Dear all, This narrative misses out the whole history of struggle of LGBT communities in Kerala. The term coming out is about coming out of the hitherto closetted sexualities to the public. Is that the case of kerala? Where else in India, there has been an anthology of writing on homosexualities in the regional language like in Kerala? (Swavarga Laingikatha kera;lathil, ed by Reshma Bharadwaj) A full feature film portraying lesbian love? (Sancharam by Ligi Pulappally). Various studies on film and same sex desire, (T Muraleedharan, Jenny Rowena, Ratheesh etc) questioning biological determinism (Shiju) and many many studeis. Where else in India one would find an organisation like Sahayatrika, which not only mobilised and did intervention with the community, but also created political space and public discussions and alliances with other progressive groups? where else sex worker's movement and LGBT communities have been in close alliance as here?
Coming out has happened already. years ago. What one does today is a coninuity of that. The past struggles needs to be acknowledged. Whether it is individual struggles of lesbian women in their communities, or coming out through a suicide, or in the media. We are not going back to a point in history, but continuing it with our little successes. Ahmed Rafeek --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
