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Queerness as disease – a continuing narrative in 21st century India: Kaushal Bodwal

Guest post by KAUSHAL BODWAL In August 2018, it came to my knowledge that a few of my pictures wearing sarees were circulating in my extended family’s WhatsApp group. Phone calls from home regarding my “obscene” behaviour were followed by a shift in the entire conversation towards my having some illness that needed to be … Continue reading Queerness as disease – a continuing narrative in 21st century India: Kaushal Bodwal →

“Intersex” may be California’s new official name for a “third gender”

The decay of an empire always begins with social decay.
America is undergoing a rapid social decay, devoid of the values and traditional conservatism that propelled the country to super power status.
The state that is leading the charge to turn America into a bastion of political identity hell, with feelings trumping biology, is California.
Next time you find yourself in the Golden State, and you fill out a form with the ever present “sex” category, “male” and “female” may not be your only choice.

Studies: Chemicals in the Water ‘Turning Male Fish into Females’

Male fish are becoming hermaphroditic due to environmental insults (such as chemicals in the water), says participants in a new study from North Carolina State University not yet published. Where they once had the usual testes containing abundant sperm that made them suitable for reproduction, male fish now may have testes that contain eggs, and their ability to reproduce has become questionable. [1]