g_b Drew Barrymore protests gay marriage ban
Actress Drew Barrymore along with singer Kelly Osbourne and other celebrities rallied here to protest against the new California ban on gay marriage. The celebrities joined thousands of activists to protest about the re-instatement of Proposal 8, which bans same-sex marriages after they were legalised briefly last year. Star Trek actor George Takei, Kelly Osbourne, Sophia Bush, comedienne Kathy Griffin and singer/actress Deborah Gibson are among other celebrities who have criticised California's approval of the ban. "I was raised a good Catholic girl and nowhere in church do I remember it ever being an issue for everybody to be treated equally. I can't believe it's 2009 and this is still an issue," the Daily Express quoted Gibson as saying. Osbourne added, "It goes without saying that if you love someone, you should be able to marry them no matter." ..
g_b World congress photos updated
World Congress paris 09 photos by Himadri(the gay rights represenatative from Bangladesh) are updated in LGBTQ Bangladesh. Plus there is an informative article on the trans issues in Europe based on the reasearch by Jstus Eisfeld Have a look http://lgbtbangladesh.wordpress.com Thanks Ashoka
Re: g_b A matrimonial site for bisexuals (for M2W, M2M, W2W marriages)
Where did you get these statistics from? They seem to be at variance with other studies that have shown that 10% of the male population is homosexual. Would you please disclose your sources? Thanks, Asfan. --- On Thu, 28/5/09, Prashant wrote: From: Prashant Subject: g_b A matrimonial site for bisexuals (for M2W, M2M, W2W marriages)Date: Thursday, 28 May, 2009, 11:44 AM Friends, In any society about 2-3 per cent people take birth as homosexuals and about 7-8 per cent as bisexuals. India, thus, with an estimated population of 1..1 billion people has about 8 crore (80 million) bisexuals. Half of these are men and half women.
g_b With street plays, bands, Delhi to celebrate gay pride
With street plays, bands, Delhi to celebrate gay pride Updated: 05-27-2009 New Delhi, May 27 Street plays, a full fledged wedding band and even a float. After a successful and colourful gay pride march last year, the first of its kind to be held in Delhi, the capital is gearing up for its second edition June 28. The organisers say it will be even more exciting this year. Enthused by the overwhelming response at last year's march, Mohnish Malhotra, one of the organisers, said they are planning to add a whole lot of new features this time to the march, which will see gays, lesbians, transgenders and bisexuals joining in. 'Last year we had the rainbow coloured flags and beating of drums in the pride. This time we plan to have a street play at the end of the march, probably a wedding band playing music as people march and even a float, if we get the necessary permission from the police,' Malhotra told IANS. 'We are still working out the logistics, but we definitely want to add different elements to the pride this year,' he added. According to Malhotra, a similar pride will take place June 28 in Kolkata and in Sri Lanka. 'Kolkata has the gay pride every year, and this year they will have it on June 28 like Delhi. Mumbai and Bangalore will also have the march like last year but probably not on the same date. Chennai may have its first pride this year,' Malhotra said. Poolli Avasu, another organiser, said: 'The queer pride marches are an effort for queer people in these cities to occupy public space and remake them into one that knows we exist and that accepts us for who we are.' In a nation where homosexuality is a crime under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, many were surprised by the huge turnout in the pride last year that took place June 29. While its organisers had not expected more than 150 people, over 500 participated in the march. Like last year, this time too the pride will start at 5.30 p.m. near Barakhamba Road, going up Tolstoy Marg. The history behind the 'Queer Pride' goes back to June 28, 1969, when armed squads of the New York Police Department (NYPD) raided the Stonewall Inn, an obscure pub in Greenwich village in New York, that was a regular watering hole of gays. Several people were bundled into waiting vans. The gay groups at the bar protested and the outcry against the arrests led to full-scale riots and arson that lasted five days. Since then, every year the week leading up to June 29 is remembered by sexual minorities and those with alternative sexual leanings across the world as the 'Rainbow Pride Week'.
g_b Gay activists hail censor board decision
Gay activists hail censor board decision Soumyadipta Banerjee / DNA Gay rights activists in the city have welcomed the censor board's decision to pass a scene of a lip-lock between two men. "Though there have been fleeting pecks on the cheek among men in films, I am happy that the censors have decided to pass this scene without a cut. I am waiting for the day when we will have a Bollywood film in which a rich guy marries a poor guy and we have the parents protesting against it, not because they are both men but because one of them is rich and the other poor," said Harish Iyyer, a gay rights activist who creates awareness about the issue on social networking sites like Facebook. In actor Celina Jaitley's view, this decision should have come long ago. "I go through my website everyday and get depressed about the number of hate mails I have get for supporting gay rights. These are decisions that bring a smile," said the actor. According to Celina, it is high time that Bollywood decides to stop making fun of gays on screen. "One must understand that every man has the right to make love to a man the same way two consenting adults can. I feel bad when gays are made fun of in Bollywood movies and their mannerisms become the butt of all jokes. We have seen entire movies being created around such stereotyping. This is sad and we need to understand that it's a matter of right for a few people and by making fun of them we are, in a way, making fun of ourselves," Celina added. Vikram Doctor, one of the organisers of Gay Bombay, an meeting group, said, "It is not taboo anymore. Lip-locks between men have become commonplace in Hollywood. We are only waking up now."
g_b Coming to Hyderabad!
Hi There, Western Male coming to Hyderabad this Sunday for 2 Days! Any suggestions on what to do/where to go Cheers
g_b A matrimonial site for bisexuals (for M2W, M2M, W2W marriages)
Friends, After launching "Matrimonials for Same-sex Marriages" ( http://users1.jabry.com/pg211/intro.html ) this is my next venture. In any society about 2-3 per cent people take birth as homosexuals and about 7-8 per cent as bisexuals. India, thus, with an estimated population of 1..1 billion people has about 8 crore (80 million) bisexuals. Half of these are men and half women. Presently most of these 8 crore Indian bisexuals are married with heterosexual persons. A marriage between a bisexual and a heterosexual is not a healthy marriage since in such a marriage, the bisexual partner always remains in the closet and normally cheats his or her married partner. A bisexual man, therefore, should marry a bisexual woman and not a heterosexual woman and vice versa. What, if you are a bisexual but you are more easily attracted to a same-sex person rather than the opposite? In this case, we advise that you marry a person who is similar to you, that is, one who is a bisexual but who also has more interest in a same-sex person in comparison to the opposite-sex. As an example, if you are a bisexual man having more interest in men than in women, then you should marry with a bisexual man who also has more interest in men. You should not marry a pure homosexual man. I have made a web-site "Matrimonials for Bisexuals". With the help of this site bisexual people of India or of one of India's neighbouring countries, i.e., Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet or Myanmar(Burma) will be able to find a bisexual partner for themselves. Bisexual people of any other country who wants to have an Indian as their life partner can also use this site to find a bisexual partner for themselves. The web-address of the site is http://users1.jabry.com/pg211/bi/index.asp Kindly give the site as much publicity as possible. Suggestions and comments are solicited and welcome. Note - A complete solution of bisexuality lies in developing communes of two bisexual men and two bisexual women (a commune is a body of people or families living together and sharing everything). The government should register such communes and recognize them as a family just like it recognizes a muslim man living with his four wives as a single family. However, this is not possible today. But two bisexual couples can develop intimate friendship with each other. This will act as a commune. We are ready to develop another web-site meant for searching bisexual couples who want to develop such friendship. However, the demand should come from Indian bisexual community. Please write if you think that such a web-site will be useful. Please also send your views on the issue. You may be having a better way to solve this problem. Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel http://in.travel.yahoo.com/
