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, 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…
TW: Two first-year college students in Madurai took their lives, succumbing to bullying from peers who ridiculed their close friendship.
Response to the Law Commission's 2018 call for input on the UCC from queer feminist lesbian and bi women and trans persons.
Online survey of gay/bi/same-gender attracted cis men above 40 in India, by postgraduate student from IIT Gandhinagar.
LGBTQIA+ students/individuals from India resist and condemn the current versions of the Transgender and Anti-Trafficking Bills passed by the Lok Saba.
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 on TDOR2018.
An appeal to our rainbow communities to support ongoing relief efforts in Kerala
On July 2, 2018, the Indian Psychiatric Society reiterated support for decriminalisation of homosexuality, previously articulated in 2014 and 2016.
Psychology student seeks LGB peers for university-approved study in Chennai and Bangalore in mid-2018, including an online questionnaire available here.
A Letter from Queer India, Supporters and Allies #NoGoingBack
Orinam.net is a bilingual website (Tamil and English), with information on alternate sexualities and gender identities. Our voices – The Orinam blog features news and views, personal stories and creative writing by Queers and allies.
Chennai Rainbow Pride usually organized in the month of June, celebrates visibility of alternate sexualities and gender identities.
Orinam photo gallery hosts a wide collection of photos from pride marches, protests, cultural events and other queer events from around India.
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