The poem talks about the experience of having gender dysphoria.
Author: Harshit Jalan
It’s an Old Story, Ma
This poem speaks about the different shades of a queer person and the fear he goes through.
Women and the Flaming Patriarchy
A poem based on the observations of a queer person on how women are trapped by patriarchal norms within their own homes.
The Men’s Washroom
'Every queer body is stripped inside there.'
How Does One Become ‘Man Enough’?
'I still ask myself, what if my mother never gave birth to me?'
Queerness Is Infinite
Being a queer person is like being a ghost where you have to find places to hide and yet people get scared when they find you.
Growing Up Queer: A War With the Truth
A poem on internalised homophobia and the corpse of my childhood.
Poetry Finds You, but Where Do I Find Poetry?
On World Poetry Day, the author looks at where poems live and why the form of linguistic expression so essential.
Grief Sits With Me Every Time I Look for Love
Grief tells me that I am neither damaged nor hurt, I am just longing to find little spaces of kindness.
My Body is a Temple Without a God
A poem on how a man is body-shamed for not being masculine enough – both physically and emotionally – as per society's absurd standards.