Today marks three years since I had to leave my home because a cousin shared a pic of me kissing my partner with my entire family.
Today my partner and I have a great life, our three cats, and our families still accept us.
My cousin is currently bankrupt.
I lived inside the closet and died every day for 23 years. Last week my mom told me she wished I had come out sooner. I owe everything to my mom and her infinite patience.
To all parents out there, your kids look up to you the most in times of peril. Please do not abandon them.
We hung a rainbow flag outside our house and now my neighbour brings his toddler to our door to learn the colours. This is the cutest gay moment of our lives.
Make your gay characters complex. Problematic. Nasty fuckers who do bad things. Unapologetic. Evil. Manipulative. Unlikeable. Three dimensional. Villainous. Not just the ‘cute’ teens holding hands.
I've had it till here with
@bookmyshow
and its incompetence.
I don't know on what basis their customer care is dictating whether queer couples can enter MY show. A queer comedy lineup ffs.
IT'S GONE!
Section 377 has been decriminalised by the Indian Supreme Court.
This is monumental and brings so much relief to so many queer Indians.
Homophobes, don't even come at me today, I swear.
Young comedians in India. If you're out there thinking that one day you'll make it to the stage of
@canvaslaughclub
and you'll finally be paid, let me tell you that you should lower your expectations. For almost two years now, majority of Mumbai's comics haven't been paid. (1/n)
This is also a good time to observe how all your engineering buddies who ran to the USA the first chance they got are conveniently quiet now. They aren't pulling a Swades any time soon.
At this point, Indian democracy is exactly like reality show. Each month, another state doesn't proceed forward to the next round in the Superpower 2020 finale.
Never forget this vile creature Shefali Vaidya referred to countless deaths of innocents as "pandemic porn".
There isn't a place deep enough in hell for the scum that she is.
Chandigarh Police Constable Priyanka Controlling the traffic with her baby in her arms at Sector 23-24 Intersection.
Hats off to the Spirit 🙏
@ssptfcchd
My college did a "Time Capsule" theme for the 2012 annual fest. It was supposed to come out ten years later so we could reconnect with our 2012 selves. Well, this is what came out yesterday. Turns out a bunch of engineering students couldn't figure out how to keep water out.
Hi everyone, working on a piece that aims to tell stories of abuse and sexual assault from within the LGBTQ community. If you know someone who has accounts of the same, do reach out to me.
The person even sent me an audio recording of the call. It just breaks my heart that after striving to create an inclusive environment in comedy, some dumbfuck at a ticketing portal thinks it's cute to chime in and discourage queer couples as audiences? What the actual fuck.
I have been in comedy long enough to know nothing will change and they will go back to featuring on each other's podcasts and live streams, and jerking each other off. No homo.
I have been waiting for months to type this. But I've been afraid that they will make me wait for longer. But I am done. I give absolutely no shits whatsoever now. These people are vermin. Using comedians and their talents to further their venue and not paying them. For shame.
I miss the time when men asked you for a dick pic on Grindr instead of "did you scream slogans at the Mumbai Pride you commie homo?".
Calm the fuck down daddy.
I met the beerbiceps guy at my podcasting job once and it changed my life forever.
I realised I was way better off chubby and funny than whatever he turned into.
Hello Twitter,
Working on the third season of my podcast, Keeping it Queer.
If you think you know or have met queer (LGBTQIA+) individuals from India (and otherwise) who are amazing and need to be featured, do let me know.
Hugs in advance.
“If you create panic out of the crisis, every government has a right to control the panic.”
As Covid critical posts are removed on social media platforms in India, the BJP's
@gopalkagarwal
responds with “tweeters have to comply" with the country's content regulations
#Newsnight
Dutee Chand is an Olympic sprinter and her family is giving her a hard time for coming out.
Now imagine what it feels for an average Indian to come out.
Hi friends, many of us comedians who rely on live shows for income are currently jobless because of the pandemic. If you can, support your local artists in some way or another. YouTube is one way some of us pull in money. Just share one video with two people and start the chain.
Our dear friend
@sidudeja
hasn't been paid for a shows he did in 2017 to the tune of 1 lac. When confronted they just keep passing the ball from one person to another. I've given everything when I went to perform on stage. And to treat comics like this, it's only fair (2/n)
You may not want to believe it, but YRF never made films for Indians. It was always for the NRIs, and local Indians just happened to be the fallout. I'd reckon their films are part of the reason so many brown kids outside grow up in sanskari echo chambers. Asli India ka no clue.
Most of my exes were closet cases. One of em would say - if anyone ever sees us together, instead of us being boyfriends, say we met at Shiamak Dawar's dance class.
Yeah because that's not gay at all.
That most people prefer working in a company instead of doing standup. Your big guys will get paid from corporate gigs, but if you're a mid level comic, you might as well wait tables after your set to pay your bills.
Problem with these dude Bros is that they have never seen hardships in their entire lives but want to be the first one to shit on others with said hardships. These are some of the worst men in India with money given the power and limelight that they don't deserve.
Anti-CAA protestors should raise their voice against Pak's atrocities of the past, says Modi in Karnataka. Asks what stops them from protesting against Pakistan