Queer LitFest, Chennai
queer litfest chennai qlf also known chennai queer litfest annual literary festival take place indian city chennai tamil nadu first edition chennai queer litfest organised july kavikko convention centre serf main venue festival event organized queer chennai chronicle independent publishing literary forum based chennai first queer litfest india festival founded chennaibased queer activist moulee thought need wider discussion queer literature india would bring queer writer translator ally together moulee also director curator festival qlf cocurated writer translator lj violet along moulee chennai queer litfest started focus lgbtqia literature tamil indian language highlight queer identified author translator artist qlf hosted participant include writer translator artist tamil nadu delhi karnataka kerala manipur mumbai london qlf included theme like queer identity india inclusive childrens literature art queer literature translation queer literature publishing festival completely organised crowdfunding chennai queer litfest held july first literary festival india completely focused queer literature writer translator social justice pride flag released qlf first edition chennai queer litfests topic discussion included lgbt representation medium moderated writer translator gireesh queer literature publishing vasudhendra mohanaswamy fame spoke queer literature kannada followed reading selected queer literature tamil along line diversity marginality queer life invisibilised narrative chinky homo project formally launched litfest keynote speech theatre artist activist living smile vidya edition read stage absence chennai queer litfest held september topic discussion inclusive childrens literature writer shals mahajan educator salai selvam panel art queer literature queerness art moderated artist senthil community historian maari illustrator vai conversation translation facilitated writer nadika translator v geetha london based writer artist hari rajaledchumy spoke personal finding queer literature tamil queer literature general malayalam writer kishor gave brief snapshot queer literature malayalam south chennai constituency member parliament poet dr thamizhachi thangapandian delivered keynote event concluded open mic session chennai queer litfest announced june due ongoing covid pandemic chennai queer litfest held online live streaming edition called chennai queer litfest live festival took place september edition chennai queer litfest focused storytelling brought together speaker around globe chennai queer litfest held september second year due covid pandemic festival held virtually audioonly literary festival twitter space litfest presided member tamil nadu state development policy council padma shri recipient narthaki nataraj queer litfest focused oral history tamil speaking trans woman led author revathi writer thanuja singam edition also focused filmmaking fanfiction creating safe online space drive queer centric conversation author actor shoba shakti spoke queerness writing tamil literary space seen queerness year conversation queer litfest director moulee london based writer hari rajaledchumy focused expressing queerness tamil queer terminology tamil final session focused responsible medium reporting way forward better representation queer person medium chennai queer litfest official website official video playlist chennai queer litfest official podcast chennai queer litfest