Signs of Chennai #1
An unintended statement, perhaps?
Congratulations, Narthaki Nataraj!
Ms. Narthaki Nataraj, transwoman, is the 2011 recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Bharatanatyam.
An LGBT archive in India
The LGBT ‘movement’ in india is about 15+ years old, has spread beyond the handful of metro cities, is staggering in its diversity of peoples who are accommodated within, and, the frequency of LGBT related events and happening around the country is increasing exponentially. Also, certain LGBT experiences which were ubiquitous a couple of decades ago, have all but disappeared. Hence it might be time to start thinking about an LGBT archive in India.
Media Release: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanetham Pillay Publishes Groundbreaking Report On Violence Against LGBTI People
Historic United Nations report documents widespread discrimination and violence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people worldwide, and calls on countries to apply the international legal framework to end these human rights violations.
Afsana, Bina, Mukti, Sangita, Sunita: our heroes too!
Forced marriages of LGBT people are as unethical as child marriage, and resisting such marriages requires precisely the sort of courage that these girls from Purulia demonstrated.
Pune’s first Pride March: Sunday Dec 11, 2011
Pune will host its first Pride march on Sunday, December 11, 2011, becoming the ninth city in India to have such and event.
Hillary Clinton cites Naz judgement in historic UN Human Rights address, announces global equality fund for LGBTs
United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made reference to the Naz judgement and the tenet of inclusiveness as an underlying theme of the Indian constitution in her historic address on LGBT rights at the United Nations.
Dr. Anoop Gupta helps pre-op transsexual store sperm, same-sex couples have babies through surrogacy
Dr. Anoop Gupta, medical director, Delhi IVF Fertility Research Centre, has pioneered in-vitro fertilization in the country, giving birth to the first test-tube baby in 1994. On Dec 5, 2011, Dr. Gupta was again in the news for helping a pre-operative male-to-female transexual store sperm prior to surgery, in order to enable future options of having a child through surrogacy.
A critique of Pride: more responses
“We need to fight all out against all institutionalized oppressions of human right to freedom of choice and self-expression – unabashed, without any compromise and fear” says Anis Ray Chaudhuri, in response to Neel’s “A Critique of Pride”. Read the full post.
A critique of Pride
Gay community’s unfortunate and reckless use of words like “pride”, “choice” and “lifestyle” when talking about themselves reinforces Indian society’s belief that we have chosen this “filthy western lifestyle” and we are even proud of it, says reader Neel. What do you think?