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The making of India’s first disability-accessible Pride: Namma Pride,...
Suggested citation format: Rajani, Ritesh and Madhumitha Venkataraman. 2017. The making of India’s first disability-accessible Pride: Namma Pride, Bengaluru, 2016. Orinam.net. Retrieved on mm/dd/yyyy...
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Queering the Red: Asmita Sarkar, Jadavpur University
January 16, 2017: Asmita Sarkar, 19, a second-year undergraduate student of sociology at Jadavpur University, is contesting the upcoming student elections on campus as a representative of the All...
View ArticleGee Semmalar on Trans Health Care
Trans activist Gee Semmalar speaks on the fundamental barriers trans people face in accessing basic healthcare and gender affirmative interventions. This talk was part of ‘TransForm: Transgender...
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Breaking Binaries
Art by Angad Over the last year and a half or so, I’ve made lots of visits to the Kasturba Medical College Hospital, both as...
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art: Jessy, my trans amma
Jessy, by Gokul Asokan: mixed media on A3 cartridge paper I first met Jessy in January 2017, at a queer film festival in Egmore. She was introduced to me by a friend. It was around 9:30 pm by the time...
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art: Rainbow Tree
Rainbow Tree, by Nayan Jyoti Nath: Watercolor on white paper, painted with cotton buds Nayan, 22, is from Tezpur, Assam, and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in Assamese literature. He was...
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Standing Out
I am a transman. Saying this today took me years to grow, learn, stumble, cry; the journey hasn’t stopped. I was a shy person in school and half of my life was spent hoping things will be fine. That I...
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Queer Coimbatore: visible, unabashed, unapologetic
Poster: image courtesy Pradeep On the evening of Friday, March 2, 2018, Coimbatore saw the public screening of ‘Ladies and Gentlewomen’, a Tamil documentary film. Directed by Malini Jeevarathnam and...
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Coming out for India: beyond the 377 verdict
Image source: author The Supreme Court of India hears our views on Section 377 again, genuinely listening for the first time. We may soon have legal acceptance – or at least not be considered criminals...
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6-9-18: Message from a father
My wife and I thank the Divine and also all the free-minded and fair-minded persons of the country who stood by in the struggle. Our congratulations and expressions of love and goodwill to all in the...
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Chennai: Summer of 2004
It was a late summer afternoon in the year 2004. I was at home, in my parents’ apartment, sitting at the computer and doing what a lot of lonely middle-class queer men were doing in those days before...
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Online/Offline
Here we are, seated next to each other. That app was not lying, when it said you were just a mile away. It helped that I was at that supermarket near your street. I was buying groceries that my mom had...
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The Price I Paid for Being Myself
We should count our blessings, agreed. Sometimes we should also count what we have sacrificed and what we have lost. For it helps us appreciate the value of the idea we fought for. In the journey from...
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“My mother’s smile is as warm as before and I am still my father’s Chinnu”:...
I had not visited home in a year and a half. Was it because I was hiding my ultimate secret from my parents? It was rather their journey post- knowing that secret that bothered me. I have journeyed...
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My closet: safe haven, graveyard of dreams
On nights like these, when my mind has nothing to distract itself with except the sounds of the creaking fan, thoughts that I had shackled suddenly break loose. Flashes of the day ricochet back at me....
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[podcast] Colours of Pride: A Talk on Gender, Sex and Sexuality
On Saturday, June 20, 2020, Orinam and the Resource Center for Youth and Mental Health (rYMS), an initiative of SCARF India, partnered to host an InstagramTM Live discussion on gender, sex and...
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Out, Proud and Liberated: Reflections of a former officer in the Indian Army
Ed: the full post may be viewed at https://out-and-proud-indian-major.com/out-proud-liberated/ and another version at...
View ArticleRavi’s encounter with the Romance Scam
Ravi (name changed) is a gay man in Chennai, who lost a huge sum of money in Dec 2020-Jan 2021 through the Boyfriend Romance scam that Vinay Chandran has written about here. Read Ravi’s story below: I...
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First Generation Queer South Asian Immigrant Rant
Our stories smell very similar but our sorrows yet very different. Just like how no two snow flakes are alike We often travel in multiple trouble boats all at once, tackling issues like immigration;...
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Gender Inclusion through Ultimate Frisbee
I discovered the sport of Ultimate Frisbee during my first year at Ashoka University; I didn’t realise that this discovery would play an important role in helping me discover myself. Throughout my...
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