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It Gets Better video from Cummins Inc, USA.
Video includes Sameer Samudra from India.
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Tribute to Christy & Rukmani
As a Tamil queer man and someone who is no stranger to desire, I feel I have a rightful claim to the universality of Valluvar’s vision of love.
Bubbly writes to her parents and sister in Chennai, explaining why she cancelled her engagement.
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.
Videos of Centre for Policy Research panel discussion on Koushal vs. Naz verdict of the Supreme Court of India. Discussion features senior advocates and activists, and was held on Feb 7, 2014, in New Delhi.
Tamil Scholar Solomon Pappaiya’s Sexism and Homophobia
it gets better….