Hues may vary but humanity does not | வண்ணங்கள் வேற்றுமைப் பட்டால் – அதில் மானுடர் வேற்றுமை இல்லை
Ref: Times of India article:
RPF rounds up 25 eunuchs for harassing train passengers
(URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/
RPF-rounds-up-25-eunuchs-for-harassing-train-passengers/articleshow/10674056.cms)
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Kalki Subramaniam is an actor, transgender rights activist and founder-director of Sahodari foundation, an organization working for the social, economic and political empowerment of transgender persons in India. To know more about Kalki and Sahodari visit: sahodari.org
Vikram’s updates on Supreme Court hearings on the Naz Foundation case
Despite the existence of desi queer collectives and communities here in DC, the responses and reactions of many Americans (both white and black people) to the visible presence of a queer person coming from India (me, in this case) have been a wee bit strange for me.
People are fond of asking thirunangais: “Why can’t you work honestly? Why do you do sex work? Why do you ask for money at shops?”
Watch this video of Vaishnavi, Chennai’s first thirunangai auto and cab driver responding to such questions.
Shambhavi writes on the necessity for public and private spaces to have individual gender-neutral restrooms.
Saturday Oct 11, 2014 in Chennai: Orinam-Nirangal joint meeting on occasion of Coming Out Day, 5th Anniversary of Campaign for Open Minds, and discussion on forthcoming strategies and activities.
Tamil translation of Hillary Clinton’s historic speech on LGBT rights
Now the time has come for coming all the Transgender people together and make plan and accroding to go ahead Nationally. This is a suggestion that if there should be a get to gether or some kind of meeting to be held only for the Transgenders and from there a committee should be formed and then we should raise our voice from there together.