Remembering Gaurav : A Report on Dupont Vigil
"I did not know Gaurav Gopalan personally. But after attending his vigil on Sunday night at Dupoint, I wish I had." says Anita Balan.
Archive for the month September 2011
And Then You Went Away (Part 1)
Fireworks. Bright beautiful fireworks. A reflected harlequin from the surrounding skyscrapers glazed my irises. I eyed the spectacle warily.
Fireworks I liked. The spot I stood on I didn’t like. …
Gaysi Podcast 5.0 : The Indecent Podcast (Part 1)
3..2...1 ...Listen to our sexy voices...
Thats right peeps, we're back ! With a brand new podcast ! And this time... Its positively scandalous...*rawwwr*
Between Closets : Gaysi Featured In Open Magazine
Broom and MJ found that among the desi lesbian community, there was need for a space where they could ‘come out’, even if it meant only to themselves.
Good Night Prince! : A Tribute To Gaurav Gopalan
Friends & family of Gaurav Gopalan as well as politicians and LGBT community activists gathered in Dupont Circle Sunday night for a candlelight vigil in memory of Gopalan, who was killed in Columbia Heights earlier this month. Shiva Subbaraman shares her memories and pays tribute to Gaurav.
DeSiCiTi And My GaySiCiTi
I got word on Facebook about a new TV show, DeSiCiTi, via Brown Girl Magazine and Good Indian Girl.
DeSiCiTi is allegedly a desified version of Sex and the …
GB Party (Mumbai) Cancelled : Moral Policing Continues…
That day the venue was visited or called by (a) the excise department, (b) the entertainment tax department, (c) the guys in charge of the public performing license (for the DJ music) and (d) a group of plainclothes guys, from which part of the police is unclear, who walked up to the manager and asked if there was a gay party (chakke log ka party) there that night, and when the manager said yes, he was told he better cancel it or there would be trouble.
Mumbai Uprising?
So this fabulous Sunday morning while we were prepping ourselves for another Gaysi Podcast, I noticed some kind of chaos on multiple community pages on Facebook. A deeper look and this story unfolded- Mumbai city. Queer Party. Rented Bungalow in the suburbs. Police raid. 133 men detained. Media exposé. A case of “indecent behavior” filed.
The Probable (Queers)?
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Screening of the Documentary “365 without 377” by Adele Tulli
‘365 without 377’ is the story of their journey towards freedom.
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.
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.
Call For Contributions To SCRIPTS For Issue No. 14 “FOOD”
Come to think of it, it is rather shocking that we have not done this before: given a call for an issue of SCRIPTS on food! After all food
is …
Jab We Met : Believe In Love!
US based Maharashtrian couple Sameer and Amit share their story in this edition of Jab We Met. They are together for seven years, got married a year ago, in an elaborate Indian wedding and now lead a happy and fulfilled life in the Midwest.
Nigah QueerFest 2011 Volunteer Meeting
Dear All,
Greetings from Nigah!
The Nigah QueerFest is in its 5th year! This year’s QueerFest is from the 18th and 25th of November 2011 and will include performances, films, …
(Delhi) Dating Diaries
So what does one do when you go out on a date with someone special and new in your life? Am sure you guys can think of plenty naughty things to do with your Gaysi Girl’s but as far as the old school me goes, I like the build up of getting to know someone romantically to be slow and subtle.
Indian High Court to Decide on Same-Sex Marriage
For the first time in India, a court of law will decide whether a same-sex union is valid under the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955.
Morning After
My dear
Here’s a little about me.
I hate crowded roads.
I hate walkways filled with men
where I have to dodge unwanted touch.
I’m not much a lover of
…Here’s a little about me.
I hate crowded roads.
I hate walkways filled with men
where I have to dodge unwanted touch.
I’m not much a lover of
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
How I Became a Faerie
The email read: “Do you want to come play in the woods? There'll be lots of cute guys...” It was a Radical Faerie gathering at Breitnebush Springs in Oregon. My immediate response was: No. No way. I don't do that sort of thing. And I paused just as I was about to move on to the next email, and my second thoughts said: What are you afraid of?
