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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.

Seeking participants for legal research study on queer/trans* relationships in India

By Orinam Jun 26 2016 Post comment

Legal scholar in Bengaluru seeks participants for a study on the impact of laws relating to queer/trans couples from India

Chennai Rainbow Pride 2016

By Orinam Jun 26 2016 Post comment

Round-up of LGBTIQA+ events held and planned in June 2016 in Chennai.

India vigils in memory of Orlando shooting victims

By Orinam Jun 13 2016 Post comment

Protests and vigils in memory of the Orlando shooting victims are planned in nearly 17 Indian cities.

Antarlingi: Intersex voices from Nepal

By Orinam Apr 27 2016 Post comment

First person narratives from Nepal's intersex community, shared at a Kathmandu meeting held in Feb 2016. Also, a fund-raising appeal for two surgeries.

Communities and Allies respond to the MSJE Transgender Rights Bill (2015)

By Orinam Jan 18 2016 Post comment

Recommendations to India's Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from trans and ally groups and collectives

Disability Rights NGO weighs in on MSJE Transgender Rights Bill

By Orinam Jan 13 2016 Post comment

Disability-rights NGO Equals seeks contextual clarity on concepts in Rights of Transgender Persons Bill (2015) borrowed from Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2013, both drafted by MSJE.

Date Extension for Comments on MSJE Transgender Rights Bill

By Orinam Dec 28 2015 Post comment

Preliminary comments on the Rights of Transgender Persons bill drafted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Not Them vs. Us: Aishwarya Rutuparna Pradhan, OFS

By Orinam Dec 22 2015 Post comment

Odisha government officer Aishwarya Pradhan: a reminder that government measures for transgender inclusion are not only to benefit a marginalised Other.

Statement by the Karnataka Transgender Samithi on the Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014

By Orinam Dec 17 2015 2 Comments

Karnataka Transgender Samithi (KTS) statement on the Rights of Transgender Persons Bill (2014) flags NALSA, MSJE report, 377, violence, self-identification.