First Love: a video by IIT-B students
In this heart-warming video, students of IIT-Bombay speak about their first love, including the kind that dares speak its name and break the silence around it.
I was raped
Trigger alert: Ajay Sathyan describes an incident of rape.
Growing into LGBTQ activism: Vikram, Chennai
Orinam volunteer Vikram S. writes about hir journey into LGBTQ activism, via personal experiences of the tyranny of gender norms.
I am Madras: Shankar Ganesh
Shankar Ganesh is the first person from the LGBT community to be featured on ‘I am Madras’, a Facebook e-community.
Different
Shankar recounts incidents of bullying and harassment faced by feminine boys and men [trigger alert]
Gay man from India bravely handles blackmailers he met on a dating website
Story of a gay man who bravely handled blackmailers he met on a dating website
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