When Screens Become Soulmates: Queer Love Across Distances

      In the age of screens replacing hands and pixelated kisses, intimacy has become an act of digital co-creation. As a queer individual navigating a long-distance relationship, my smartphone is not just a tool, it is the third presence in my apparent two-person monogamous love story. It holds our messages, voice notes, blurry […]

Something Rotten? A think-piece

In 2007, when Maya Indira Ganesh and I started working on sexual rights and the internet in India, it was a sparse field. We had both worked for a decade already on gender and sexuality as feminist activists and researchers, but the question of how technology was affecting women and girls in India was something […]

Routine Tech, Intimate Memories: Unwrapping Queer Temporalities through Digital Archives

Illustrated by Niv In a country like India, where surveillance and self-censorship are so pervasive, the virtual realm—specifically chat—becomes an unintended space for building connections. Queer desires are rarely spoken aloud; they are almost always written down. For queer individuals, intimacy unfolds mostly in the digital realm. Queer desires often bloom in the hidden corners […]