New collective formed in Chennai to fight religious bigotry
Saturday, Jan 4, 2013: a Chennai collective ‘Christians Against Homophobia’ formed to opposite those who use Christianity to spread bigotry and prejudice
Banker murder in Chennai: misreporting of child sexual abuse by Times of India
ToI article “Banker murdered by gay lovers” (Chennai ed. Oct 21, 2013) misleadingly reports young men sexually abused as children by adult man as “gay lovers”
#VIBGYOR: Queering the Rainbow
Prashanth Ashok’s blogposts on the significance of the rainbow motif, long associated with the LGBT movement. This series was part of the Chennai Bloggers’ Club hashtag #VIBGYOR, a one-week series of posts Sept 1-7, 2013.
Inclusion without Explosion
What we need in the workplace is an atmosphere of continuous and intrinsic inclusiveness that is not contingent on people being out. Such an atmosphere is not created merely by companies jumping on the gay-friendly bandwagon because of commands from headquarters or new policy imposed on a local office by the powers that be. Knowledge, sensitivity and genuine intent to address LGBTQ issues are the needs of the hour.
Auditions for Bahuchara Mata (queer/trans) play in Chennai and Bangalore
LGBT people in Chennai and Bangalore are invited to audition in August 2013 for the queer/trans-themed Indo-Korean play Bahuchara Mata.
Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2013
This year, Orinam is pleased to bring you Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2013, a collaborative effort between Orinam and Goethe Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai, with the support of other local collectives. The festival will be held on three evenings from July 11-13, 2013, and will showcase Indian and international feature films, shorts and documentaries. We invite entries for screening at the event. Entries will be reviewed by a panel, and selections notified by 15 May 2013.
Aniruddhan Vasudevan in conversation with The Hindu
Margazhi conversation with Aniruddhan Vasudevan: Bharatanatyam dancer and LGBT activist: The Hindu
Report of LGBT writing workshop in Chennai: July 21-22, 2012
Report of the writing workshop organized by Vanavil Foundation in Chennai for members of the LGBT communities that was held on July 21 and 22, 2012, at the AICUF premises in Chennai.