The poet writes about returning to their hometown for the first time after coming out to their mother.
Tag: queerness
Liberate and Let Liberate: A Queertopia
Being queer is not just an identity, but rather a powerful phenomenon that centres on a person’s agency to self-determine. Queerness is resistance and rebellion
Kate Millett’s ‘Flying’: Lesbians in the Eye of the Storm
Through its disorienting, vertigo-inducing prose, the book – which has been out of print for decades – is a time capsule of an era of popular movement.
The Asian Canadian Gay Activist Whose Theories on Sexuality Were Decades Ahead of Their Time
When Li Shiu Tong died in 1993, his unpublished manuscript about sexuality was almost thrown away. Yet it contains views on bisexuality and gender fluidity that would resonate with …
When June Comes Around, All I Do Is Cry
On growing up afraid of physical attraction and my own queerness.
Standing ‘Bi’ the Sidelines: On Not Feeling ‘Queer Enough’
The bisexual community faces some unique struggles that are often pushed into the shadows along with our identities.
DU’s English Department Drops Sections on Gujarat Riots, LGBTQ From Syllabus to ‘Not Hurt Sentiments’
The decision comes after the university’s Academic Council sent back syllabi to the English department to take a final call because of the objections raised by the RSS-backed National …