I am practicing architect and interested to contribute to the project at no loss no profit basis. So, please let me know to whom should I contact. Regards,
--- In gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com, "lgbtindiagroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Home for greying gays in Gujarat > Soumik Dey > Friday, October 05, 2007 09:01 IST > http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1125612 > > An old age home for gays will soon come up on the banks of the > Narmada in Gujarat to help them battle the problems they typically > face in the autumn of their lives loneliness and HIV/AIDS. The > complex will come complete with a 200-bed hospital and crematorium > to be built at a cost of Rs10 crore. > > The scion of the erstwhile royal family of Rajpipla, Manavendrasingh > Gohil, himself a gay activist, and a Canada-returned octogenarian > are spearheading the move. The project has four acres and efforts > are on to get more land. Octogenarian Jayant Trivedi donated land at > Kumbheshwar about 15 kilometres from Rajpipla. Trivedi is currently > engaged in securing another 11 acres from the Narmada district > authorities for the project. > > "Some initial hiccups in acquiring the land are being faced by us as > the government is yet to clear whether the land could be donated to > our registered trust Narmada Har Seva Ashram, or if it needs to be > procured at a government valuation rate. I have written to the > Gujarat Chief Minister two days back and am hoping that he will be > sensitive to the cause of HIV/AIDS patients at least," said an > optimistic Trivedi. > > Gohil, who won an UNAIDS award for his work to contain the spread of > HIV/AIDS in the community, said: "Back in the year 2000 when we were > forming Lakshya Trust with a group of friends, we could forecast the > scenario for gay men who mostly stay single and succumb to > loneliness later in life. Young gay men have multiple partners but > at an old age you will not be as attractive as you used to be and > that leads to depression or to becoming a recluse." > > Insecurity runs high among greying gay men, he says. "As we get > older we try to separate ourselves from the heterosexual society. > Human beings are social animals but old gay men are deprived of any > social binding. Since there are no social bindings in gay > partnerships, breakups are often. This results in loneliness and > insecurity." > > The trend of old age homes exclusively for gays first started in > Berlin some three years back and has gained popularity in the US as > well. >
