South Asia has had a long history of unique reprepresentation of various genders from the Hijra community to Shikhandi in the Mahabharata, but how are we rep-ing today? This episode deals with the representation of different gender and sexual identities in literature and why they're critical for building inclusive and loving cultures.

Guest author: Adib Khorram

Co-hosts: Upasna Kakroo & Salma Hussain

Produced by: ⁠⁠⁠Peerbagh⁠⁠⁠

Episode cover art: Niloufer Wadia

Research: Imtiaz Ali and Diksha Sharma

Supported by: The Very Asian Foundation

Books/media in the episode:

• Darius the Great (Adib Khorram)

• Keya Das’s Second Act (Sopan Deb)

• Authors: Julian Winters, Firoozeh Dumas, Marjan Kamali, Martha Wells