Resources for LGBT

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Groups and Lists

Online groups, offline groups, websites, and other information for the LGBT community of Indian or South Asian origin.

Mailing lists and websites

Gay Bombay – List and website for gay men in Mumbai
Chennai LGBT Pride – List for Chennai Rainbow Coalition individuals and organizations
Good as You- List for LGBT people from Bangalore
Grace Without Measure – Mailing list for gay Christians in and around Chennai
Movenpick - list for LGBT people from Chennai (associated with orinam.net website)
Prathibimb – list for LGBT people from Hyderabad
Khush-list – mailing list for LGBT people of South Asian origin worldwide
GaysiFamily.com – website for LGBT people of Indian origin worldwide
LGBT-India – mailing list for LGBT people in India
Desi Dykes – mailing list for lesbian and bisexual South Asian women world-wide
Lesbian India – mailing list for lesbians in India and of Indian origin
RIOV – mailing list for Chennai lesbians and bi women
Sampoorna – mailing list for transpeople (MtF, Ftm and others) in India
Transgender sisters – mailing list for MtF transwomen, hijras and aravanis

Organizations and Collectives in Chennai (LGBT-specific or LGBT-inclusive)

Center for Counselling – Provides individual and group counselling services that are LGBT affirmative, offers training to counsellors and other mental health professionals on sexuality issues, among other program areas
Chennai Dost – group for gay and bi men in Chennai: contact +91 95516 30213 and chennaidostt@gmail.com
Chennai Rainbow Coalition – informal collective of organizations and individuals who organize Chennai Pride. Contact via Orinam.net Contact page
Sahodaran – Kothis, DDs and other MSM in Chennai (offline group, offering HIV prevention and drop-in services)
Sahodari Foundation – offline group for male-to-female trans people in Tamil Nadu
Sangama Chennai – +91 98406-99776: crisis support for sexual minorities (men, women or transgender people)
Shakthi Resource Center – collective of activists, performers, academics and everyday revolutionaries who are creating a public dialogue on gender and sexuality in Chennai. Contact padma@shakticenter.org or aniruddh.vasudevan@gmail.com
Social Welfare Association for Men – Kothis, DDs and other MSM/TG in Chennai (offline group, offering HIV prevention and drop-in services)
Solidarity and Action Against The HIV Infection in India (SAATHII) - HIV/AIDS non-profit agency that provides capacity building to healthcare providers, government programs, other NGOs and community groups on HIV technical issues, gender and sexuality.
South India AIDS Action Programme (SIAAP) – HIV/AIDS non-profit agency that work towards appropriate responses for a socially safer environment for people affected by/vulnerable to HIV such as Women Selling Sex, Men who have Sex with Men and People Living with HIV and AIDS.

Groups on college and university campuses

Here are links to groups that exist in college campuses in India. Bear in mind that not all are necessarily registered with the institutions, but may function as informal collectives.

Queer IISc: A discussion forum (started in 2002) and campus forum for LGBTIQand questioning students, staff and faculty of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Contact geekyqueers@gmail.com or join the mailing list.
Saathi: Support group for LGBTQ students of IIT Bombay.
Queer Campus: A Delhi-based independent queer student and youth collective active since 2010. It has chapters in Delhi, Pune and Bangalore. Contact via http://queercampusonline.blogspot.com/

Organizations and Collectives beyond Chennai

Check out the resource pages of Sangama, Trikone, Global Queer Desi and IndianDost. Please bring outdated links to our notice.

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