The conversation about pain bias in health care and the dismissal of women and the marginalized queer-trans community’s symptoms has been ongoing for decades. Science and evidence have emerged to show how sex and gender impact various diseases, yet our healthcare delivery model lags. Some medical practitioners still practice medicine based on the…

EPISODE 6 MENTAL HEALTH AND QUEERNESS In this episode, we talk to our guest Qasim about the challenges revolving around mental health issues in the LGBTQIA+ community. Qasim shares many insights on the problems he had faced and how he was able to overcome those. Qasim is a HR professional…

EPISODE 5 EXPERIENCING HEALTH SECTOR AS A TRANS NON-BINARY PERSON In today’s episode, we have with us Krishanu who will talk about their experience of navigating the healthcare sector as a trans non-binary person from a medical as well as a social lens. Krishanu is a study of sociology and…

EPISODE 4 TRANSNESS BEYOND TRANSITIONING In today’s episode, we talk to our guest Riju about navigating the healthcare system as a transwoman. …

EPISODE — 3 TRANSITIONING IN HEALTHCARE : EXPERIENCE AND THOUGHTS Our guest today is Sasha who is a twenty-two-year-old from Bangalore. They are genderqueer and have been medically transitioning since 2019. …

EPISODE — 2 REINFORCEMENT OF DYSPHORIA BY THE HEALTH SECTOR In this episode, we talk to our guest about how the real awareness and knowledge about the queer community comes not from books and theories, but from the community itself! With today is Prathyush who is a trans* man, and…

EPISODE — 1 THE LACK OF INTERSECTION OF EDUCATIONAL SPACES WITH QUEERNESS Our guest for this episode is Zayan (he/him) who is a Dalit trans man, a trained educator and currently working with a queer organisation. We have a fruitful discussion with Zayan about the intersection of queerness with the…

Vipasha, Junior Research Manager According to Guttmacher Institute report( 2018),unsafe abortions remain the third leading cause of maternal mortality in India, and close to eight women die each day from related causes. When the number of abortion seekers and the complications from unsafe abortions remain high, then even with the…

TW: Mention of abortion, pregnancy (Abortion and pregnancy might have been a traumatic experience for many people, hence the trigger warning.) Shatarupa, member of the research team Language is a very powerful tool. It shapes us, socialises and re-socialises us into different structures and institutions present in our society. A…