---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: L Ramakrishnan <lramakrishnan.li...@gmail.com> Date: 2009/10/11 Subject: [lgbt-india] Campaign for Open Minds To: L Ramakrishnan <lramakrishnan.li...@gmail.com> Cc: Khush List <khush-l...@yahoogroups.com>, lgbt-india < lgbt-in...@yahoogroups.com>, Chennai LGBT Pride 2009 < chennai-lgbt-pr...@googlegroups.com>, chennaid...@googlegroups.com, chennaid...@yahoogroups.com
Launched on October 11, 2009 (Coming Out Day), the Campaign for Open Minds is one of the many efforts of LGBT people to end homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in India. This online campaign is one response to the alarming surge in attempts at conversion therapy and other negative reactions to increased visibility of LGBT people, following Delhi High Court's historic July 2 2009 decision decriminalizing homosexuality. We have three open letters, and invite you to sign the one most appropriate to you. All letters may be accessed at http://www.orinam.net/campaigns - feel free to forward the link to other groups and allies. (i) If you are a healthcare professional (doctor/nurse/counselor/mental health professional/medical social worker/ hospital administrator/public health scientist/researcher) in India or of Indian origin, we invite you to sign the letter opposing reparative therapy and supporting non-discriminatory, appropriate, and ethical treatment and healthcare for LGBT people. (ii) If you are a supportive parent, sibling, or friend of an LGBT person in India or of Indian origin, please sign the letter to express solidarity with your loved one(s) and register your opposition to homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. (iii) If you are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, please join us to sign the letter promoting the visibility of our diverse communities, and appealing for non-discriminatory treatment from our family and friends, healthcare establishment, media, educational institutions and workplaces in India. Please also circulate this to family, friends and healthcare professionals. (The campaign is an initiative of LGBT people associated with the orinam.net site and the Chennai-based group MP)
