By Shivalal Gautam
In this second paired narrative of queer lives during the lockdown in Assam, Shivalal Gautam tells us how two queer women negotiated multiple trials and reached a better place in...
By Pradosh Dash
Pradosh Dash chats with political science student Sanjit Mondal who survived a recent queerphobic attack by the Bidhannagar City Police and turned adversity into opportunity
By Diksha Sanyal
COVID-19 lockdowns may eventually go, but domestic violence against queer persons not quite so. Diksha Sanyal offers some legal solutions
By Pawan Dhall
There couldn’t have been a better time for ‘Varta’ webzine to complete seven years
By Debayan N. Sen
Debayan N. Sen assures that consensual cohabitation by same-sex couples is not a crime
By RAHI Foundation
RAHI Foundation continues to answer your queries on incest and child sexual abuse
By Shivalal Gautam
Shillong witnessed its first pride walk just a week after the Section 377 verdict. Shivalal Gautam reports
By RAHI Foundation
RAHI Foundation on prevention, age and sexuality nuances of incest / child sexual abuse
By Pawan Dhall
High fives and hugs yes, but the Section 377 verdict is by no means about closures!
By Rajib Chakrabarti
Rajib Chakrabarti on the twistedness implicit in straightening out the non-linear
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
Varta brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’ This is an initiative to document five decades...
By Jia Mata, Sudha Jha, Nikita Kabra
Jia Mata, Nikita Kabra and Sudha Jha report on the recent homophobic violation of child rights in the Kamala Girls' High School incident involving the school's headmistress and the West...
By Shruti Janardhan
Gay men and lesbians need to question their own biphobia even as they fight compulsory heterosexuality argues Shruti Janardhan This article was originally published on Feminism in India and re-published here with...
By Nitin Karani
Campaigns and dates to highlight different human rights issues are just past, ongoing or round the corner. Last year saw a spate of Bollywood films with leading actors that portrayed...