LGBTQIA

A pioneer of queer and feminist movements in India, Maya Sharma sheds light on the intersectionality of gender, geography, class, and sexuality.

A decade after India’s landmark legislation on workplace sexual harassment was passed, gaps in ensuring that the law is gender-neutral and queer-friendly must be addressed.

Sensitising healthcare providers to the needs of the trans community may help address the neglect they have long faced from India’s public healthcare system.

A day in the life of a non-binary activist from Gorakhpur who teaches young children about gender sensitivity and works on environmental awareness and education in the city.

Therapists in India often see care seekers as separate from their social world. A study shows why this approach doesn’t work and suggests alternatives.

A day in the life of the founder of a Jamshedpur-based nonprofit that seeks to empower transgender, queer, and marginalised youth.

Here are four ways in which it could be.

While the issues of discrimination in health access are systemic and require interventions by governments to solve them, there is much that civil society can do.

With more people being pushed into poverty, there is now a hierarchy of marginalisation. Those who were already vulnerable to COVID-19—people with leprosy, HIV, disabilities, transgender people, and sex workers—have become almost invisible now.

A day in the life of a trans rights activist working to fight prejudice against the trans, hijra, and intersex communities.