Tagged Under: Human Rights

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  Vartanama May '22

  No pride without sex workers

  By Namrata

  Namrata reminds us to take our blinkers off for pride month observations

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  Insight, People Mar '22

  Disability, representation and pride

  By Eishita

  Karthik, a Bangalore-based software developer, opens up to Eishita on disability, sexuality and queer pride

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  Travel Travel, Vartanama Feb '22

  Movements that move you

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall was on the move in Karnataka (and Andhra Pradesh) taking in the sights and foods, both rustic and urban

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  Disability - Advice, Insight Jan '22

  Is horizontal reservation ensuring jobs efficiently for the disabled?

  By Amrita Chanda

  Amrita Chanda elaborates on the situation of horizontal reservation for persons with disabilities in public sector employment

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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Nov '21

  Trans inclusion in schools: A step forward and several backwards

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh on the politics around withdrawing the draft NCERT manual on transgender children’s inclusion in schools

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  Insight, Policy Matters Nov '21

  Is digitization the new bed fellow for anti-queer discrimination?

  By Brindaalakshmi K.

  The author wants to alert queer people in India against an uncritical embracing of digital inclusion

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  Vartanama Oct '21

  Mistreatment of people living with HIV still happens in government facilities

  By Pawan Dhall

  Universal healthcare access in India – can this dream become a reality without ensuring patient dignity?

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  Insight, My Story Sep '21

  Getting to know the asexuality spectrum

  By Meghna Mehra

  Meghna Mehra talks about issues around asexuality through her personal account of coming out as asexual

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  From the Archives, Vartanama Aug '21

  Letters as building blocks of India’s queer movements

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall presents nuggets of queer histories from the erstwhile Counsel Club’s archival material

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  Insight Aug '21

  In the matter of queer relationships – court approval vs. social disapproval

  By Diksha Sanyal

  What is life like for Indian queer couples who win court approval of their right to cohabit? An analysis by Diksha Sanyal with inputs from Pawan Dhall

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  Cinemascope Jul '21

  On being queer and Sikh in India

  By Shivalal Gautam

  ‘Sab Rab De Bande’ is an impressive debut film on a sensitive subject by queer activist Sukhdeep Singh, says Shivalal Gautam

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  Vartanama Jun '21

  Mentoring the queer case for economic inclusion

  By Varta Economic Inclusion Mentoring Forum

  Varta’s economic inclusion mentoring forum for queer communities takes off

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  Insight, Vartanama May '21

  Homecoming during a pandemic

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall shares life-changing moments from the COVID-19 pandemic. Trigger warning // Hospital descriptions, death

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  Coronavirus Diary, Policy Matters May '21

  Pandemic impact on a loop?

  By Pradosh Dash

  What has changed for the transgender women in Odisha since the COVID-19 pandemic led to the crippling lockdowns of 2020? Pradosh Dash spoke to S. Lipsa Rao, a transgender community...

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  Vartanama Apr '21

  Against gratitude

  By Sayan Bhattacharya

  Sayan Bhattacharya questions the normalization of inequity all around us – something we must not give up on if humanity has to continue breathing

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  Insight Apr '21

  Farewell, dear fairy!

  By Chintan Girish Modi

  Chintan Girish Modi remembers Gaurav Probir Pramanik whose actions ensured that homophobic behaviour at the leadership level in a leading Indian corporate did not go unpunished