nandika chatterjee

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For the Parents of Intersex Kids, Deciding how to Proceed Isn’t Easy

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In the fall of 2023, Cindy Howard was in a hospital bed recovering from a cesarean section. While the birth had gone smoothly, the pregnancy itself carried intense uncertainty. In the months leading up to the delivery, a technician had indicated she was expecting a girl. But during an ultrasound at around 30 weeks pregnant, she was told that while her baby had no visible penis, there were testicles. “We figured it was just a bad angle,” Howard told Uncloseted Media and GAY TIMES. “We went to a 3D ultrasound just for fun. And then we spent about 10 minutes […]

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Why Queer Spaces Often Fail South Asian Women

Patel felt a wave of grief wash over her. “I [have] to give up my South Asian-ness in order to be in a queer relationship,” she remembers thinking. Patel and her girlfriend had been dating for some time and were sketching out a future together, even starting sentences with, “When we get married.” But as they built a foundation, she continued to feel marginalized because of her Indo-African heritage. “I remember I was in [my girlfriend’s] household, and her father made a comment that was racist to brown people,” Patel told Uncloseted Media. When her girlfriend called him out, Patel […]