Gaysi: The Gay Desi - Yes, we're legal!

There are many variations to this question:

Can a special ‘pooja‘ make my child straight? Can yoga “cure” my child? Can a psychologist “cure” my child?

The long and short answer is: NO.

You can pray for a million dollars to fall from the sky into your lap and you’re more likely to get your prayers answered than if you try to pray away the gay!

Think about it, can you pray that someone turns gay? I certainly pray that every homophobic person I meet turns gay. It hasn’t worked. So stop praying for the cure and pray for the million dollars instead.

[Pictures contributed by da gorgeous Ms. Gangwani. What can I say, I'm forever indebted. Thank You.]

Delhi Queer Pride ‘09

Queer Pride is a celebration. It is about loving who we are, whether lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, hijra or straight, and affirming everyone’s right to be respected.

The Queer Pride is organized by the LGBT community for the LGBT community and allies, and not by any organizations, and we hope that it can continue to be entirely funded by individual donations from queer and queer friendly people from India and elsewhere. To find out how you can donate and contribute to Queer Pride ‘09, please email : finance.delhipride@gmail.com.

Day: Sunday, 28^th June 2009

Time: 5:30pm

Place: Corner of Barakhamba Road and Tolstoy Marg.

Kindly gather up at corner of Barakhamba Road and Tolstoy Marg at 5:00 pm. The Parade commences at 5:30, down Tolstoy Marg to Jantar Mantar, where all the action begins.

[For detailed information, jump here]

Chennai Queer Pride ‘09

Chennai Pride events are supported by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender individuals, straight allies including families and friends; and a host of community groups and non-governmental organizations including Sahodaran, Sangama, Lotus Sangam, Center for Counselling, Shakti Center, Sahodari Foundation, SIAAP, SAATHII, Nalamdana, SWAM, South India Positive Network, Alliance Francaise of Madras, and Human Rights Watch.

Day: Sunday, 28^th June 2009

Time: 4:00 pm

Place: Marina Beach from the Triumph of Labour statue to the Mahatma Gandhi statue.

[For detailed information, jump here]

Last year we saw over 600 people attend the vibrant Bengaluru Pride March. But this year the fantastic folks managing the march are back with much bigger and brighter plans.

Ladies and Ladies (Gents, if any) presenting to you, the Karnataka Queer Habba.

This year we as individuals and organisations, under the banner of Campaign for Sex-workers and Sexual Minorities Rights (CSMR), have decided to extend the festivities to a week beginning with a cricket match on June 21st and culminating with the pride march on June 28th.  Come celebrate along with us as Bangalore’s LGBTQ community paints the town pink on the 28th June 2009.  [….]

For the list of events and other important details, kindly hop on here.

The bottom line as I see it is this: Gay or not, doesn’t really matter. Show a little respect, some support and make this world a breathable space, for all.

(* Pic courteousy : Bengaluru Pride March Blog)

Bloody depressing to see the outcome of Proposition 8. And this is Amrika we are talking about, the so called safe haven for us gay folks. Classic example of  – we like you but we don’t really like you.

"There’s something deeply wrong with putting the rights of a minority up to a majority vote," said Evan Wolfson, a gay-rights lawyer who heads a group called Freedom to Marry. "If this were being done to almost any other minority, people would see how un-American this is." [Link]

Thankfully though, at home things are looking a lot brighter. Okay, brighter maybe a beforehand jubilation but chalo, at least there is hope at the end of the tunnel.

The Delhi high court on Thursday disapproved of arguments that gay sex causes bodily injury and pulled up opponents of homosexuality for seeking continuance of ban on this ground.
"In several countries where ban has been lifted (from gay sex), no one has claimed that the act is injurious. Even WHO does not say that it causes injuries to people involved in such acts," a bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice S Muralidhar remarked. [Link]

Apparently our senior VHP leader Mr. B P Singhal and his gang of daft baboons believe that sexual acts between same sex couples cause injuries to private parts of the people who indulge in such acts. And therefore it should be banned.

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