[gay_bombay] July 1st Public Action Against Section 377 in New Delhi
Note: This public action is in Delhi. For the rest, FYI, and think good thoughts for us! Please Forward Everywhere * Dear All, Official invite is below, but I wanted to say that given recent events in Bangalore, and the tremendous struggle being waged by friends there, as well as the wonderful Pride March in Kolkatta, I think its critical that we show support both for them and for the larger cause by making this action extremely successful. Please come, and bring as many people as you can -- gay, straight, or otherwise! We will be taking a memorandum to the law ministry, as well as issuing a release publicising the Bangalore case. This is an exciting public action because, for the first time, a united coalition of different kinds of groups (not just lbgthk) all coming together to make 377 everyone's issue. It is with this kind of visibility and a demand for our rights that we move forward. Yes, this situation is important enough to me to be this cheesy :) So, come, humour me, and support the community! In solidarity, Gautam We, the members of Voices Against 377, invite you to the public action against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code at Jantar Mantar on July 1, 2004 from 12 noon to 2:00 pm. The public action is the continued struggle of all progressive groups and individuals to combat Section 377, the law that penalizes carnal intercourse against the order of nature and effectively criminalizes same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults, and even certain sexual practices among heterosexual consenting adults, in private. This is an archaic and oppressive law that shelters state and non-state violators of human rights who pose as defenders of public morality. Voices Against 377 is a Delhi-based coalition of groups working on women's rights, child rights, human rights, sexual rights, right to health, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues. Its members, thus far, include: Amnesty International India, Anjuman, Breakthrough, CREA, Haq, Jagori, Nigah Media Collective, Nirantar, Partners for Law in Development, PRISM, Saheli, Sama and TARSHI. Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens What's hot? What's not? Where are the LGBT parties being held and when? Click here!! http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,04497/srt,0/gaybombaygroup/?v=42&POS= Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[gay_bombay] From HT: Law prohibiting homosexuality is archaic: Activists
Law prohibiting homosexuality is archaic: Activists Sharmila BanerjeeNew Delhi, July 1 http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_861057,000600010001.htm While Girlfriend has created rage on the silver screen, the real life homosexuals in India are little pleased. They feel victimised, neglected and marginalised. Following reports of rising lesbian deaths in Kerala, activists based in the Capital on Thursday took to the streets to raise their voice against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that prohibits same-sex relationships or behaviour. Gender and human right activists under the umbrella of the Delhi based -- Voices Against 377 -- demonstrated in the heart of the city against the 'archaic limitations' of Section 377. "At a time when even a country like China has removed the criminal-tag from homosexuality, India continues to adhere to the Victorian prohibitions. We demand a reading down of Article 377 so that discriminations of all kinds should end and instead form a strong law against child abuse," said Jaya Sharma of Nirantar and spokesperson for Voices. The group insists that the Section 377 has "strengthened the hands of the police to harass gay men and forces lesbian women into marriage and also criminalises various forms of sexual activities". The Section states that "whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to fine". "Last year when a case was raised in the Delhi High Court asking for the removal of the criminal-tag from consensual sexual acts between adults, the NDA government had argued that the law could not be removed since it is used to convict those who sexually abuse children. They also said that the Indian culture does not accept homosexuality. We hope that the United Progressive Alliance would show a better understanding of the issue, representatives of Voices said. "We have been persisting for change because we have learnt through our research that the extent of torture such women face is not just in the urban areas but also in rural areas. So much so that some of them seem to be on the verge of committing suicide," a Voices representative said. "In the course of running a help line for women attracted to women we have seen that the mere existence of section 377 and the resulting fear created, prevents many women from accessing counselling and support services catering to their specific issues and needs" Maya Shanker of Sangini said. "The young minds are ready for a change. We have been doing some work in the area and the response is positive. It is high time that the stigma from homosexuality was removed in India," said Ponni, a post-graduate student of JNU, involved with Nigah. Voices is constituted of Amnesty International India, Anjuman, Breakthrough, CREA, Haq, Jagori, Higah Media Collective, Nirantar, Partners for Law in Development, Prism, Saheli, Sama and Tarshi. A hearing on the case filed by Naz foundation is pending at the Delhi High Court for July 7. A draft of the memorandum was presented to the Minister for Law and Justice at the end of the demonstration. Yahoo! India Careers: Over 50,000 jobs online. Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens What's hot? What's not? Where are the LGBT parties being held and when? Click here!! http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,04497/srt,0/gaybombaygroup/?v=42&POS= Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [gay_bombay] Ne Gym Toned Guy Like This HERE
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[gay_bombay] Advocate: Singing for God and gays
Singing for God and gaysWhat happens when two male Christian singers fall in love? If theyre Jason & deMarco, they sing even better. Archbishop Bruce Simpson meets the gay couple who have created spirit pop From The Advocate, July 20, 2004 http://www.advocate.com/html/stories/919/919_spiritpop.asp If Queer as Folks Justin took up singing and fell in love with the Wallflowers Jakob Dylan, the result might resemble gay Christian pop duo Jason & deMarco. Jason, 29, the Randy Harrison look-alike, says he answered Gods call to minister through his music when he was still a child in Baltimore; in the 1990s he toured with Christian groups Truth and the Sound. That ended in 1998 when Jason came out as gay, although he has continued to include music from those groups in his solo projects. In 2001 he met fellow singer deMarco. But Jason declined to leave behind his ministry, a determination shared by deMarco, who grew up in an Italian-Canadian home singing songs hed learned from the Roman Catholic nuns who schooled him. On their first dateJuly 4, 2001Jason says, we connected on a spiritual plane that was much deeper than sexual attraction. Three years later, Jason & deMarco (both use only their first names) are in the middle of their third national tour. Including stops at many Metropolitan Community Church locations, the open-ended tour will promote their second self-distributed CD, financed with donations solicited via their Web site. They call their music spirit pop, a sound that blends melody and message to engage the soul and a phrase that gives their new album its title. Its not Christian music, Jason says. Its pop with a spiritual message. It has nothing to do with religion; its about love, life, and the journey that we are all living. Its about ones own spirit. Advocate contributor Bruce Simpson, who also serves as archbishop of the Benedictine Order of St. John the Beloved in the gay-friendly Old Catholic Church, caught up with Jason & deMarco in a recording studio in Los Angeles, where they live. Simpson: Jason, what effect did your evangelical Christian background have on your music?Jason: I wouldnt be where I am today if it were not for the evangelical music. My Pentecostal background forms the foundation of my morals, spirituality, and ideals. I have always loved music that had a message that crosses over boundariesit could be you singing to God or you singing to a loved one. Being from an evangelical background has also enabled me to understand the hardship people have when it comes to reconciling their sexuality with their spirituality. Tell me about that.Jason: I knew since I was a child that God had a plan for me, and when I realized that I might be gay I thought it was a ploy from Satan to prevent me from [pursuing my ministry]. I felt I needed to get past this thing and just fight it, and for years I lived that way. I finally realized that I couldnt fight it and accepted that this is who I am. I fell in love at 21 and realized then what being gay was all about and the purity of that love. When I was with [deMarco] I never felt any perverted feelings or nasty feelings; I felt it was right. deMarco: I never had to reconcile my faith and my being gay because I never cared what the Catholic Church thought about my being gay. My relationship with God was not through the church but was very personal. Do you have any regrets over giving up your previous careers to work in this ministry with your life partner?Jason: It has been hardest for me in some ways because I created this ministry as a result of having been kicked out of a Christian singing group that I traveled with when they found out I was gay. Suddenly bringing a partner into [my ministry] was really difficult. I had to let go of total control. deMarco: I could never do this by myself; when we do this together, its like having a piece of home with you wherever you go and it makes you feel safe. People have told us in e-mails and in person that separately we were good, but when we come together and sing we go to a whole different level. Jason: Its amazing how well we get along together. Is there a central message to your music?deMarco: Love. It is the most powerful thing that God can give to you and that we can give to each other. Jason: And first and foremost, that we can give to ourselves. If we can see ourselves as children of God as whole and complete with all of our faultsand, through our music, if others can see that they are still loved by Godthen our message has gotten through. What effect do you hope your music will have on the GLBT community, and especially on GLBT youth?deMarco: Its not just the music, its who we arewe are an out couple who are singing pop music. We want to be an example to gay and lesbian youth that it is possible to be gay, out, and have a career; its possible to be spiritual; its possible to love yourself and be in a relationship and function within society. People come up t
[gay_bombay] [HistoriQueer 1] Indian Gays: In Search Of Identity
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Im starting this blog, HistoriQueer, in an effort to bring together clippings from Queer / LGBT history as they have appeared in South Asian publications, both from the subcontinent and the diaspora. As the queer movement in South Asia picks up speed, I believe it is very important to document our antecedents and our history to give ourselves a sense of what the struggle entailed in the past, what the stories of people who fought those early battles were, and to realise how far weve come and how much further we need to go.In documenting this history, I am thankful to Sultan K from Bombay who has lent me his collection of press clippings, most of them from the early 1990s, but some also older. Unfortunately, most of the clippings included are from news items in the Bombay press, and the newsletters that came out in the diaspora. I hope to rectify this imbalance soon. I intend to simultaneously carry blog posts on the South Asian community e-lists.I start off with
an article that appeared in the September 1978 issue of Gay Scene, a newsletter for gay-communication that was brought out by a certain Dhruva Roy-Chowdhury from Calcutta. A part of the article posted here was subsequently carried in the February-March 1991 issue of Shakti Khabar, a South Asian newsletter from London. The article, I believe, is significant in that it is perhaps one of the earliest pieces in post-colonial India that was attempting to speak in terms of an Indian gay (and lesbian) community. The author lashes out at the hypocrisy of the intellectual milieu who continued to praise queerness in scripture, but saw homosexuality as dangerous, as well as phoni-feminists who while speaking of sexual politics on the one hand, completely ignored the lesbian question on the other. The piece is uncredited but the author is perhaps Dhruva Roy-Chowdhury himself. The piece further lists out evidence of queerness from the authors Bengali background, and while it
may be wrong in its overall assessment of the womens movement, and may term the community gay as opposed to the more acceptable (today) queer or LGBT, it remains a significant vocalization from a silenced community, of the essentiality of thinking in terms of community, something that in many quarters, is still missing today.Do post your comments and suggestions on the blog. Happy reading!Much love,MarioINDIAN GAYS: IN SEARCH OF IDENTITYDo Indian gays suffer from a sort of identity crisis? Yes, they do. The intellectual milieu is fully aware of the situation. The common man, rather the non-intellectuals, are too conscious of the whole thing, and the moralists, and there are many, try hard to interpret it as something humanly unusable, sinister in nature, and dangerous for Indian classical culture and tradition. Yet, all of them go rapturous to analyse the half-man-half-woman ardhwa nariswar theory of divinity! The epic works are full with
overt homosexuality and some of the folklores are replete with explicit homosexuality in the form of songs and dances and musical swoonings. One can still hear songs a gay sings in defence of his gayness: Chukri ka goolam nahi not a slave of woman...During the Holi colour sprinkling festival, very popular all over India boys and men dressed in womens garb and ogling passionately in company of men are too common a sight to comment on. Bengali Jatra, in not too distant a past, had men playing the roles of women on stage and off stage, well, your guess is as good as mine! Somewhere in Bengal theres a religious order where men serve Lord Krishna in the style of a sakhi a female companion and fully imitate the lifestyle of a real woman with names like sakhi Lohta, Radha...In all walks of life, Indian homosexuals are there either disguising as straight or openly identifying themselves so is the case of lesbians. At the same time, with the wake of womens
liberation movement India has its share of feminists from the elite and stinkingly rich in money and snobbery class but they are mostly phonies having nothing to do with the real problem the most crucial problem of human understanding! As a result, the phoni-feminists of India ostensibly calling themselves angry women using the sexual politics found them a happy niche in society columns. And the lesbian problem remained where it had been for a long, long time. And theres hardly anything that comes out to make people aware of its existence, except perhaps the womens dormitory housing women of assorted occupations or people directly involved in some sort of estrangement from their partners...In short, Indian gays and lesbians too form a silent majority in this vast continent and are hardly aware of the national and international scene. The slim coverage of news that sometimes spills over from the international {Article Truncates}
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[gay_bombay] [HistoriQueer 2] 'Legalise Homosexuality'
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Following is an extremely interesting and completely entertaining interview with a certain SK, described as the president of the now-defunct organisation, the Lavndebaaz-i-Hind in the August 15-31, 1977 issue of the now-defunct Onlooker magazine. Interesting, because (and we seem to be on a series of firsts in the queer movement on this blog) it was perhaps the first time in post-colonial India that an open articulation for a more positive recognition of homosexuals by the law was being made. Although, SK was asking for legalisation and not decriminalisation, which seems to be the more legally sound term, (and since the original interview was translated by the magazine from Hindustani to English, there is a chance that this may have been lost in translation) I believe it is very significant that the linkage between harassment, the law and law-enforcement was being made and was being publicly articulated in 1977. Interesting, also because SK gives us quite
a bit of detail about cruising areas in Bombay in the 1970s, as well as about the involvement of hustlers and cheaters (including some Shiv Sainiks) in the world of the urban homosexual. In many respects, the methods used dont seem to have changed too much in twenty-seven years. SK complicates his argument a bit by first stating that Hindu homosexuals were more cowardly in coming out than their Muslim and Christian counterparts, but this seems to be a function of the religious representation in his organisation itself, and in any case he later asserts that most people do not come out because they are afraid of society. The class implications of the interview are also significant because one of the first articulations from one of the first overtly activist organisations is being made by SK, a truck-driver, who speaks Hindustani, and if one chooses to believe what he has to say, someone who also seems to have great organizational skills. In fact, SK seems to completely
baffle the interviewer (whose name, interestingly, never appears anywhere) because he breaks every stereotype of what one assumes homosexuals to be. And this is precisely why the interview is so entertaining. Here is someone who is very masculine and has a deep bass voice and looks anything but a homosexual, but is so articulately flamboyant anyway, that he leaves you in complete and utter awe. The interviewer links the formation of the Lavndebaaz-i-Hind (which is translated as Homosexuals of India, even though the term lavndebaaz, and its Hindi equivalent, landya is often derogatively used to describe a person engaging in a specific sexual act) with the queer / LGBT movement in the west. All translations in parentheses thus ( ) have been provided by the magazine itself and all translations in parentheses thus { } have been done by me, with help from Parth.Happy reading!Much love,MarioLEGALISE HOMOSEXUALITYSK are the
initials of the President of the newly created Lavndebaaz-i-Hind, which translates as Homosexuals of India. He is 28 years old, very masculine, with a deep bass voice, about 5 feet 11 inches, educated till the SSC, drives a truck, a Muslim and looks anything but a homosexual. SK who lives in Bombay, talks to Onlooker about homosexuality and the harassment of homosexuals, which has finally made them organise an Indian version of the Gay Liberation Front. The interview was in Hindustani.ONLOOKER: Where was the need for Lavndebaaz-i-Hind? Surely homosexuality is not as much of a problem in India as compared to the west?SK: It would not have become a problem here if we did not imitate all the bad qualities of the West like rank intolerance of behaviour which society does not approve of. A friend of ours has calculated that there are around 1.2 crores of homosexuals in India. Surely that is not a small number? We have poets, artists, film stars and writers among our
community, yet we are being hounded by goondas {goons, and here, hustlers} and the police. There are more homosexuals in India than Christians and yet there is no decency to let us live in peace. Arrey, yeh kya insaaf hai, bhai? {What justice is this?}ONLOOKER: But why the organisation? What do you plan to do?SK: The idea occurred to me when I saved a boyfriend of mine from the clutches of a railway policeman at Vile Parle station last year. The policeman has actually tempted this boy by showing him his genitals openly in an erect state, in the toilet. (SK used an unmentionable Hindi phrase). When the boy touched him, he demanded his watch and wallet. Somehow by bluff and bluster we managed to get him out of the policemans clutches. But is this what a policeman is supposed to do to uphold the Sarkari insaaf? {Governmental justice} No wonder so many homos are being beaten up. These Shiv Senaites are most guilty. Some friends of mine in the Lalbaug area have complained
that the Shiv Sena boys tempt them, have sex and then beat them up for money.
g_b Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow : Jug Suraiya
For those on these lists who've been wondering about whether it was justified to attend or organize a New Year's bash in the midst of the tsunami tragedy, here's a nice piece that came in on New Year's day in the Times. Personally, I did not go for the GB party, though not because of the tsunami. I had planned on spending New Year's with close (and admittedly, straight) friends. In any case, I think I would agree with Jug Suraiya here, especially when he affirms the importance of not losing hope as opposed to dwelling on the tragedy, and thus concentrating on life more than on death. Happy New Year! Much love, Mario http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/977562.cms Partying is such sweet sorrow JUG SURAIYA When is it going to be politically correct to tell a joke again, go to a party, admit you're enjoying life? Post-disaster, how long should collective mourningas distinct from the individual grief of those who have lost loved oneslast? A lot of people and establishments, in India and elsewhere, cancelled their New Year's eve celebrations to show solidarity with the victims. Others decided to go ahead with the festivities, often with the proviso that part of the proceeds would go towards the relief fund: Partying for a good cause. Both views are valid and deserve respect. Disaster creates an aftermath of moral ambiguity. The initial shock of horror gives way to an insidious sense of guilt. Of course we genuinely grieve for the victims. But at the heart of that sympathy there is a small but irrepressible inner voice which says: Thank God it wasn't me. This is the guilt of the survivors, a haunting disquiet, as affective as it is irrational. That those who have died have somehow died in our stead, by some inexplicable calculus of mortality lost their lives so that we may live. Survival is tinged with shame. That we the living have, after the fact, allowed others to die on our behalf, death by proxy. Guilt sharpens grief, gives it a jagged edge. If we recognise this guilt we exorcise it as the specious spectre that it is. Thank God it wasn't me. The thought is as normal and natural as breathing. Or indeed as dying. Where in this is there cause for shame? Or of sorrow for the sake of sorrow. Life absolves the living. Thank God it wasn't me. It is not a secret wish for another's death. It is an affirmation of a celebration called life, of which death is also an inseparable part. The show goes on, with or without us. When will we know that it is time to start picking up the pieces? When we see that what we are searching for are not mementoes of mortality but fragments of hope. In the midst of death we are in life. This is a common theme in all religions and communities. After funerals, the Irish have 'wakes', a celebratory feast in honour of the departed. Mexicans have the annual 'Day of the Dead', when children are encouraged to gorge themselves on sweets shaped like human skulls. In Latin America, funeral processions stop en route to and from the cemetery to eat and drink at wayside cafesa practice not unfamiliar in Varanasi where the narrow alleys around the ghats are lined with halwais who do brisk business serving people returning from funerary rites. Among the mourners is inevitably a self-appointed jokester to provide graveyard humour: Haven't we left someone behind? Death, it seems, is too importantor insignificant, take your pickto be taken too seriously. Zorba the Greek dances on the edge of the abyss, upraised arms invoking the music of life that is sweetest on the brink of the precipice. Whistling in the dark? Or rejoicing in the light of a liberating sky? Lost in his dance, the dancer wouldn't even hear the questions, let alone waste his breath on an answer. Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online. Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses to messages (by clicking "Reply") will also be posted on the eGroup and sent to all members. If you'd like to respond privately to the author of any message then please compose and send a new email message to the author's email address. For Parties and events go to: http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,04497/srt,0/gaybombaygroup/?v=42&POS= Post:- gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives are at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: g_b satellite pic. of a tsunami
Yes Asfan darling, I was just going to say that. Plus that was a picture of a cyclone off the coast of Florida. Happy New Year! MarioAditya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Afsan, it was a great pic. But a small correction. It wasactually a pic of a cyclone not a tsunami.Best and have a great new yearAditya Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything.http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/WfTolB/TM~-> Group Site:http://www.gaybombay.info==NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTIONSEEKING FRIENDS? VISITwww.gaybombay.infoclick on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opensThis message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses to messages (by clicking "Reply") will also be posted on the eGroup and sent to all members. If you'd like to respond privately to the author of any message then please compose and send a new email message to the author's email address.For Parties and events go to: http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,04497/srt,0/gaybombaygroup/?v=42&POS=Post:- gay_bombay@yahoogroups.comSubscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]Archives are at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.htmlYahoo! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online. Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses to messages (by clicking "Reply") will also be posted on the eGroup and sent to all members. If you'd like to respond privately to the author of any message then please compose and send a new email message to the author's email address. For Parties and events go to: http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,04497/srt,0/gaybombaygroup/?v=42&POS= Post:- gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives are at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
g_b [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Screening of 'Mambo Italiano'
The Nigah Media Collective Invites you to FRIDAYS AT NIGAH Featuring a screening of MAMBO ITALIANO (English / 99 mins.) Starring: Luke Kirby, Paul Sorvino, Ginette Reno, Claudia Ferri, Peter Miller, Mary Walsh, Sophie Lorain, Tim Post & Pierette Robitaille. In the comic flavour of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Mambo Italiano is the story of how Maria and Ginos Italian world is shattered when their son decides to get a place of his own. They are relieved when Angelos childhood buddy decides to move in with their son. However, their relief is short-lived when they find out that Nino and Angelo are more than just roommates theyre lovers! And then the fun really begins Where: Saheli Office, Defence Colony Flyover Market (above Deez Biryani & across from Nirulas), New Delhi. When: Friday, 4th March 2005 at 7 PM (Please be seated by 6.50 PM) Fridays at Nigah is an effort to create a gender- and sexuality-friendly space on the first Friday of every month. Each Friday will see a rotating programme of sexuality-related readings, performances, films or live music in what we hope will become a community and resource space for anyone willing to question constructions of gender and sexuality in our society today. The Nigah Media Collective was formed in 2003 when a group of Delhi-based people got together to articulate diverse understandings of politics and social activism, and of issues around gender and sexuality. It has since evolved into an effort to use different forms of media to initiate discussions around issues of gender and sexuality, replacing the silence around these issues with progressive and inclusive debate. Contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online. Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses to messages (by clicking "Reply") will also be posted on the eGroup and sent to all members. If you'd like to respond privately to the author of any message then please compose and send a new email message to the author's email address. For Parties and events go to: http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,04497/srt,0/gaybombaygroup/?v=42&POS= Post:- gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives are at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
g_b Anjuman's 'Pink Triangle Day' on 23 March 2005
On Wednesday, the 23rd of March 2005, ANJUMAN the JNU Students Queer Collective is commemorating Pink Triangle Day. The Pink Triangle is a symbol that the queer community(s) around the world uses extensively to campaign around issues of sexuality. The Pink Triangle was used by the Nazi regime in Germany as a symbol to identify and persecute homosexuals in the same way as the Yellow Star of David was used for Jews. The Third Reich systematically persecuted all communities and individuals who did not fall within their definition of humanity. Many were sent off to concentration camps where they were exterminated under the Final Solution. These groups included among others Jews, homosexuals, Gypsies, people with mental disabilities, Jehovahs Witnesses and alleged criminals, who were made to wear distinctive signs of the criminalized group to which they belonged. Homosexuals were forced to wear the Pink Triangle. ANJUMAN is using the Pink Triangle as a symbol for commemorating the struggles of various queer people, both under Nazism and under other structures of oppression. Come join us for a march around campus. On Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Gather at Ganga Dhaba at 5 PM Songs at Godavari Dhaba at 5 30 PM Poetry reading at Sabarmati Dhaba at 6 PM Songs at Mahi Mandavi Dhaba at 6 30 PM Public meeting at Ganga Dhaba at 7 PM CELEBRATE DIVERSITY. WEAR YOUR PINK TRIANGLE WITH PRIDE. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses to messages (by clicking "Reply") will also be posted on the eGroup and sent to all members. If you'd like to respond privately to the author of any message then please compose and send a new email message to the author's email address. For Parties and events go to: http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,04497/srt,0/gaybombaygroup/?v=42&POS= Post:- gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives are at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
g_b [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Poetry Reading & Discussion on 'Love'
"Wise men say only fools rush in,But I cant help falling in love with you"- Elvis Presley and UB40This April 1st, come join us for an evening of poetry and music on the theme "Love". What is this thing called love? Is there only one kind of love? Can there be only one love in ones life? Is it true that "love knows no gender"? Tell us what you think... Ask more questions Bring a poem, a friend, or both. Where: Saheli Office, Defence Colony Flyover Market (above Deez Biryani & across from Nirulas), New Delhi. When: Friday, 1st April 2005 at 7 PM Contact: Nigah Media Collective, 98107-55476 / 98102-53342 Fridays at Nigah is an effort to create a gender- and sexuality-friendly space on the first Friday of every month. Each Friday will see a rotating programme of sexuality-related readings, performances, films or live music in what we hope will become a community and resource space for anyone willing to question constructions of gender and sexuality in our society today. The Nigah Media Collective was formed in 2003 when a group of Delhi-based people got together to articulate diverse understandings of politics and social activism, and of issues around gender and sexuality. It has since evolved into an effort to use different forms of media to initiate discussions around issues of gender and sexuality, replacing the silence around these issues with progressive and inclusive debate. Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online. Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses to messages (by clicking "Reply") will also be posted on the eGroup and sent to all members. If you'd like to respond privately to the author of any message then please compose and send a new email message to the author's email address. For Parties and events go to: http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,04497/srt,0/gaybombaygroup/?v=42&POS= Post:- gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives are at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
g_b Panoptic Bodies: Black Eunuchs in the Topkapi Palace
For those in Bombay, this talk on eunuchs in Turkey and their relationship with the architecture of the harem, may prove interesting. Much love, Mario The PUKAR Gender and Space Projectpresents a talkbyJateen LadonPANOPTIC BODIES: BLACK EUNUCHS IN THE TOPKAPI PALACEDate: Friday, 17 June 2005Time: 6.30 p.m.Place: Max Mueller Bhavan, Kala Ghoda, MumbaiAbstractThis lecture engages the disciplines of architecture, philology and theology to explore the notion of the harem as a forbidden and guarded sanctuary in both ritual and palatial contexts. The fantasme of the black eunuch in the Grand Seraglio has been a silent but persistent presence in representations of the imperial harem; either a perverse shadow in the margins of Orientalist representations or the epitome of loyalty in more contemporary readings. This paper enters the labyrinthine passages of the quintessential harem, the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, in an attempt to better understand the body of the eunuch and the nature of the imperial harem as an actual space. There follows a consideration of how the presence, identity and the subtleties of power acquired by the black eunuchs came to be embodied architecturally. In the process, it will be shown how the notions of surveillance and mediation - qualities embodied in the function and body of the eunuch - permeated the enclosing walls of the harem to infuse deep into its inner structure. Jateen Lad studied architecture at Cambridge, UK and has practised in London, Berlin, Rotterdam and East Africa and is design critic at a number of London schools. As a research fellow with the Aga Khan Program at Harvard and MIT his writings engaged architecture, philology and theology to explore the notion of the harem as a forbidden and guarded sanctuary in both ritual and palatial contexts. He is currently establishing a design studio in Pondicherry and is researching notions of display and multiplicity in the Hawa Mahal at Jaipur. PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research)MumbaiAddress: 1-4, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001Telephone:: +91 (022) 5574 8152 / +91 (0) 98204 04010Email:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Website:: www.pukar.org.in Too much spam in your inbox? Yahoo! Mail gives you the best spam protection for FREE!http://in.mail.yahoo.com Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses to messages (by clicking "Reply") will also be posted on the eGroup and sent to all members. If you'd like to respond privately to the author of any message then please compose and send a new email message to the author's email address. Post:- gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives are at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
