Activism
Activism
LGBTQ+ History In India
A brief overview of LGBTQ history in India, from pre-colonial times to modern day India.
On Unbound Feet: the 1970’s Feminist Performance Group
Unbound Feet were a feminist performance group in 1979 that led to a lot of social change and brought a community amongst queer women in San Francisco.
Sex Selective Abortion Bans Target Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Based on Racist Stereotypes
“One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning.” Zay tackles the rise of nationwide legistation against women’s reproductive rights and its disproportional effects on women of colour.
Queer People of Color Exist: The Erasure of Marginalization Within the LGBTQ Community
Through a conversation with members of the queer Asian community, Shruti explores the erasure of marginalization within the LGBTQ+ community and its impacts on those marginalized groups.
The New York Times’ “Interchangeable Asian”
Rehana discusses an article that peer journalists at the New York Times released titled “The Cost of Being an ‘Interchangeable Asian.” While they present excellent points about the dangers of the collectivization of Asian, it appears that they have made the same error they are criticizing in the piece: grouping Asians into a monolith.