This past weekend, my cousin called and invited me over for dinner. She knows I’m gay & has met The Girl. Since coming back from Canada this was going to be the first time I was going to meet her & I kept looking for hints in the conversation we had, where she was inviting me over, to figure out whether she was also inviting The Girl.
Have you heard of Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice? I hadn’t till a few days ago. Apparently she was watching a rugby match between Australia & South Africa and after the Australian team beat the South African team, she tweeted, “Suck on that, f@gg*ts!” Because, you know, the South African team is clearly gay if they couldn’t beat the Australian team, because gays are such losers and not men enough.
When we were in Canada, The Girl & I went to a baby planning course. Basically the course went over all the options we had – adoption, surrogacy, artificial insemination with a known donor, with an unknown donor, legalities of each option, costs etc etc etc. We also met the children of other Lesbians who were ‘graduates’ of the course. It was such an amazing experience, listening to the other lesbians talk about what they went through, talking about the pros and cons of the method they chose and above all to see the babies!
SNEHA is a voluntary, secular, non-profit organization, established on November 27, 1999 in Dharavi, with the mission to address the health needs of women and children. The Centre for Vulnerable Women and Children has undertaken an international research study in collaboration with CREA (Creating Resources for Empowerment and Action) and UCL (University College, London). This study is being funded by CREA, Delhi. This study is being conducted in three countries namely India, Bangladesh and Nepal. This study aims to understand violence against marginalised women in south Asia.
Having been married (to a man) and then going through a traumatic divorce, I know first hand that marriage does not in any way, shape or form guarantee ‘happily ever after’. So do I still want the right to marry? The short answer is: Yes.
It was a cold February afternoon when I first met The Girl. Three months later, my then husband & I decided to end what was left of our very unhappy …
When I first went back to India after living abroad, it struck me how affectionate men were with one another in India. I know it’s a sweeping generalization to say …
You can tell that Annie On My Mind is a wonderful book because even though it was written over 25 years ago, it still remains one of the most popular …
It’s always great to have support from fellow gaysis, but that’s something we can and should take for granted. The support from the straight community is harder to come by. …
… Jane Doe!
The winning slogan is: “Each of us is different, but all of us are EQUAL”.
The slogan that was runner up was: “Freedom means loving whoever you like.”, by IdeaSmith.
Fellow Gaysis & Gaysi Supporters,
It gives me great pleasure to announce the ‘Gaysi Community‘. Imagine me cutting a very pink, Disco Shaanti pink, ribbon and entering the …
Reader ‘Reza’ sent us this very funny parody & I wanted to share it with all of you:
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My love for Kamila Shamsie’s writing began with ‘Kartography‘, grew with ‘Salt and Saffron‘, deepened with ‘Burnt Shadows’ and has now been permanently etched into my …
In keeping with our mission to assault your eyes with our loud and proud colours, we’re creating our very own Gaysi T-Shirts that will be ready, just in time for Pride! Gaysis & supporters will be proudly sporting these T-Shirts at the Delhi & Mumbai Pride marches.
From PostSecret this week:
I hope she finds a way to accept herself and love herself.…
Greetings,
The L Lounge will party with LBT persons and their supportive friends and family…yes, this includes the ‘G’ but you must be accompanied by an LBT or be very, …
Most of you have probably never heard of Chely Wright, or probably have heard her name in the media only in the past few weeks, since she outed herself. I …
I hope you’ll take 20 minutes to watch this documentary, DESIGIRLS!, by Ishita Films. It’s certainly engaging & left me wishing there was more than just 20 minutes to …
‘God Loves Hair’ is a collection of illustrated short stories that form a narrative about a child with a quest for solace and answers in God, growing up in a country where he is a minority and a world full of scary secrets.
One of the things that I, both, love and hate about running Gaysi is the mail I get when someone either leaves a comment or contacts us via the feedback …
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