Desi Gay Engineer’s Death in US Ruled As A Homicide
The D.C. Medical Examiner disclosed on Tuesday that gay engineer Gaurav Gopalan, who was found dead Sept. 10, was blunt force trauma to the head and that the death has been ruled a homicide.
Archive for the tag Homophobia
Justice Served : McDonalds Perpetrator Gets Five Years
The woman who repeatedly kicked, punched and dragged a 22-year-transgender woman across a Baltimore McDonald’s floor in April was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison
Play Reading “EK MADHAV BAUG”
The Humsafar Trust, presents “Ek Madhav Baug,” a Hindi play by the late celebrated playwright Chetan Datar. “Ek Madhav Baug” is a pioneering Marathi language play about homosexuality and acceptance of the gay community.
We Are Everywhere : Iran LGBT community
A group of LGBT Iranians have posted videos of themselves on Facebook in a campaign to highlight the discrimination against sexual minorities in Iran where homosexuals are put to death.
Spotlight On Iran: Three Men Executed
South Asia is not a predictable or cohesive collection of countries, especially in regards to queer people’s human rights. While India and Nepal are making strides in regards to LGBTQ human rights, there are other parts of South Asia where the threat to queer people’s danger is more blatant.
Politics & Partying [Our World This Week]
A while ago there was the gay Pakistani couple in New Zealand with family issues, but there doesn’t seem to have been too much drama going on in our world as of late. Trust that I’m pleased, but I find that hard to believe, so let me know if I’m missing any important news!
Coming Out In Public : What Would You Do?
What would you do if you witnessed a parent berating their child in public for being gay?
MSN’s Poorly Written Article Calls Bollywood Gay Movies : Very Disturbing!
Showcasing movies with themes of "Lesbian Acts" (Girlfriend) and "Gay Love" (Dostana) along with movies that had "Violent rape scenes", "Incest", "Mindless Violence" is not very sane!
Dare To Fall In Love [Our World This Week]
Navin Manglani & Navin Dargani, aka “Navin & Navin” are a Manhattan couple who have been together 6 years. They got married among hundreds in New York.
A Craigslist Conundrum
[Photo from Gawker]
I came across an article on Gawker regarding the strange ban of queer, undocumented, and Muslim people from a garage sale …
Play Reading “Ek Madhav Baug”
“Ek Madhav Baug,” a Hindi play by the late celebrated playwright Chetan Datar. “Ek Madhav Baug” is a pioneering Marathi language play about homosexuality and acceptance of the gay community.
Bombay Dost Sunday Highs : A ‘YAARIYAN’ Event
For those of you, who missed out on some great cinema during Kashish week or if you just want to catch these masterpieces one more time, Bombay Dost - Sunday Highs brings to you KASHISH 2011 Winners all through July and August!
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 …
Trikone Solidarity March Condemning Azad’s Remarks : July 13, SFO
July 13th Wednesday at 9:00 AM. Near Indian consulate, San Fransisco. Contact Harsha at 408-332-7468 or harsha@trikone.org for details. Please spread the word.
Gaysi Podcast 4.0 : Coming Out (Part 2)
And now in honour of Sexy Editor's return from the sun dripped trenches of ...wherever it is that she went on holiday....We proudly present Part 2!!! Yes! Part 2 of our Coming Out Podcast!
A Queer Desi for Queer Youth: Detention Center Dynamics
At the start of this summer I started the final internship for my Master of Social Work program. I’m placed at the youth detention center where I anticipated the opportunity to work with minority youth, however I wasn’t sure if I was going to need to or be able to advocate for queer youth in the system.
Poll : Phobia At Workplace
What would you do should a co-worker pass a anti-Queer comment or slur at your workplace?
Film : Stonewall Uprising
There was a time in history when they called it a mental illness that had reached epic proportions. When there were public service announcements to curb the practices of so called ‘sexual psychopaths’. If you were queer in the 1960’s you would have been strapped to a chair and shocked into re-orientation.
Staged Reading “Boys That Pray”
Staged reading "Boys That Pray". June 28th Tuesday, 8 PM at San Francisco
