There is a male sex and a female sex. What is the "third" sex?
Are we anatomically different? Do we have different genitalia?
Humbug!
Asfan.
--- On Sat, 23/8/08, gay_bombay moderator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: gay_bombay moderator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: g_b Nigah holds fest to celebrate third sex in Delh
To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, 23 August, 2008, 10:33 PM
Nigah holds fest to celebrate third sex in Delhi
Third sex community has been trying to gain social acceptance in India. There
exist many organisations working for legalising their sexual orientations.
Nigah, one such group, has held a 10-day fest in Delhi to celebrate queer
identities.CJ: Amy Mookerji , 59 minutes ago Views:32 Comments:0
THE THIRD sex community (that of homosexuals, lesbians etc) seems to be a
courageous fraternity nowadays. Their empowerment goes back to the gay
liberation movement which started during the 1960s. Today, their strength is no
more miniscule. Their movement has become vocal and assertive in gaining better
treatment in the society.
They are referred to as 'queer communities' . Queerness is reflected in their
thinking, their perspective towards life and their introduction of pseudo
family system.
There are organisations at present which have come together to work among these
queer communities giving them a platform to showcase their talents to put
forward their views and to make their queer bond stronger. 'Nigah' is one such
group of queers.
Following the success of its inaugural festival in 2007, it is back with the
'Nigah Queer Fest 2008' as Delhi's annual ten-day celebration of queerness.
Started around August 11, the date of the first queer protest in Delhi 16 years
ago, the 2008 festival includes an international film festival, a photo
exhibition, interactive workshops and new publications. Collaborating with Max
Mueller, they organised the photo exhibition 'Queer families, portraits and
kinships' on August 12. This was organised with a motive to surpass knowledge,
cultural production and social change among the like-minded people.
Talking to one of the performers at the festival, 24-year-old Kama
Maureemootoo, was interesting. He is a student, an amateur, but a passionate
dancer.. He was quite open and natural about his queerness since his childhood.
He has a family who was initially finding it difficult to accept his change,
but, gradually they have adjusted themselves with it. Presently, he is a happy
and positive man.
Another 24-year-old Pomiarasu, a member of the organisation Nigah, is quite
happy with the statement given by the Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss
to legalise homosexuality in India and scrap the Section 377 of the Indian
Penal Code. She wants broader intellectual democracy. Awareness to be created
regarding rights of people with HIV, queer groups, reproductive health issues,
body gender etc. And all this, she defines as sexuality politics, which should
be openly talked about explaining her view of queerness.
All this seems to be creating small ripples in our society regarding the 'third
sex issue – an attempt to continuously expand queer-positive spaces around us.
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