What will People Say – Call for Submissions: Tamil LGBTQQ Zine
Announcement of What will people say collective and their call for submission for their Tamil Queer Zine and Blog.
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Rights of Transgender Persons Bill (2014) moved in Rajya Sabha: MP Tiruchi Siva
Full text of ‘RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER PERSONS BILL (2014) moved in the Rajya Sabha by Tiruchi Siva, Member of Parliament from DMK, Tamil Nadu.
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Update from Telangana: Pravallika case solved
Police dept. of Cyberabad has arrested murderer of Pravallika, hijra murdered in Jan 2015, and taken action against its own for sexually assaulting S.
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Grant for groups challenging Section 377 IPC
The US-based 377 No Going Back Initiative fund seeks applications from India-based organisations working to challenge Sec 377.
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A Journey of Faith: engaging Indian churches theologically on LGBT issues
Rev. Winnie Varghese engages theologically with Indian churches on LGBT issues in her book published in 2015 by Serampore College.
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IAS officer’s homophobia is old-hat
The social networks are abuzz with the news of a certain Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, Mr. C. Umashankar, at…
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The image of transwomen in Shankar’s “I” has concrete legal consequences everyday
The image of the deceptive, cruel, transwoman in Shankar’s “I” is a legacy of our criminal justice system, traceable to the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871
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Statement by Telangana Intersex Hijra Transgender Samiti on Sexual Assault of a Hijra Sister
Update on Feb 21, 2015, is here We, the members of Telangana Intersex Hijra Transgender Samiti of Hyderabad, request your…
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Smiley’s Open Letter to Director Shankar
Living Smile Vidya’s open letter to Shankar, director of the Tamil “I”, epic in its transphobia.
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In Support of Perumal Murugan’s Maadhorubaagan (மாதொருபாகன்)
We at Orinam add our voices against the call for banning the critically acclaimed Tamil novel Maadhorubaagan (மாதொருபாகன் – Kalachuvadu,…
