Category: BDFA Blog
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Stop Blaming Queer Bangladeshis: HIV Is a Public Health Crisis, Not a Moral Failure
by Tanveer Anoy This year’s HIV data in Bangladesh has triggered not only public concern but also a disturbing resurgence of homophobic media narratives. As soon as the numbers were released, several news outlets rushed to publish sensationalist headlines declaring that “half of HIV patients are homosexual men,” that “students are becoming infected due to…
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When Male Rape Becomes Comedy
By Preetelata The viral clip of comedian K Zubayer joking about male rape has stirred justified anger, not because comedy cannot touch difficult subjects, but because of how carelessly it handled one of the most silenced forms of violence in Bangladesh. Male rape is already an under-acknowledged, under-reported, and deeply stigmatized reality. When the rare…
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Denim Day: Saying No to Victim Blaming
by Khadizatul Kubra [TRIGGER WARNING] Sexual assault—something we hear about every day, something that shows up on our social media feeds every time we scroll—and we just move past it. Every day, there is news of a woman or a child being assaulted. I don’t even want to use the obvious “r” word right now,…