Top Tweets for #REWINDINGPRIDE
Picture this: in a room full of passionate activists at a women's conference in 1994, loud voices are trying to be heard. Some are rallying against the so-called “lesbian agenda” that has taken over the event.
Find out what happened there in this #RewindingPride thread: 1/n
What challenges did HIV/AIDS activists working with queer persons face in India? #RewindingPride
Follow this 🧵 to know about an incident from 2001 of police targeting of two NGOs in Lucknow for their important work in HIV and safe sex advocacy. 1/n
Who is an Ekal Aurat? How did Ekal Aurat or Single Women become a defining term for #queerwomen in some parts of India? For #RewindingPride this week, let’s talk about the politics surrounding this label. Follow this thread to know more: 1/n
Which was the first Hindi film that talked about & portrayed #queer love? We don’t know for sure, but #BadnamBasti was one of the earliest films that hinted at the ‘forbidden’ desire between men.
Let's get to know about this film for #RewindingPride this weekend. A 🧵: 1/n
Did #KiranBedi really deny providing condoms to the prison inmates at #Tihar? What was this controversy all about?
For #RewindingPride this week, let's revisit this incident from the early 90s and how it affected #queer advocacy and activism in India: 1/n
Have you read Urdu poems about 'lesbian' relationships or homoerotic tensions between women?
Are you surprised to know that such poems exist? For #RewindingPride this week, let's revisit our history post on 'Rekhti' poems and their transgression against sexual norms. 1/n
Did you check our recent #RewindingPride post about a 1998 documentary that shed light on the Hijra life. Get to know about it 👇🏽 and RT/repost it to share it further 💙
“Main ek hijra hoon, me kehti hoon me taali bajaungi aur khaungi [I am a Hijra, I will earn my living through my ‘claps’],” says Sunita, in the opening sequence of "Main Hijra Hoon". For #RewindingPride this week, let's talk about this documentary on Hijra life. A 🧵: 1/n
![queerbeat_media's tweet photo. “Main ek hijra hoon, me kehti hoon me taali bajaungi aur khaungi [I am a Hijra, I will earn my living through my ‘claps’],” says Sunita, in the opening sequence of "Main Hijra Hoon". For #RewindingPride this week, let's talk about this documentary on Hijra life. A 🧵: 1/n https://t.co/GhOHqoMJTD](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTa46bHXQAA3qgE.jpg)
#RewindingPride is a queerbeat effort to map India's unique queer past and make it accessible to more folks.
Source: "Main Hijra Hoon" Documentary on Ragini Deshpande"s YouTube channel. 9/n
“Main ek hijra hoon, me kehti hoon me taali bajaungi aur khaungi [I am a Hijra, I will earn my living through my ‘claps’],” says Sunita, in the opening sequence of "Main Hijra Hoon". For #RewindingPride this week, let's talk about this documentary on Hijra life. A 🧵: 1/n
Have you heard of court cases filed against queer couples when they elope from their homes or get married against the wishes of their family in India? For #RewindingPride this week, let's talk about one such case from the late 80s against a queer couple in Gujarat. A 🧵 1/n
#RewindingPride is a queerbeat effort to map India's unique queer past and make it accessible to more folks.
Sources: Celebrating 25 years of friendship, pride and diversity (@vartatrust) & LGBTQ+: India’s first Pride march which made history (BBC)
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Did you check our recent #RewindingPride post on early queer literary collections in India? Don't miss it — follow this thread to know more! 👇
In 1999, Penguin Books (now Penguin Random House) published two collections of queer writings in India.
For today’s #RewindingPride, let’s talk about these two books that came to shed light on queer lives and desire. #PrideMonth 1/9
In 1999, Penguin Books (now Penguin Random House) published two collections of queer writings in India.
For today’s #RewindingPride, let’s talk about these two books that came to shed light on queer lives and desire. #PrideMonth 1/9
Source: Reaching Out to Sexually Marginalised Women: Sahayatrika in Kerala by P. Agaja, Explorations, ISS e-journal, Vol. 2 (1), April 2018, pp. 86-106
#RewindingPride is a queerbeat effort to map India's unique queer past & make it accessible to more folks. 8/n
Did you know about the controversy surrounding a ‘queer’ club at a high school in Kerala? For #RewindingPride this week, let's take a look at this controversy from 1992 that targeted young school students in the state. #PrideMonth
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Have you come across images or photo archives that document queer life in India from the last century? That's where the work of #SunilGupta comes in. As we begin the #PrideMonth, let's take a look at his portraits of queer experiences from that time. #RewindingPride
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Despite Supreme Court rulings affirming the right to self-determination of gender & decriminalising queer relations, police harassment of queer folks persists in India. For #RewindingPride this week, let's revisit one of the earliest protests against such police atrocities. 1/6
Have you heard of Sarmad Kashani, a ‘queer’ poet now popular for his tales of love and power? Sarmad travelled through the Indian subcontinent in the 17th century and became popular for his mysticism, magic, and poetry. #RewindingPride
Get to know more in this thread: 1/n
How many years do you think it took, since independence, for trans and gender-variant communities in India to be recognised as legal voters and to contest elections? As we head to the polling booths, let's talk about this bit of queer history in India: #RewindingPride 1/n
Have you attended queer film screenings or film festivals? Today, there are many festivals that celebrate LGBTQIA+ cinema from across the world. For #RewindingPride this week, let’s go back and talk about one of the first queer film festivals in India. 1/n
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