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The Conversation
A Gay of No ImportanceHadi Hussain31.05.10
A Gay of No Importance
It has been an audacious and difficult decision for me to finally come out and accept my gaiety. Coming out has seemed like deliverance from my every sin, for which I will be pardoned and will start living happily hereafter.   But I forgot that life isn’t a fairy tale with a King Midas with a golden touch or a magical kiss which can transform a toad into a handsome prince. I used to think that my...
 
Ins Kromminga: A conversationPonni Arasu01.07.10
Ins Kromminga: A conversation
Below are excerpts from an interview I did in November, 2009, with a fascinating artist and activist, Ins Kromminga, who initiated a process in me, simple and obvious, and yet complicated and hardly ever embarked upon vis-à-vis the politics of gender and sexuality. Ins has challenged the routine of the politics we engage in and the worldview we sometimes unintentionally take for granted and thus make static. Ins Kromminga was the guest artist at the Nigah...
Elle Woods: On the Other Side of OppressionOmair Raza30.06.10
Elle Woods: On the Other Side of Oppression
As a pro-feminist queer who whole-heartedly endorses radical feminism, I took myself to task for admiring the 'post-feminist' film Legally Blonde when I saw it the other day. Is Elle Woods, a bubbly ultra-pink sorority girl who survives the rigors of Harvard Law while being true to herself, an icon of liberation? Or is she just a pop-culture fantasy of a woman who 'has it all' - unrealistic, not to mention, anti-feminist, in how...
 
Hijras, Marriage and the LawSarah Suhail01.07.10
Hijras, Marriage and the Law
On 24 May, 2010, in Peshawar, Rani, Malik and 45 other people were arrested for holding a wedding ceremony. Rani is a known Hijra (third gender/trans woman) while Malik is a cisgender man who also had two previous marriages. Both Rani and other prominent members of the Hijra community denied the fact that a wedding ceremony was taking place, and said that the function was in fact a “salgirah” which is an annual function that...
Editorial
All OppressionKyla Pasha
All Oppression
It’s been a while. We at Chay Magazine have been reassessing, rethinking, revamping and also resting and recreating as we figure out where and how to take this publication. Much has happened in the months since you last heard from us. Much of it has been horrible, such as the massacre of Ahmadis in Lahore in their own mosques. So now, as we move forward with a new look and some new opportunities, we also possess a new mission.   When we began two years ago, our mission was to talk about that which we do not talk about; not...

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Poetry
Being BelindasShruti Sareen30.06.10
A response to Pope's Rape of the Lock   The mirror hangs before me The mirror hangs before me My long face stares back at...Read More >>
 
آسکر وائلڈ کے نامHadi Hussain30.06.10
آج ایک بار پھر مجھ سے میری شناخت کی بابت دریافت کی گئی ہے گویا مجھ سے میرے ہونے کی گواہی مانگی...Read More >>
 
My Body is My InstrumentFakhra Hassan30.06.10
I have two eyes, a tongue, a nose, and a pair of lips – Uncircumcised – I see ethnicities, speak of my...Read More >>
 
Tiny Poem 1Glenn Harper30.06.10
at the candy bar she caresses her partner’s blouse...Read More >>
 
Tiny Poem 2Glenn Harper30.06.10
scalpel and ink her body cyborg art...Read More >>