COVER STORY
This issue of Outlook is dedicated to queerness. It is taking stock of things and people and spaces. The cover is all love. This is for all the special things on earth. Like Venus Xtravaganza.
11 July 2024
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A South Asian Queer Pamphlet breaks free from tradition, inviting viewers to directly engage in a queer performance artist’s journey
Despite claims to the contrary, India’s education system remains non-inclusive of queer students, leaving them to choose between their dignity and an education
Transwomen are often bullied, underestimated and erased despite having contributed to some of the biggest inventions in modern history.
The rural urban divide blurs in the uniform violence that villages and cities commit on the bodies of gender and sexual minorities
Pronouns are profound for the queer community; they denote agency and acceptance in a world that is not always inclusive.
The new criminal code offers no legal protection to the LGBT+ community from sexual violence
The Karnataka High Court’s judgement in 2021, providing one per cent horizontal reservation to trans persons, opened doors for the community in the state. But many say they are unable to avail the benefits
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How queerness in old Bollywood hid in plain sight
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A South Asian Queer Pamphlet breaks free from tradition, inviting viewers to directly engage in a queer performance artist’s journey
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A poem by Kinshuk Gupta
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Despite claims to the contrary, India’s education system remains non-inclusive of queer students, leaving them to choose between their dignity and an education
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Transwomen are often bullied, underestimated and erased despite having contributed to some of the biggest inventions in modern history.
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The rural urban divide blurs in the uniform violence that villages and cities commit on the bodies of gender and sexual minorities
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Pronouns are profound for the queer community; they denote agency and acceptance in a world that is not always inclusive.
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The new criminal code offers no legal protection to the LGBT+ community from sexual violence
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The Karnataka High Court’s judgement in 2021, providing one per cent horizontal reservation to trans persons, opened doors for the community in the state. But many say they are unable to avail the benefits
OTHER STORIES
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Tamil Nadu has always set the trend of embracing queer rights
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Ninety-eight per cent of queer people live with chosen families; most running away from abusive biological families
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The discourse on masculinity needs to include disabled masculinity
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Abhishek Anicca’s The Grammar of My Body is a collection of essays on disability, love, and self-discovery
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The Remains of the Body is an intricate story of friendship and intimacy between three Indian immigrants in North America from a writer known for his exploration of the unpredictable nature of human sexuality. Two men in their mid-thirties, childhood friends, share a deep bond that is put to an unexpected test as one’s marriage starts to crumble under the conflicting arcs of immigrant ambition. As the marriage loses its last breath in an unexpected affair, the other friend, a single man, has to confront questions about his own desire that he cannot answer. Whose body does he long to touch? Can a man’s intimacy with a woman mask his inexpressible desire for someone who lies beyond his reach?
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Supranav Dash captures the resilience and fluidity of India's LGBTQIA+ community in a striking series of staged portraits
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The J&K government is mulling the use of the Enemy Agents Ordinance (EAO), an archaic law that mandates either life imprisonment or death as punishment
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A rebellion is brewing against Sukhir Singh Badal, the patriarch of Shiromani Akali Dal with 60 leaders asking him to step down
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Instead of moving towards a resolution, Israel is threatening further escalation of the war in Gaza
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Vikram Seth had first translated The Hanuman Chalisa for his now 90-year-old aunt and at her insistence, he agreed to publish it a decade later
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Laungi Bhuiyan singlehandedly worked for 30 years to build a canal to bring water to a dry region in Gaya district. Though he got media attention, Bhuiyan has not been rewarded by the government
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In a small Darjeeling village, locals are keeping alive a 200-years-old tradition of erecting benches to memorialise their dead.
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Reuniting with an old friend reveals the heart-wrenching impact of familial rejection on LGBTQ+ youth and the enduring quest for acceptance
