Bodies Like Fishnet

A Queer South Asian American Archive

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Here are some screen captures from the beginning of a nation-wide web-chat. This was a conversation about organizing with and about queer desi women, trans desis, and other particularly marginalized groups within ours.

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Here is a video that Sapna Kumar provided for the archive about coming out to her parents.

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Fawzia Mirza provided this document and puzzle piece of our history for the archive.

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Gerontophilia by Ifti Nasim

One look at you and I open all my orifices. I am the child of nature. Come and look into my eyes And recall the days when you were embarked On the odyssey of life. Every strand of your gray hair Is laden with the mysteries of life Wrinkles around your eyes are like fishnet, which have trapped so many stories and dreams I want to explore the hidden world of my future through your eyes Is life really a bridge, thinner than a strand of hair And sharper than a sword which I have to cross.? Tell me about the secrets of life. I know the history has been distorted many many many times. But I shall believe you until I see it otherwise. Tell me there was no Romeo and Juliet.It was Romeo and Julian There was no Adam and Eve. There was Adam and Steve. Taj Mahal was not built for a woman But was built for a Turkish Mumluk boy by a Mogul king. What's wrong with that Tell me every thing. Show me how to do all the asanas And I promise I wouldn't kill you. Come fill me up with your knowledge of years gone by and I shall quench your thirst with my fountain of youth. Let's live forever. -Ifti Nasim

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Apna Ghar’s first Safe Zone sign originally created in 2012. Read about it:

https://apnagharourhome.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/hamare-samudaya-our-community/