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.
Archive for the category Personal 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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An Orinam reader reflects on the suicide of his cousin brother.
Queer Madras of the mid-1980s, and sundry musings on sexuality
Musings on the fludiity of desire sparked by the author's experiences of living in Chennai in the 1980s, with additional reflections on what this could mean for gay rights discourse that was taking root in India in the '90s.
No Room for Hatred: A Mother Writes
Chhanda Dutta speaks of her journey towards unconditional acceptance of her son Avinaba.
I Shall Overcome
Jo, a gay woman and doctoral student in Chennai, reflects on the struggle to be true to oneself and one's love, against all odds.
Yes, I am
Prashanth recounts his personal journey over the past year: a year that has given him confidence to accept who he is, confidence to drop plans of marriage to a girl, and confidence to come out to a really close friend.
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