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Orinam.net is a bilingual website (Tamil and English) associated with the Chennai-based social-support-arts-advocacy group Orinam. The site contains information on alternate sexualities and gender identities and resources for the public, media, healthcare, educational institutions, workplaces, and family members of LGBT people. Our voices – The Orinam blog features news and views, personal stories and creative writing by Queers and allies.
Sahodaran-UNESCO: Bullying of sexual/gender minority students in Tamil Nadu
Sahodaran, one of Tamil Nadu’s oldest LGBT+ organisations, has conducted and published a study on bullying of sexual/gender minority persons as students, based on recollections by adults. The mixed-methods study was conducted in Chennai, Vellore, Salem, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore, Trichy and…
Homophobia in Madurai college drives two students to suicide
TW: Two first-year college students in Madurai took their lives, succumbing to bullying from peers who ridiculed their close friendship.
Response to Law Commission of India on Uniform Civil Code
Response to the Law Commission's 2018 call for input on the UCC from queer feminist lesbian and bi women and trans persons.
Seeking participants for online survey of cis gay/bi men above 40 in India
Online survey of gay/bi/same-gender attracted cis men above 40 in India, by postgraduate student from IIT Gandhinagar.
Collective Statement against the Anti-LGBTQIA+ legislations in India
LGBTQIA+ students/individuals from India resist and condemn the current versions of the Transgender and Anti-Trafficking Bills passed by the Lok Saba.
Trans, Gender NonConforming and Intersex Collectives Strongly Condemn Kinnar Akhada’s Support for Ram Temple at Ayodhya, India
View statement and join trans, gender nonconforming and intersex collectives in registering opposition to Kinnar Akhada's support of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Remembering Anannya Krishnan: TDOR 2018
Remembering Anannya Krishnan on TDOR2018.
Minuscule Minorities, #StandWithKerala
An appeal to our rainbow communities to support ongoing relief efforts in Kerala
Indian Psychiatric Society reiterates need for decriminalisation of homosexuality
On July 2, 2018, the Indian Psychiatric Society reiterated support for decriminalisation of homosexuality, previously articulated in 2014 and 2016.
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