Bathroom Mirror
A piece I wrote for Pride Week and performed at First Stop Open Mic, Genaro’s Coffee, in St. Petersburg, Florida
Hues may vary but humanity does not | வண்ணங்கள் வேற்றுமைப் பட்டால் – அதில் மானுடர் வேற்றுமை இல்லை
A piece I wrote for Pride Week and performed at First Stop Open Mic, Genaro’s Coffee, in St. Petersburg, Florida
Samira Obeid or Sam as most know her is a writer, multimedia content producer and creative thinker above all. An Indian butch lesbian originally from Chennai, she uses her identity and her pen as a way to create dialogue about the human existence that is often difficult to open up to an audience. She likes to believe she is a advocate of truth and liberty in its rawest forms, and has every intention of proving herself along life's every path. On an honest note, she loves entertaining a unsuspecting audience.
In this hangout, some of Orinam’s members who are gay, talk about how they dealt with their family members post coming out.
Saathi, IIT Bombay’s LGBTQ resource group, oriented the 2015 incoming batch students on LGBTQ issues with a video featuring allies.
“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.
We must focus on how we can be better humans: not what someone wears or who they sleep with.
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.
L.Ramakrishnan’s poem “Conversation with parents”
Stirring piece! Thank you for sharing, Sam. We’re waiting for the day you get to perform for us in Chennai 🙂