Monday, February 2, 2009

Regional/Language Based Resources

Kanada/Karnataka/Bangalore
Good As You: A Social Group: A support group for LGBT people. Meets every Thursday between 7.00 pm and 9.00pm.
Email: goodasyoubangalore@yahoo.com
Web Address: www.geocities.com/goodasyoubangalore/

Sangama: (Grassroots Group) A sexuality resource centre. Tuesday to Friday, 10.00am to 5.00pm.Address: Flat 13, 3rd Floor, 'Royal Park' Apartments, 34 Park Road, Tasker Town, (behind Hotel Harsha and near Shivajinagar Bus Station) Bangalore - 560 051.
Phone: 2868680.
Email: sangama@sangamaonline.org
Web: http://sangama.org/

Sangha Mitra: A quarterly newsletter produced in Bangalore for LGBT people.
Web: www.geocities.com/goodasyoubangalore/


Tamil/Tamil Nadu/Chennai
MP (MovenPick) : A Social Group on the web. Started in 2003, Movenpick usually has meetings at locations in Marina or Besant Nagar for food and chat about local events, personal stuff, careers, HIV, university projects, families and dating (or lack of). Sometimes they will screen a film or go to a concert or to a restaurant or hotel bar. There are currently about 200 members on Movenpick's mailing list and typically 15-30 attend meetings.
http://www.globalgayz.com/www.yahoogroups.com/list/movenpick

Orinam.net: This website run by the members of the MP group, is a Tamil and English, bilingual site with information on alternate sexualities and genders. It is a space to speak to a wide range of people, including families and friends of those of us who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
Web : http://www.orinam.net/

Sahodaran: A Grassroots group: Working with a modest budget from funders such as NAZ foundation in Delhi, they have a well-developed strategy and plan of action to access people on the fringe of society.
Web: http://www.sahodaran.faithweb.com/

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