India’s Entry Can Win Planet Romeo’s Ho Ho Ho-Mo Video Contest

Planet Romeo (a popular dating website for men) has an annual video contest around the holidays called the “Ho ho homo contest” and for the first time an Indian Entry has made to the final 5!

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Janaki : Daughter of the Dirt

Janaki – Daughter of the Dirt is a story of ancient archetypes that reflects modern day dilemmas. It is the journey of a young woman who looks to her own personal superhero, “Sita” (also known as “Janaki”) for answers to life’s problems. Only this Sita is not the perfect woman as is portrayed in the ancient “Ramayana”.

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Queer Event in Hyderabad

Call for submission and event details of “Aks:Reflections of Queer Hyderabad” art show. All forms of art, amateur entries welcome. Last date for submission :10-July-2011.

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Self-Care For A Queer Desi

Being our radical queer desi selves can be exhausting, and it’s always a positive thing to be intentionally taking care of our selves and our minds. When I first came out, roughly four years ago, I was aching so much to become an activist that I really wore myself out, as well as everyone around me! I now have a long list of conditions I have to give myself in order to be radical but still enjoy the world we are currently living in.

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Cinema, Politics And Pride [Our World This Week]

Gay movie Dunno Y…Na Jaane Kyun (why must Hindi movie titles include by-lines like this one? Remember Daag-The Fire?) is set to hit screens across the world, including countries like Germany, Australia, Italy and Switzerland. The movie’s already attracted a great deal of interest and is being referred to as India’s answer to Brokeback Mountain.

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Interview : Theatre Artist, Deen

It took me a long time — and a very special transgender man in India — to show me that I could be a gentle guy. The ten year journey to that revelation, though, was filled with deep self-loathing, denial, anger, fear — so much fear — and also great love.

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Draw The Circle by Desi Deen

As Deen struggles to come to terms with being a transgender man, those who love him most find themselves struggling as well in this unique solo show, told entirely from the point of view of Deen’s family, friends, and partner, yet performed by Deen himself.

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