queer representaion

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What Made Fire a Landmark Moment in India’s Understanding of Queerness?

Why was the release of Fire an important moment in Indian cinema? Shohini Ghosh, media scholar, explains.

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Hets and the City

TMI: People Tell Us What Their First Queer Sexual Experience Taught Them

Adapting In Solidarity

How ‘The Last of Us’ TV Adaptation Elevates a Canonical Queer Storyline

The third episode rewrites canon and upends the ‘bury your gays’ trope — allowing humanity to shine through the bleakness.

Coming Out Of Agency

‘Heartstopper’ Actor Says He Was Forced to Come Out as Bisexual

Not Acing Identity

How Asexual People Feel Excluded From Queer Spaces, Complicating Their Identity

Straight Up Hilarious

The Buzz Cut: Bollywood Takes Queer Representation Seriously, Casts Straight Actors in Comedy About Gay People Yet Again

This week in The Buzz Cut, Bollywood develops an advanced sense of humor, English aristocracy gets the representation it needs, and a corporation has an existential crisis.

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Has Indian Cinema Always Been Queer?

Mainstream Indian cinema has a rich history of queerness. Madhavi Menon, Professor of English at Ashoka University, explains why we need to expand the idea of what we consider to be a queer film.

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