Beyond Binaries – Cohort 3.0 | Theme: LGBTQIA+ Realities and Resistance

Beyond Binaries – Cohort 3.0 | Theme: LGBTQIA+ Realities and Resistance | An Online International Summer School Program | A One-Month Immersive Online Certificate Training Course | Pride Month June 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning

On the occasion of Pride Month June 2025, #IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning

An Online International Summer School Program

A One-Month Immersive Online Certificate Training Course on

Beyond Binaries – Cohort 3.0

Theme: LGBTQIA+ Realities and Resistance

Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
Dates: June (1, 8, 15, 22, 29), 2025
Five Consecutive Sundays
Time: 4 – 6 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom

Registration Form: https://forms.gle/K7XZFtbJWZjb92maA

Course Fee: INR 5000 (inclusive of GST)
Early Bird Discounted Fee (Till May 21, 2025): For Professionals: INR 3200 | For Students: INR 2500
IMPRI Alumni can avail benefits through the IMPRI Referral Policy for Alumni & Friends.
Bulk Discounts can be availed for groups of more than 5 participants.
Limited seats are eligible for a partial scholarship opportunity. Write to: learningatimpri@gmail.com

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About

In today’s rapidly shifting socio-political climate, conversations around gender and sexual identities are more visible than ever—yet they remain fraught with resistance, exclusion, and systemic injustice. Despite some progress in recognizing the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community, structural barriers, sociocultural stigmas, and uneven legal protections continue to shape the lived realities of queer individuals across India and the world. From marginalization in public life to limited access to healthcare, education, and dignified work, the struggle for equality is far from over.

The One-Month Immersive Online Certificate Training Course, “Beyond Binaries: Cohort 3 – LGBTQIA+ Realities and Resistance,” creates a vital space to engage with the everyday experiences and ongoing acts of resistance within queer communities. This course invites participants to unpack the intersections of identity, power, and policy—examining how LGBTQIA+ individuals navigate, challenge, and transform the systems that marginalize them.

Addressing urgent issues such as legal invisibility, mental and reproductive health inequities, queerphobia in educational and professional spaces, and the politics of representation, the course centers voices of resistance as both a necessity and a form of collective strength. Grounded in intersectional feminist and social justice frameworks, it draws attention to the ways in which queer activism confronts oppression while imagining inclusive and liberatory futures.

Designed as an interactive and inclusive platform, the course will feature expert-led lectures, participatory discussions, film screenings, and lived-experience sharing. Facilitated by leading academics, legal experts, activists, and practitioners, it equips participants with critical perspectives and practical tools to engage in meaningful advocacy and systemic change.

For Whom

This course is for anyone with a keen interest in Sexuality, Gender and Queer studies and issues. Working professionals, practitioners, civil society members, health workers, activists, researchers, post-graduate and undergraduate students, and those interested would benefit from this course.

Benefits of this Course

Participants would:
• Learn from globally and nationally renowned thematic experts and practitioners
• Gain first-hand insights and networking opportunities
• Get course outline and reading list from the experts for learning
• Get access to session videos for 15 days
• Receive a certificate of completion
• Have the opportunity to publish their essays on the IMPRI Insights Blog, which features the articles of eminent people from around the globe.

Upon successful completion of the program, each participant will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Program Experts

Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI

Experts:

Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, Chairperson, Lakshaya Trust

Harish Iyer, Head DE&I, Axis Bank; Equal Rights Activist; Core advisory committee, LGBT issues, NHRC

Dr Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Centre for Writing and Pedagogy, Krea University

Adv Rohin Bhatt, Non-Binary Queer Rights Activist, Lawyer and Bioethicist

Raj Mariwala, Director, Mariwala Health Intiative (MHI)

Rituparna Borah, Co-Director, Nazariya, A Queer Feminist Resource Group, New Delhi

Dr Debolina Dey, School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University

Rituparna Neog, Queer Rights Activist; Founder & Director, Akam Foundation, Queer Intersectional Feminist, Storyteller

Maya Awasthy, Co-founder Transgender Welfare Equity and Empowerment Trust (tweet) Foundation

Prof Pushpesh Kumar, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad

Dr Kaustav Padmapati, Assistant Professor (Selection Grade), School of Liberal Studies and Media, UPES, Dehradun

Dr Anant Bhan, MBBS, MHSc (Bioethics), Researcher in global health, health policy, bioethics and mental health; Mentor and Principal Investigator, Sangath (public mental health NGO), Bhopal, India

Program Time Structure

Convener: 
Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO and Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI

Previous Cohort:
Beyond Binaries – Cohort 2.0: Theme- LGBTQIA+ Narratives #WeAre!
Beyond Binaries: Understanding Sexual Identities and Queer Rights Issues in India

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