Gender Identity

Nawaz’s look being compared to Archana Puran Singh shows India’s obsession with the gender binary

If a reputed actress like Archana Puran Singh, who has played the iconic Miss Briganza, isn’t spared by the homophobic and transphobic trolls, what hope do lesser mortals like us have? How do we respond when someone walking on the street shames us for not conforming to gender stereotypes?

Pride Month: A primer on sexual orientations and their meanings

In the last 50-some years, members of the LGBTQ+ community have come far from being labelled criminals and sex offenders to being legally recognised for their identities. But, what are these different identities and orientations, and what do they mean? We explain

NCERT releases training material to sensitise teachers, administrators about transgender, gender-nonconforming children

The training material explains concepts such as gender identity, gender incongruence, gender dysphoria, gender affirmation among various others. It also provides definitions of terms that people use to identify themselves; some of these are gender fluid, agender, transfeminine, and transmasculine.

Arizona: Conservatives tighten sex education laws making parental permission mandatory for discussions on LGBTQ issues

The new proposal would essentially require a double opt-in for HIV/AIDS instruction that addresses sexual orientation or gender identity. Additional permission would be needed for LGBTQ discussions in any other class.

French trans youth dies by suicide after tensions with school officials; students hold protests

Classmates said Fouad, 17, had recently decided to go public about identifying as female and had been summoned to speak with a school official after she wore a skirt to class

Growing up mixed-race, queer and femme, how Saroj Khan provided me the keys to the vehicle of my body

In hindsight, I was always meant to fall in love with Saroj Khan. So here’s our convoluted love story: are you ready?

The Queer Take: In embracing the new, inclusive language project, what has been gained and what has been lost?

In domains like gender and sexuality, we have managed to demand more words and vocabulary and descriptions that allow more of us to name our selves, our desires, our milestones. This evolving language was allowing more of us to walk into more rooms, but also I could see those rooms still had the same rules, the same problems, writes Joshua Muyiwa in #QueerTake

Clare Croft's Queer Dance: Meanings and Makings is a vital engagement with intersectionality

Every subsequent reading of Queer Dance: Meanings and Makings by dance theorist and curator Clare Croft gives me more than the previous one. | Chintan Girish Modi writes in this week's #QueerBookshelf

Reading Ricky Martin's Me is to know that we are one, despite histories, identities and circumstances that separate us

I approached Ricky Martin's Me not as a fan keen on getting to know their pop idol, but as an avid reader of queer autobiographies | Chintan Girish Modi writes in this week's #QueerBookshelf

Close, Too Close: The Tranquebar Book of Queer Erotica raises questions around consent that we must engage with

Close, Too Close: The Tranquebar Book of Queer Erotica (2012), edited by Meena and Shruti who identify as queer feminists, is a beautiful collection of stories about queer desire and intimacy, in which you will meet queer characters who are in no need of sympathy from people who claim to be allies but are unwilling to question the ways in which they stereotype and stigmatise.