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.
Call for protection of rights of sexual and gender minorities: Rally at Valluvar Kottam, Chennai, January 11, 2014 3-430 PM Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition is a network of groups in the state working on human rights and health issues, including…
Courtesy TD Sivakumar of Nirangal, we bring you photos of the rally by Christians against Homosexuality that was held at Marina Beach in Chennai on Sunday Jan 5, 2014.
Write to us (prose, poetry, short, long) about what you went through when you learned about the Supreme Court's Dec 11, 2013, judgement that rendered LGBT people in India criminals again.
ToI article "Banker murdered by gay lovers" (Chennai ed. Oct 21, 2013) misleadingly reports young men sexually abused as children by adult man as "gay lovers"
Gujarat’s first LGBT Pride will be held in Surat on Sunday, October 6, 2013. Read post for details.
South Asian Human Rights Association for Marginalised Sexualities & Genders (SAHRA) seeks expressions of interest from those able to represent the west zone of India: Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
A photograph, video interview and EPW article summarizing the early days of India's LGBT activism, led by AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan, against policy harassment and Section 377, the sodomy law.
On July 26, 2013, The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cape Town, South Africa, launched Free & Equal, an unprecedented global public education campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality.
Announcement of the India LGBT Archives meeting to be held Aug 17-18, 2013, in Bengaluru.
Watch the short film 'Curtains’ by Mumbai-based filmmaker Nakshatra.
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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