Why mental health professionals must shift from being queer friendly to queer affirmative

For too long, the mental health community has considered queer sexuality through the lens of heterosexuality. It must unlearn this.

Shruti Chakravarty

, 

Raj Mariwala

 & 

Pooja Nair

· Jun 11, 2021 · 02:30 pm

Many in India’s LGBTQ+ community still live with the fear and trauma of conversion therapy

As early as in 1970, people were given electric shocks to associate same-sex arousal with pain.

Rianna Price, The Conversation

· Jul 24, 2020 · 07:30 pm

What is GagaOOLala, and why Indian users of streaming platforms need to care

The LGBTQ streaming platform, known as Asia’s ‘gay Netflix’, is looking to expand in India.

Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation News

· Feb 15, 2019 · 04:45 pm

‘Boy Erased’: A first-person account of what gay conversion therapies involve

Jeol Edgerton’s movie stars Lucas Hedges, Julia Roberts and Russell Crowe.

Gerald Walton, The Conversation

· Nov 12, 2018 · 08:15 am

Video games have a queer past – and it’s finally being recognised

Mainstream recognition of gay gamers and characters in video games has been a long time coming.

Adrienne Shaw, The Conversation

· Oct 27, 2018 · 09:30 pm

First person: A simple bio note for a lit fest reminded me of the relentless scrutiny of queer lives

Children’s book writer and queer feminist activist Shals Mahajan writes about the insidiousness of everyday discrimination faced by queer people.

Shals Mahajan

· Sep 23, 2018 · 01:30 pm

‘I kissed a girl’ and other cliches: How Indian TV is missing the mark on same-sex relationships

The quantity of programmes with LGBT characters has increased, the quality only slightly.

Soumya Rao

· Jan 11, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Transgender models walk the talk in reality television show ‘Strut’

A demographic that has long been on runways secretly is now benefitting from the increased visibility of trans issues.

Vikram Johri

· Oct 03, 2016 · 03:00 pm

‘Star Trek’ has long gone where no one has before, but a gay Captain Sulu reveals its frontiers

Long-time fans may find it easy to shrug off a gay Sulu as an anodyne bid to be part of the conversation.

Vikram Johri

· Jul 12, 2016 · 11:00 am

What makes Celina Jaitly the patron saint of the queer community?

The actress puts other Bollywood stars to shame with her enthusiastic support for LGBT rights.

Manish Gaekwad

· Jun 09, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Those men dressed as women on TV are not exactly helping the cause of gender fluidity

What do the characters on Kapil Sharma’s show, Krushna Abhishek and other comedians in drag hope to achieve?

Vikram Johri

· Apr 21, 2016 · 01:30 pm

‘The Matrix’ director Andy Wachowski is now Lilly Wachowski

The filmmaker joins sibling Lana, previously known as Larry.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 10, 2016 · 12:34 pm