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In this hangout, some of Orinam’s members who are gay, talk about how they dealt with their family members post coming out.
Ismat ChughtaiтАЩs Lihaf: A Short Note
“Marz, ya Lat”: in her Urdu short story Lihaf (The Quilt) written in the 1940s, Ismat Chugtai conceptualized same-sex desire as both medical condition and as excessive habit, notions that co-existed in the colonial India of her time.
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.
Clap: for July 2, 2010
Raise your hands and clap today Friends, fellow queers, comrades,…
I Shall Overcome
Jo, a gay woman and doctoral student in Chennai, reflects on the struggle to be true to oneself and one’s love, against all odds.
Fiction: Enter My Dream
A complex and passionate tale about gender, body, sex, love, life and dreams.
Breaking the Binary in Chennai: Saturday, May 11, 2013
LABIA’s Chennai dissemination of Breaking the Binary is on Saturday, May 11, 2013, 5 pm – 9 pm at Dhyana Ashram, Chennai 600028.
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.
Poem: the first thing they notice about her
that is the first thing they notice about her, probably the only thing
Queering Kamal Haasan
Some of his roles might have offended the LGBT community but Kamal Haasan’s career conveys a bigger message, writes Vishnu Ramakrishnan.