People are fond of asking thirunangais: “Why can’t you work honestly? Why do you do sex work? Why do you ask for money at shops?” Watch this video of Vaishnavi, Chennai’s first thirunangai auto and cab driver responding to such questions.
Saathi, IIT Bombay's LGBTQ resource group, oriented the 2015 incoming batch students on LGBTQ issues with a video featuring allies.
By defining particular categories and particular forms of embodiment, rights are conceptualised legally to exclude many trans* bodies and lives, as illustrated by cases in Malaysia and India.
Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2015 is being held from July 24 to 26, at Goethe-Institut, Nungambakkam, Chennai
The slow death of the list-serves! Loosing our queer history to social media and how to prevent some of its fallout?
That people were making this very linear connection between my request for a gender-neutral certificate and trans* identity alarmed me. To lay claim to trans* identity, in today’s world, is to lay claim to certain narratives and lived experiences that are not mine.
I realized that I was trying so hard to fight the shame attached to me being gay that I somehow overlooked to fight the shame that is attached to my caste. I began to accept my caste within my engagement with my sexuality.
The ASSAF-UNAS May 2015 report is a must-read for policy- and law- makers dragging their feet on decriminalisation of homosexuality in India.
Orinam also opposes prejudice based on community, caste, place of origin, ethnicity, ability, religion, and other visible and invisible markers of identity.
Though there is always room for questions, discussions and even arguments in any group, when such thoughts clearly go against the common ethical principles on which the group's foundation rests, they need to be checked, their source needs to be given counseling and if required severed to protect the group.
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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