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Homosexuality

  • Gender Fluidity In Hinduism

    Gender Fluidity In Hinduism

    Who is a Hindu? Gender fluidity in Hinduism Published on 2nd August, 2020, in Mumbai …

  • Different and Happily So: Time to do away with spiritual homophobia and embrace diversity

    Different and Happily So: Time to do away with spiritual homophobia and embrace diversity

    Hopefully, families will realise the value of having a gay uncle and a lesbian aunt around them who do not fit the norm of what it means to be a man or a woman…

  • Bromance is a strong part of Indian tradition, and different from same-sex attraction

    Bromance is a strong part of Indian tradition, and different from same-sex attraction

    Same-sex love is a strong part of Indian tradition and needs to be distinguished from same-sex attraction…

  • The Sexuality of Villains

    The Sexuality of Villains

    What story will Bollywood not tell?…

  • How to spot a lesbian in sacred Indian art

    How to spot a lesbian in sacred Indian art

    Is it our discomfort with homosexuality that makes us believe that it cannot be part of the sacred?…

  • What do Manusmriti and Dharmashastra have to say about homosexuality?

    What do Manusmriti and Dharmashastra have to say about homosexuality?

    Tales, of God prohibiting certain sexual acts but allowing others, are not found in Hindu mythology…

  • Transgenders versus homosexuals

    Transgenders versus homosexuals

    In Greek mythology, there are many stories of homosexual love: where men love men, and women love women. Apollo falls in love with Hyacinthus, while his sister Artemis drives Callisto away when she lets a man make her pregnant…

  • Did Homosexuality exist in ancient India?

    Did Homosexuality exist in ancient India?

    Homosexuals existed but were almost invisible in Indian history…