three Muslim-American children, When We Were Sisters sits the poignant intersection of grief, South Asian queer identity, and growing up too soon

Driven away by anti-homosexual stigma, some queer Indian Christians are slowly returning to the fold – helped by some churches’ efforts to make safe spaces for them

Indian parents and community libraries are turning to queer literature for children to help them be sensitive to varied sexual and gender identities

The award-winning director of critically-acclaimed films like “I Am” rejects the cisgender-heteronormative gaze and advocates for queer narratives told by queer people themselves.

In cities like Lucknow and Varanasi, multiple barriers prevent queer women from accessing safe mental healthcare. Some of them turn to their community for comfort.

With limited support structures, India’s LGBTQIA+ community has to work harder to plan for ageing and infirmity.

Transgender persons in India constantly negotiate their identities with the spaces they grow up in, live in, or move through in search of a home within and outside.