As gender-neutral and queer approaches to fragrance become more visible, maybe the better question isn't “Is this perfume for ...

Karnataka’s HIV rise among MSM is being blamed on dating apps. But the app didn’t make anonymity a risk factor, the closet ...

A women’s group has asked India’s Supreme Court to reconsider NALSA and limit trans women’s access to women’s quotas, sports ...

There’s something deeply funny about the fact that queer fandom — a demographic constantly accused of “romanticising toxic women” — is also one of the only spaces willing to admit that female rage can ...

A GenX tribute to Asha Bhosle, the voice that gave closeted gay men in India hope and desire, and why her songs made her an unlikely, enduring gay icon.

When KPop Demon Hunters arrived on Netflix on 20 June 2025, I expected an affectionate K-pop fantasy. I did not expect to feel personally attacked by an animated idol hiding her supernatural marks ...

This is an essay about the quiet performance of faith, standing among fierce goddesses while being asked to point my life toward a mangalsutra, feeling both claimed by the ritual and erased by it, and ...

Late last year, Netflix India released the trailer of ‘Cobalt Blue’, a film adaptation of the eponymous novel, written and directed by Sachin Kundalkar. Expectations ran high, with good reason. The ...

Nobody warns you that “becoming your best self” can start feeling like body horror. One day it’s skincare. Then it’s calorie counting. Then it’s staring at old photos of yourself like they belong to ...

The fashion industry has long been dominated by heteronormative ideals, but that hasn’t stopped queer Indian models from making their mark. From the traditional catwalk to the digital sphere, these ...

Even before Hagrid delivered Harry’s first Hogwarts letter, the realm of the fantastical had me in its thrall. As a child I remember devouring Satyajit Ray’s Goopy Gyne, Bagha Byne films—about two ...

Have you watched/rewatched Some Like It Hot lately? According to this writer, what once seemed like a lighthearted comedy now reads as a hidden commentary on gender, sexuality, and identity. 🎭👠 From ...