We are queer people in Bangladesh.
We are surviving a social and political situation where our existence is denied, our voices are silenced, and our organizers are murdered.
Our Publications
From poetry and short stories to magazines and collective anthologies, our publications preserve and celebrate the creative expressions of Bangladesh’s queer and gender-diverse communities. Each title is a testament to survival, resistance, and joy; documenting lives and imaginations often erased from mainstream history.
Explore them below.
SAMARUDH
Samarudh is Bangladesh’s first queer short story collection, featuring 30 stories by 30 writers, divided into four sections, Madhyahn, Aporahno, Sayahno, and Purboahno, capturing diverse moments of queer life and imagination.
Mondro Collection One, Published in 2020
ASHOR
Ashor is a first-of-its-kind multi-dimensional queer women’s collective in Bangladesh; bringing together voices, stories, and experiences of over 40 queer women in a deeply personal and quietly powerful publication.
Mondro Collection Two, Published in 2021
SHIULIMALA
A Bangladeshi queer poetry collection featuring 45 poems by 45 poets, woven together like a floral garland to celebrate diverse voices and emotions.
Mondro Collection Four, Published in 2023.
THAHOR
Thahor is Mondro’s regular queer magazine on gender, sexuality, and queerness in Bangladesh, featuring essays, self-reflections, and cultural critiques that center gender-diverse voices and challenge erasure, with two powerful editions published since 2020.
Mondro Magazine One, Published in 2020, 2021
PREMIKA
Premika is a queer feminist collection of stories, poems, and letters that centers the love, desire, and longing between women; an intimate and defiant offering from Mondro.
Mondro Collection Three, Published in 2022
SRISTI SUKHER ULLASHE
Celebrating Queer Joy is a vibrant collection of stories, poetry, photography, and art that honors queer love, resilience, and everyday happiness in Bangladesh.
Mondro Collection Five, Published in 2024.
Mondro Blog
Our blog is a space for reflection, resistance, and storytelling. Here, queer voices from Bangladesh and beyond share thoughts, experiences, creative writings, and critical commentaries that speak to the politics of gender, sexuality, art, and survival.
Our Archive
At the core of Mondro Bangladesh Queer Archive is a refusal to forget. We collect, hold, and honor the creative, cultural, and everyday traces of queer and gender-diverse lives across Bangladesh and its diasporas. This is not a neutral space, it is shaped by desire, rage, memory, survival, and joy. Our archive breathes with stories that have been ignored, erased, or pushed to the margins. Through art, writing, fragments, and resistance, we are building a living record of who we are, how we love, and how we fight.
Explore Queer Art & Visual Archives
Discover a rich tapestry of queer visual expression, photography, illustration, painting, digital art, and more. These works capture the beauty, complexity, and resistance of queer life in Bangladesh and beyond. Every image holds memory, meaning, and the power to reimagine our world.
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