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Updated On: 11 October, 2020 07:53 AM IST | Mumbai | P Vatsalya
A new archival project between a dating app and queer group is documenting the tumultuous love lives of desi LGBTQIA+ people

Winnie (left) and her girlfriend
The Museum of Queer Swipe Stories looks just as fantastical as it sounds. It is a trailblazing project that seeks to archive the many moods, experiences and complexities of queer dating. Gaysi Family and Tinder have come together to archive stories of queer love, heartbreaks, friendships and other memorable experiences. It's an Instagram page, but it is set to be released as an e-zine, so you can scroll and read, as you please.
Take the tale of how Winnie met her girlfriend, which sounds like a modern-day love story. They met on an app and one thing led to another. They discovered a common interest and there was some cheeky flirting involved. Winnie says the following, in the Museum of Queer Swipe Stories, about the first date: "I matched with her on Tinder and within minutes she messaged me saying, 'We have a conflict of interest; I'm a Manchester United fan.' Being an Arsenal fan, I found her opening statement very amusing and immediately thought, 'She knows her football!' We kept talking, and she mentioned that she had very little experience with women. I cockily told her that I'm a veteran lesbian and will show her the ropes."
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