Signs of Chennai #1

- An unintended statement, perhaps?
Hues may vary but humanity does not | வண்ணங்கள் வேற்றுமைப் பட்டால் – அதில் மானுடர் வேற்றுமை இல்லை

Orinam.net is a bilingual website (Tamil and English) associated with the Chennai-based social-support-arts-advocacy group Orinam. The site contains information on alternate sexualities and gender identities and resources for the public, media, healthcare, educational institutions, workplaces, and family members of LGBT people. Our voices – The Orinam blog features news and views, personal stories and creative writing by Queers and allies.
Guwahati Pride, the first of its kind in North-East India, was held successfully on Feb 9, 2014. Links to photo gallery, and a note on the Tamil connection.
Saathi, IIT Bombay’s LGBTQ resource group, oriented the 2015 incoming batch students on LGBTQ issues with a video featuring allies.
Orinam looks at Justice Nagamuthu’s Madras High Court ruling on April 17, 2014, and its implications for intersex people and transmen.
We believe that reservation in education and employment is the only solution to this situation. To advocate for reservation, we are conducting a state-wide protest on 17 August, 2015, at 3 pm at Valluvar Kottam, Chennai.
Be it North Carolina’s anti-gay marriage amendment or the Indian Supreme Court’s hearing on decriminalization of homosexuality, it is important to ask the right question, says Vikram
South Asian Human Rights Association for Marginalised Sexualities & Genders (SAHRA) seeks expressions of interest from those able to represent the west zone of India: Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
LOL! Cute!