This year’s Pride Mela will feature only the best that Queer Bangalore (and beyond) has to offer. From Belly Dance, Bookstalls, Brownies, and Bharatanatyam!
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Queer As Tea Party
Watch the sun set on a terrace garden, meet new people, enjoy tea and scones amidst inviting environs (Yes, lets be all English!)
Gaysi As I See It…
Recently, a lot was said on Gaysi with regards to the latest podcast (yes – the indecent one!) and I sat quietly observing the motion, like an idiot. Disgust expressed, threats given, apology expected, “heartfelt” apology given and yet people were lashing out. Some stood for us; some refrained from making any comments while others chose to walk away…
Pink Shades at MAMI
Gone are the days when a gay man was always a limp-wristed comic character who was ridiculed, shunned or beaten up. Even mainstream actors are not afraid to play out gay, lesbian, transgender character or situation. But do these characters have depth and detailing, or are they merely for a sensational spin? Where does censor become an impediment in depicting something meaningful and serious? And do they have an audience at all?
Regional Consultation (Nov 2011) : AMEND 377
Amaltas and Humsafar Trust are organizing 3 consultations in November 2011 in Chennai, Baroda and Bhubaneshwar. We would like to invite the LGBT community to participate in this one day consultation. Your insights and advice would be very valuable.
You Can’t Curry Love : Now Available Online
Gay-themed short film You Can’t Curry Love is now available online and view-able for free.
F Off!
F off, you call this love?
you don’t know what it is to serenade
you could, I’m sure, climb up a mountain, and push me too
You, Me & Zine (2)
Yes! Circle of pinkness enveloping our lives. We all noticed it. We noticed it because we asked for it. And because we asked – we got! Yes, I am talking about the Gaysi zine – the first issue of which was released last month. I am sitting here at my desk with a coffee stained, final copy of my beloved that is falling apart.
The Married Lesbians
The media, especially gay media abroad, have jumped on the story. ‘Lesbian Newlyweds Flee Honor Killing Threats’ makes for good headlines. It has all the ingredients of a masala story. The illicit, secret love affair. The girl forced into an arranged marriage. The runaway couple. The patriarchal khap panchayat and its honour killings. Enter the sympathetic judge.
Bombay Dost Sunday High : Book Reading and Film Screening (Yaariyan Event)
There was never a better way to spend your Sundays, bring your pals and come watch great movies and enjoy book readings with the young and vibrant YAARIYAN folks in CEFE, a safe and homely space sprawled with cozy cushions, hot tea, snacks and some very warm people!
Film Screening : “365 without 377″
This movie discusses the issue of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India after the repeal of the 377 verdict through the eyes of three protagonists joining the 1 year celebration in Mumbai.
No Gays In Pakistan’s Islam
As many as nine persons including four police officials were injured and 25 were arrested on Friday in a protest against United States (US) Embassy for hosting gay and transgender’s …
Fridays @ Nigah : Salsa Night
This Friday, as the monsoons arrive, it’s time to work up a sweat to some sizzling salsa moves! Add a dash of fun and laughter as our workshop coordinator Subhashish Mandal gets us kickstarted on one of the sexiest dance forms out there…
Glee Actor On Queer Sexuality
What does that day, month and year mean to you? President Bill Clinton used that particular day to declare “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month”. Nine years later, on June 1st, …
This Is A Prison, Glitter Is Not Allowed
Report details the challenges faced by gender non conforming inmates in Pennsylvania’s prisons.
Cine Labia Screenings : “I Am” By Sonali Gulati
“i am” chronicles the journey of an Indian lesbian filmmaker who returns to Delhi, eleven years later, to re-open what was once home, and finally confronts the loss of her mother whom she never came out to. As she meets and speaks to parents of other gay and lesbian Indians, she pieces together the fabric of what family truly means, in a landscape where being gay was until recently a criminal and punishable offense.
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