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.

There’s something deeply funny about the fact that queer fandom — a demographic constantly accused of “romanticising toxic ...

A lesbian daughter on the quiet performance of faith at Navratri, folding her hands at the family temple while leaving the ...

Berlin drag collective Duct Tape turned four on 19 September 2026 and threw a full-on birthday bash at Theater im Delphi. And who was on the bill? Our very own Mumbai girl, The Glorious Luna.

There is nothing that humbles you faster than your stomach choosing violence at the exact moment you are trying to be hot. You can have the outfit planned, the lip gloss applied and the playlist on ...

The idea of what makes a life well lived among the Indian middle class is as unoriginal as it is prevalent. To follow the prophecy, you must play along by following the arbitrary rules already in ...

Subbaraj suffocates Madurai’s rustic, toxic-masculinity-driven world of the 1990s and then flips it, seeing repression, conformity, and caste politics in play. Dorothy is a film Tamil cinema would ...

Let’s be honest! If you’re a queer woman in India—you’ve probably spent more time worrying about finding a landlord who won’t judge you than imagining where you’ll retire. Because that’s the thing ...

The demolition notice arrived on a rain-heavy Thursday, printed on paper so white it looked almost insulting against the stained walls of Sappho. Maria, who had worked behind its bar for eleven years, ...

I have spent most of my life looking at myself through other people’s eyes. When I was younger, those eyes were mostly judgemental. I knew what was supposed to be pretty, what was supposed to be thin, ...

Somewhere between “religious devotion” and “drag brunch with an incense budget”, Baroque art entered Europe like it had just been told the theme was “heaven but make it impossible to ignore”. It ...