g_b Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless ...

[dunno76]

LOVE QUOTE OF THE DAY

Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered
with a light of faith, water of sincerity, and an art of passion. - Jack
Canfield (more great quotes from Jack Canfield
 )

  [Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered
with a light of faith, water of sincerity, and an art of passion.

- Jack Canfield (more great quotes from Jack Canfield:
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OTHER QUOTES & POSTS IN SYMPHONY OF LOVE

If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other
resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate
Earth Day every day - at every meal. - Ingrid Newkirk (more love quotes
and sayings  )

  [If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and
other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must
celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.

- Ingrid Newkirk

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The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our
attitude towards them. - Antoine de Saint Exupéry (more great quotes
from Antoine de Saint Exupéry
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  [The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our
attitude towards them.

- Antoine de Saint Exupx80;xa0;xa0;xe9;ry (more great quotes from
Antoine de Saint Exupx80;xa0;xa0;xe9;ry:
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)

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We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish. -
Anthony Robbins (more inspiring quotes from Anthony Robbins
 )

  [We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

- Anthony Robbins (more inspiring quotes from Anthony Robbins:
http://lovequotes.symphonyoflove.net/category/a/anthony-robbins)

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Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. - John
Harrigan (more love quotes and sayings
 )

  [Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.

- John Harrigan (more love quotes and sayings:
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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold
well. - Josh Billings (more great quotes from Josh Billings
 )

  [Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold
well.

- Josh Billings (more great quotes from Josh Billings:
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Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.
- Joseph Conrad (more great quotes from Joseph Conrad
 )

  [Facing it, always facing it, thatx80;xa0;xa0;x92;xb2;s the way to get
through. Face it.

- Joseph Conrad (more great quotes from Joseph Conrad:
http://lovequotes.symphonyoflove.net/category/j/joseph-conrad)

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Re: g_b hi there i am back and waiting for some one

[Tintin Mumbai India]

Dipika is transsexual???
Holy secret... it came to me now...

Now I know she is so tall...
;)
On 21 Apr 2013 18:02, "Kumar Mel"  wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hello Deepak,
>
> The name seems all wrong...u should be deepika..the love of my life...a
> person who acts feminine...dresses like one and bowls me over.
>
> I am looking for a lovely transsexual..., a lady with whom I can share the
> rest of my life.
>
> Are u the one ...If yes, send me ur contact no... I wil lcall call u and
> we will take it from there
>
> Take care of urself.
>
> Kumar
>
>*From:* deepak ram 
> *To:* "gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com" 
> *Sent:* Monday, April 15, 2013 10:25 PM
> *Subject:* g_b hi there i am back and waiting for some one
>  **
>
> hi i am living in bhandup and my status is 32 age 5.4 high 50 kg**wheatish
> looks slim decent romantic interested in a life partner who**is honest
> matured and can understand me very well. I am not a person**who is always
> after one thing but along with that the company of the**person is also
> very important doing outing, shopping, music, dance or**even a cup of tea
> should also be able to make the day. Both of us**should be computable to
> each physically and emotionally. My partner's**looks body type complexion
> are not important he can be avg looking to**handsome from well build to
> avg body and fair to wheatish but he**should not me fat or bulky. Do mail
> me at my id**I hope there will be some one waiting for me…**
>  
>   
>

g_b Yaariyan Online safety and self defense workshop on Sunday 28th April 2013 [1 Attachment]

[The Humsafar Trust Advocacy Unit]

*Yaariyan Online safety and self defense workshop on Sunday 28th April 2013*

Have you heard of friends who have fallen prey to extortion, blackmail,
molestation, physical assault or gay bashing? Or worst have you been a
victim yourself? There is no shame in admitting, as surprisingly a
substantial number of us have been a victim at one point or the other and
have preferred to stay mum. And if you felt you never “cruised” in public
and hence you were safe, then think again…cyberspace is lurking with these
same dangerous elements as well!

There have been recent incident of entrapment where cops themselves were
involved, and in another case someone was physically attacked and lost a
finger. What are you rights when you land in such a messy situation? Who do
you contact? How do you protect yourself. Yaariyan helps you find some of
the answer with help of people who deal and help such people on an everyday
basis.

Come join us for a very important and practical session which while pray
you may never need it, you gotta be prepared for! Get your friends, and
lets get this discussion going NOW!

*Where : The Humsafar Trust, 3rd Floor, Manthan Plaza, next to Chakra
restaurant, near Vakola Masjid, Vakola, Santacruz East.
*
*Time : 5pm to 8pm

Date : Sunday, 28th April 2013

Cost : FREE*

Note
1) You need to above 18 years of age to attend this event
2) You can’t consume liquor or drug at the premise
3) It’s a safe space, hence respect other people’s privacy.
4) Do not photograph without the permission of the organizers
5) Right to admission reserved.

g_b prohibiting porn

[Vikram D]

This is not specifically lgbt related, but I thought this piece I had done 
might be of interest to people because it is a question we often get asked 
during GB meets devoted to legal issues: people want to know if it it illegal 
to possess pornography? 


Many queer people have faced problems over this, for example, in what was known 
as the Matunga racket in Mumbai, blackmailers would lure gay men to a public 
place by posing online as other gay men (sometimes forcing an earlier gay 
victim to act as the lure) and offering to meet to exchange porn and perhaps 
more. Then when the victim went to the appointment, a blackmailer posing as a 
plainclothes policeman would catch him and force him to show the porn, which 
they would claim was proof of him being gay and a crime in itself, and use this 
to blackmail the (usually closeted and very vulnerable) victim into parting 
with large amounts of money. 


Which is why the question came up, and the answer the lawyers doing the session 
always gave was that as per Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code, it is illegal 
to sell, import, advertise, make or distribute porn for profit, but simple 
possession with no intent to sell is not a crime. And by extension, watching 
porn in private is not a crime. This was affirmed very clearly just a few years 
back by Justice Tahilramani of the Bombay High Court. 

But not the morality brigade wants to plug this loophole and petition, filed by 
an Indore based lawyer, is in the Supreme Court asking the Court to extend its 
interpretation of Section 292 to criminalise the possession and viewing of 
porn. And from a combination of understandable concerns, like the horror of the 
recent rapes and the links being made to easily available Internet porn, and 
because people don't want to be seen as supporting porn, there may be a chance 
that the petition might succeed. Which would be really stupid and dangerous 
because (a) implementing it effectively will be almost impossible, but (b) it 
will empower a great deal of harassment and blackmail. 

This piece looks at the history of interpreting Section 292 and why this 
petition seeks to reverse a sensible trend in jurisprudence on this issue: 

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/beware-supreme-court-may-make-watching-porn-a-non-bailable-offence/articleshow/19654867.cms?flstry=1

Beware! Supreme Court may make watching porn a non-bailable offence
By Vikram Doctor, ET Bureau | 21 Apr, 2013, 05.05AM IST
A plaintiff has requested the Supreme Court to make watching porn a 
non-bailable offence. Should the courts leave these matters to private 
choices?A plaintiff has requested the Supreme Court to make watching porn a 
non-bailable offence. Should the courts leave these matters to private choices?


On December 12, 1959, a man calling himself Ali RazaSayeedHasan went into Happy 
Book Stall, a small outlet selling books on Colaba Causeway in Bombay, as the 
city was then known, and asked if they had a copy of DH Lawrence's Lady 
Chatterley's Lover.

The book had been in the news recently because, after years of being 
unavailable due to its sexually explicit content, Grove Press in the US and 
Penguin in the UK had recently published unexpurgated editions. The publishers 
were risking prosecution under the strict antiobscenity codes of that time, but 
they judged the time had come for its literary merits to prevail and, in 
separate court cases in the US and the UK, it did.

The cases played a crucial role in helping change laws and attitudes towards 
obscenity in these countries. But the UK decision hadn't been delivered yet 
when the owners of Happy Book Stall decided to import a few copies of the book, 
hoping it wouldn't catch the eyes of the authorities. But it did. Hasan was an 
undercover police agent. He bought a copy from Gokuldas Shamji, one of the 
owners.

The police then conducted a raid, found more copies, and arrested Shamji along 
with his partners, Jamnadas Shamji, Vallabdas Shamji and Ranjit Udeshi (whose 
name, arbitrarily, became the one the case is known by) and produced them 
before the Esplanade magistrates' court.

The Times of India reported sub-inspector Purohit of the Bombay CID saying that 
35 passages in the novel were obscene, and their omission could not have 
"harmed the story", meaning that their inclusion was solely meant to titillate. 
Purohit added that in his personal view "DH Lawrence, though a wellknown 
author, was not one of the six best of the present century."

Law vs Literature
The sub-inspector's literary views show that the authorities knew the defence 
case, as in the US and the UK, would rest on literary merits. And from 
magistrates' court to the high court to the Supreme Court — since the Happy 
Book Stall owners courageously decided to fight on the principle (they were 
only charged a fine of Rs 20 each) — the judges all engage with the literary 
merits of the novel. In particular, the verdict of the Su