Roz-Roz 4.0, The Annual Cultural Magazine of IIT G 2024

LGBTQIA+ CLUB
live and let
live !
was it easy to keep Lambda going
and flourishing throughout
these years, and most importantly
making it visible to the very people
who need it. The day of the big verdict
from Supreme court on 6th of
September, 2018 was a big
day for those at Lambda too. Individuals
edging on the ambiguity
of coming out, those shying away
from public eyes and afraid of being
identified turned up in huge
numbers. And we are proud to say
these show-ups continued in the
occasional workshops following
this. Given this inspiration, the
members of Lambda have never
looked back since then. Whether it
be the pride walk of 2022, the celebrations
of Pride month, June, the
Binary Day, the Trans Day or the
grand Verdict Day (6th September),
celebrations in vivid colors
have become almost a
cultural tradition like any other
festival in this club, which is
more like a family. These ‘queer
meetups’ most of the times turn
out to be detailed recounts of
reactions from families and
friends on the members’ coming
out which eventually become
fun and laughter. The tiniest of
things like a painted nail, a piercing
or a heel when liberated to
be worn by a gender who simply
likes and enjoys it, becomes
such a great achievement. “The
joy and warmth of these achievements
can be felt from their eyes”
as Shivangi, an ally and a member
of Lambda
Efforts and sincere attempts
to make people aware and break
through the glasses of prejudice
are ongoing, making this bunch of
cool people an amazing medium
for change in our society. On top
of all these workshops and discussion
sessions, Lambda has turned
out to be closed knit family where
even the culmination of end semester
examination is an excuse
for eat-outs and chats.
Truly, this is what we call unconditional
love and acceptance.
We hope that someday or the other
this fluidity of VIBGYOR will
touch upon not only the hearts of
residents of IIT Guwahati but also
the entire nation and people will
learn to think beyond binary to
live and let live.
DONT BE SOUR, WE’RE
JUST A LITTLE FRUITY
“There’s so much to offer but so little to accept”
We all love the colors of the
rainbow, the VIBGYOR. Yet, when
it comes to us humans to be something
different than black, white
or grey, we shut the doors of our
hearts. Why is that so?
Back in 2018, two courageous
souls took up the initiative
of helping these colors, opening
up a platform to seek and help
bridge the gap of gender identity
and gender expression, here inour
very own beautiful campus. Wondering
what these heavy words
mean? Well, it means nothing
more but to give our fellow humans
a space where they can open
up and not be judged, where they
can be themselves and be treated
nothing different than a straight
boy or girl.
But things are generally not
so simple in our society unfortunately,
up until now. Neither
LOVE IS LOVE
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