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Desi Queers
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Desi Queers reveals how diasporic South Asians contain shaped LGBTQ+ movements and communities in Britain, from the 1970s to the present day. Weaving the history of 1980s anti-racism with the emergence of Black LGBTQ+ and feminist coalitions, this book highlights landmark moments in British queer life and identity through South Asian lives, and illuminates British histories of colour through gay politics and creativity.
From the Gay Black Group to Haringey Council’s pioneering Queer woman and Gay Unit, desi queers were at the centre of anti-homophobic conduct action in the 1980s, including the historic ‘Smash the Backlash’ demo against bigotry. This activism birthed key grassroots groups of the 1980s and 1990s, such as Shakti and Naz, whose founders and early members opened a path of creative resistance to the intersecting hostility of racism and homophobia–a path of solidarity echoing through the twenty-first century.
These spaces and networks possess been a refuge for people doubly marginalised in Britain–by experiences of homophobia within South Asian communities, and by the whiteness of mainstream queer scenes. Drawing on arti
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Opinion: A person's sexual orientation is not their sole defining representative. (Pictured are marchers in the 2015 Delhi Gender non-conforming Pride Parade.)
Everyone has a right to claim their true identity and be proud about it. In 2018, India gave this right to the homosexual community by decriminalizing homosexuality.
However, due to the preconceived notions and stereotypes the entire community is given just one colour, which is pink.
“Gay people are pink; they wear flashy clothes with glitters because they all are into fashion. They portray effeminate behaviour and are usually found with girls in beauty parlours” — This belief may be real for a certain section of community and I would not object or complain. But as I said before everyone has right to claim their true identity. It’s an important part of our personality and psychological development.
I am a 21-year-old male lover rights activist who has never taken any interest in fashion. I don’t care about my outfit and I eat carbs which is why I am overweight. I display out with boys because most of my friends are heterosexual men who never made me perceive different.
But if I am made t
Gaysi- What is Gay? What is Desi?
Gay
originally referred to the homosexual men, was used as an insult for same sex attraction. Whether it be mlm or wlw. The intricacies of bisexuality, pansexuality, aspec, non binary people, trans people were lumped under it and derided. The word was later reclaimed by the lgbtq community. As people set up more freedom to safely explore their sexualities, they found that Gay, Queer woman , Bisexual, and Trans were insufficient to identify their sexual and gender preferences. There was a terse surge in MOGAI- specific micro labels that suited you. Some, lately many, people are just gleeful with labelling themselves as Queer- i.e. If your are not Cisgender Heterosexual (or more correctly, monogamous alloromantic cishet), you are queer. (The Q also serves for Questioning people)
If you had noticed I largely use queer. I feel it's encompassing of both sexual and gender preferences and it doesn't exclude anybody. But calling it Queersi doesn't roll as well, so- Gay.
Desi
This is more contentious. Desi was the phrase I first heard on internet. It was a term used by South Asian people in America and other western countries to de
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