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'Remembered sexual futures' - "Varta" Jul '24 issue - Diksha Sanyal summarizes a study on the art and cultural advocacies undertaken by queer community groups in West Bengal in the 1990s and 2000s vartagensex.org/.../07/21/reme…

'Embodying the Justice One Is Demanding' - "Varta", Aug '24 issue - Self-reflection and self-transformation have an important place in social campaigns for justice, argues Pawan Dhall vartagensex.org/2024/08/29/emb… #RGKarProtest #SelfReflection #KolkataProtests

'Koti Ki Atma - Queer Stories of Art and Cultural Activism in West Bengal, India - 1990s-2000s' youtube.com/watch?v=t6Z6AC…, short documentary part of "Remembered Sexual Futures: Study on Art and Cultural History of Gender and Sexual Minorities in West Bengal, India (1990s-2000s)".

'How Can We Be Gentle If We Aren’t Very Angry?' by Anureet Watta in "Varta", Sep '24: ‘Don’t Interrupt While We Dance’ is a film about queer and trans joy interrupted by the State, police, and shadows of violence and scrutiny vartagensex.org/.../how-can-we…

'Where Do We Go to Look for Queerness in Kolkata?' - "Varta", Sep '24 issue - Mihir Seth reflects on the pilot Queer Kolkata Heritage Walk held on July 2, 2024 to mark the 25th anniversary of ‘Friendship Walk ‘99’ vartagensex.org/2024/09/29/whe…

'Remembrances More Than Nostalgia' - "Varta" Nov '24 issue - Pawan Dhall writes about his musings on saudade – the presence of absence? vartagensex.org/2024/11/11/rem…

'Queer Allies in Need of Allies' - "Varta", Nov '24 - Mahua Seth points out the importance of allies within the larger family fold for parents of queer individuals vartagensex.org/2024/11/30/que…

'Crisis in Crisis Intervention Centres for Women?' - "Varta", Dec '24 - How equipped are the government-run OSCCs for women to carry out crisis intervention? Shampa Sengupta shares insight from a recent survey of the centres in four states of India vartagensex.org/2024/12/16/cri…

'Gains, Losses, Glosses' - "Varta", Dec '24 issue - End / beginning of the year self-reflection notes by Pawan Dhall vartagensex.org/2024/12/29/gai…

'Notes on Hoping Taken from Teenage Queer Fiction' - "Varta" Jan '25 issue - Mihir Seth finds the strength to go on in queer stories of trials, tribulations and hope vartagensex.org/2025/01/30/not…

'Nurture Sub Rosa' - "Varta", Jan '25 issue - To mellow is not to lose lustre, says Rajib Chakrabarti vartagensex.org/2025/01/17/135…

Rate of regret for major life decisions compared: Gender Affirming Surgery is 1%, Having children is 7% from American Journal of Surgery americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-…