All About Queerpendence

It's wrong to say that we’re decolonising. This was a cruel and unusual punishment that was precipitated by our own people.

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Last week, after decades of being persecuted by the state and being short-changed by society, LGBTQ citizens in India finally got a shout-out from the highest court in the land. Apparently, India has had gay citizens since its inception and they just didn’t appear from nowhere right after Star World suspiciously started airing Will & Grace. Who would’ve thunk it?

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