g_b Welcome to Florida: 'Fantasy' spot for Indian journalist

2009-05-22 Thread sunny kapoor


 
 
"Are you gay?"

The question, posed by my driving instructor, rather jolted me.

"No," I said.

And in fact, I'm not, and am happily married to a woman back in my
native India. I am in South Florida for five months as part of a
journalism fellowship program. 

My host at the Sun Sentinel found
me a temporary place in Victoria Park, which, apparently, is home to a
gay population. Which is what sparked the intrusive question from the
instructor.

In reality, I should not have been surprised by the question about sexuality, 
posed by someone here.

Growing up in a small town in India, amid a conservative society that
dislikes and scoffs at any explicit conversation about sex or
sexuality, Florida and, particularly, Miami to me always came through the 
"idiot box" as an erotic fantasy. It was all about "Baywatch babes"!

OK, Baywatch was set in California, not South Florida, but we equated beaches 
and bikinis with the Sunshine State.

So
for most of my friends back home, it was a matter of great envy to
learn that I was heading for South Florida to train with the Sun Sentinel for 
five months on a journalism fellowship. 

Not
for the puritan, professional reasons for which I was about to embark
on the trip, but for the fact that I would, and they won't, get to see
first hand if South Florida reality was anywhere close to those
fantasies we shared with great fun in college days.

Honestly, I
felt like a proud winner of big ticket lottery in one corner of my
alter ego. After all, journalists, too, are human beings carrying the
good and the bad and all the other worldly desires you care about.

Earlier this month, I felt inching closer to finally realizing my yesteryear 
fantasies as our flight began descending on Fort Lauderdale. Of course, the 
professional and personal goals that I set for myself for the fellowship remain 
paramount. 

But
somewhere in the small corner of my heart, I felt a eureka moment:
"Hey, man, this is it! The world of South Florida that I have always
heard about is right here, under you!" 

Not for nothing did one
of my co-fellows say to me before we parted ways in Kansas City,
Missouri, after our orientation seminar: "You are a lucky devil!" 

Indeed Florida remains a fantasy travel for many back home.

Now, being asked if I am gay was not exactly the kind of question I expected to 
be asked.

I expected questions about India, and the Mumbai attacks. But the question 
suggests that South Florida will live up to my expectations, and maybe more. 

Jaideep Hardikar is working as a visiting journalist at the Sun Sentinel 
courtesy of the Alfred Friendly Fellowship program.


Love
Sunny

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g_b Desperate bid to halt Church's destruction

2009-05-22 Thread asfan
Desperate bid to halt Church's destruction
Published Date: 23 May 2009 
By CRAIG BROWN 

ELEVENTH-hour talks aimed at avoiding a cataclysmic split in the Church of 
Scotland were taking place last night, as the Kirk sought to find a compromise 
over the appointment of openly gay ministers.

With hours to go before a debate that could define the future of the Kirk, 
senior clergy were working behind the scenes to avoid a damaging schism between 
hardliners and liberals.

A decision on the appointment of openly homosexual Scott Rennie as minister of 
Queen's Cross Church in Aberdeen will be taken at the General Assembly, the 
Kirk's supreme body, this evening.

But The Scotsman has learned that motions – called overtures – are being drawn 
up that propose delaying a final decision on the Kirk's overall position on gay 
ministers for two years.

"People are scrambling to find some middle road on this," one member said.

Many believe such a deferral is necessary to avoid the biggest split in the 
Church since the Disruption of 1843, which led to the formation of the Free 
Church of Scotland. The sensitivity of the issue was clear last night, after 
the Kirk confirmed it would not be broadcasting the Rennie hearing on its 
website, even though all other debates have been available to the public.. A 
spokesman said the reason was that the assembly would be acting as a court.

The Rev Ruairidh MacRae, of the pro-gay evangelical group Courage Scotland, 
said the move was disappointing and contrary to the Kirk's efforts to be open 
and transparent.

The General Assembly will meet from 6:30pm to hear a complaint against Mr 
Rennie's appointment.

It will also hear a motion from the Presbytery of Lochcarron-Skye to prevent 
the Kirk from appointing or ordaining any more openly gay ministers.

The debate and hearing, expected to continue into the early hours of tomorrow, 
will be the culmination of a tumultuous period in the Church's history.

Since the beginning of the year, when 12 evangelical members of the Presbytery 
of Aberdeen complained about the appointment of Mr Rennie, the controversy has 
grown. An online petition against the appointment has received more than 12,000 
signatures.

However, as the court hearing approached, one Kirk source close to the 
evangelical wing said members were desperate to find a way to avoid a split.

"We need to limit the damage," he said. "But I think that if there was any 
attempt to place pressure on evangelical members to accept this by those in 
authority, there would be a danger it would blow up in their face.

"The Kirk is just not used to this amount of attention. You can see that they 
are looking for a measured debate."

One motion put forward by the Rev Dr John McPake, of East Kilbride, proposes 
that a commission be set up to carry out a study on the issues surrounding 
homosexual clergy, which would not report back for two years. It would also 
place a moratorium on "all courts, councils and committees of the Church" 
making any comments on the issue until the report is produced, effectively 
gagging them.

Evangelicals have voiced disquiet at such a motion and the suggestion that they 
would be barred from preaching about it in church.

But the evangelical source said: "There are ways in which it could be massaged 
and changed to make it work. John McPake is quite confident. He thinks he's 
going to be the knight on the white horse by pushing this on for two years."

However, a liberal member of the clergy said there was already another 
counter-motion on the cards. "There was a form of words being put together that 
takes a different slant on the existing counter-motion," he said. "So the 
McPake motion will not be the only thing on offer.

"There will undoubtedly be moves to amend the wording of both of them. It's all 
about trying to give some people more options and to give the General Assembly 
some space to think about this. It's only natural we try to find the best way 
through – it's what people want."

But a senior Kirk member said while a further report might be a "legitimate and 
proper" way of dealing with the issue, it was unlikely members of 
Lochcarron-Skye presbytery would be satisfied unless they received a proper 
answer to their motion. 

Though the evangelical wing has played down the likelihood of any immediate 
physical split from the Kirk, it has been acknowledged that the gay issue could 
speed up the drift of members from the Church.


Last Updated: 23 May 2009 12:56 AM 
Source: The Scotsman 
Location: Edinburgh 


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Re: g_b Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

2009-05-22 Thread asfan
This was a very good film set in the second world war and dealing with the 
atrocities imposed by the Japanese on the POWs.  The star was the bisexual 
David Bowie. An intensely dramatic film, I had seen it twice. I do remember 
being impressed by the background score.
Asfam.

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From: dunno76 
Subject: g_b Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, 22 May, 2009, 9:54 PM









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catch his last name `Sakamoto' and tried to Google for more information last 
night. It wasn't a problem at all. The Youtube video of it came up in search.
After listening to it, I knew it in my heart that I wanted to share this 
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g_b Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

2009-05-22 Thread dunno76

This is a beautiful piece of music by Ryuichi Sakamoto taken from his
Trio World Tour in 1996. The first time I heard this piece of
instrumental piece over the radio, I was driving. I fell in love with it
instantly. I managed to catch his last name `Sakamoto' and tried
to Google for more information last night. It wasn't a problem at
all. The Youtube video of it came up in search.

After listening to it, I knew it in my heart that I wanted to share this
beautiful instrumental piece with you.
As described by other Youtube's users: "it seems time is going
by so slowly as you listen to this," "it makes me…..so warm
inside," "it's like the last thing anyone needs to complete
their lives" etc. Listen it at:
http://www.symphonyoflove.net/blog/589/ryuichi-sakamoto-merry-christmas-\
mr-lawrence.html




g_b Re: Miss Gay and Mr Gay contest

2009-05-22 Thread Shuvam
I felt I should inform about the competitions of Miss Gay around the world.

Wish somebody starts that in India.

http://www.miss-gay.com

http://www.usofacomputers.com/USofA/zDefault.asp

Regards,


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>
> I just felt..we are organising lots of events..can we organise Mr and Miss 
> Gay Bombay contest..it will be a nice platform among the kings and queens of 
> us.
> 
> I feel there will be lots of willing participants.
>




g_b US Returned Techie and Samapathik Trust Founder, BinduMadhav talks 2 GB Radio

2009-05-22 Thread lgbtindiagroup
www.gaybombay.in/gbradio US
Returned Techie and Samapathik Trust Founder, BinduMadhav Khire, talks
on his work and why he is disillusioned by the lack of support from the
LGBT community. 18 May 2009 [Download as MP3
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g_b Say Hi to Sunny

2009-05-22 Thread sunny kapoor
Hiya Guys,

Me going to party tomorrow at polkas in delhi. Say his to me if ya see me.. 
Love to make new friends coz m new to delhi my luvly bois lol
My manjam id if you wanna have a look my picture lol 

http://www.manjam.com/myattitude

 Love 
Sunny 

xx



  

g_b Criminal Lawyer Vijay Hiremath, speaks on LGBT sex, blackmail, etc 2 GB Radio

2009-05-22 Thread lgbtindiagroup
www.gaybombay.in/gbradio   Criminal
Lawyer Vijay Hiremath, speaks on Article 377, LGBT sex, blackmail,
extortion and what do in case of police trouble  22 May 2009 [Download
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