Dear Moderator , I got the shock of my life when I read about ' amma' in the subject bar . Thought you had posted an obituary !! Long live this champion of gay rights within India . Known 'amma' for years and years ; although my visits into Mumbai are curtailed, I make it a point to visit him when I am there .... Tapesh London
> Message Received: Apr 02 2009, 12:57 PM > From: "Moderator" > To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com, "GayAhmedabad" , "GayBangalore" , > gaybom...@googlegroups.com, "GayBombayGroup" , > gaybombaygr...@googlegroups.com, "Gaycalcutta" , > gaycalcuttagr...@yahoogroups.com, "GayChennai" , > "gaychennaigr...@yahoogroups. Com" , "GayDelhi" , "GayIndia" , > "GayIndiaGroup" , "GayMumbai" , "LGBTIndia" > Cc: > Subject: g_b ashok row kavi > > > Ashok Row Kavi > (June 1, 1947 - living) India > Gay rights activist and theorist He was born in Mumbai as a premature child. He graduated with honors in Chemistry from the University of Bombay. Later, he dropped out of engineering college. Due to his early difficulty in dealing with his homosexuality, he enrolled as a Hindu monk in the Ramakrishna Mission and studied theology. He has also studied at the International School of Journalism, Berlin, Germany. Kavi is the spokesperson for two Indian gay support rights groups, Aanchal (shelter) and Humsafar (friend); he protested against the stand taken by the Vatican on same-sex marriages. "Why this sudden hatred of homosexuals? Because it has become a political identity. Governments are trying to suppress it because they see it as a socially disruptive force." Email: modera...@gaybombay.in Web Sites: www.gaybombay.in www.gaybombay.info www.gayindia.org E Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay http://groups.google.com/group/Gaybombay Orkut: http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=22091955 Blogs: http://gaybombay.blogspot.com http://gaybombay.wordpress.com Twitter http://twitter.com/gaybombay
