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Desi-Queering Harvard: Apphia Kumar on building youth leadership
Transcript and audio recording of Apphia Kumar's talk on queer youth activism: LGBT panel of the Harvard India 2014 conference, Feb 16, 2014
Video: Dealing With Family – குடும்பத்தினரை சமாளிப்பது எப்படி?
In this hangout, some of Orinam's members who are gay, talk about how they dealt with their family members post coming out.
Video: Growing up gay and Tamil – தற்பாலீர்ப்பு தமிழர்களாய் வளர்ந்த அனுபவங்கள்
In this hangout, some of Orinam's members who are gay, talk about their respective journeys of realizing and accepting their sexuality and their coming out stories.
How I dealt with depression and suicidal thoughts
A young gay man from India writes about how he overcame depression and suicidal thoughts
On the Other Side of the Closet
Suryatapa Mukherjee updates us on her coming out journey as bisexual, first shared on Orinam in January 2013.
Why should you care? Voice out against Sec 377!
How does section 377 impact you since you are not a homosexual?
A Bad Day for Law and Love: writing 11-12-13
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.
To Raghu, with love
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