Websites of Relevance to Desi Gays

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Movies with South Asian LGBT Characters

Here are a few movies that have tried to portray a south asian gay character, either in a very small role or as central characters, in real or in a faux situation. In whatever little way, they all help in making the gay community visible to the South Asian mainstream.

#	Name	Year	Link
1	My Beautiful Laundrette	1985	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091578/
2	The Buddha of Suburbia	1993	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105963/
3	Fire	1996	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116308/
4	BomGay	1996	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115603/
5	A Mermaid Called Aida	1996	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117027/
6	Surviving Sabu	1998	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402513/
7	East is East	1999	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166175/
8	Stag	2001	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320525/
9	Mango Souffle	2002	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355740/
10	Bend it Like Beckham	2002	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286499/
11	The Pink Mirror	2003	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386499/
12	Kal Ho Naa Ho	2003	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347304/
13	Touch of Pink	2004	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374277/
14	Everything	2004	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417656/
15	Girlfriend	2004	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414714/
16	My Brother Nikhil	2005	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419992/
17	Chicken Tikka Masala	2005	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449000/
18	Modern Day Arranged Marriage	2005	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756320/
19	Best Mates	2006	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847810/
20	Yours Emotionally!	2006	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818705/
21	Gay Muslims	2006	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0778701/
22	Milind Soman Made Me Gay	2007	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123397/
23	Kali Ma	2007	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1015994/
24	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	2007	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808306/
25	Migration	2007	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043717/
26	Searching 4 Sandeep	2007	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067923/
27	I Can't Think Straight	2007	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830570/
28	A Jihad For Love	2007	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780046/
29	Rex vs. Singh	2008	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323538/
30	Dostana	2008	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185420/
31	The Ode	2008	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0835826/

For non south asian films please consider going on to http://www.queerfilm.com/

Location Based Organisations

UK
UK Based Organisations

US
US Based Organisations

India
India Based Organisations

Bangladesh
Bandhu Social Welfare Society

Nepal
Blue Diamond Society

Pakistan
Vision

Sri Lanka
Srilanka Gay Sri Lankan Gay Friends Online Network
Companions on a Journey : Group for gay men and lesbians (coj@sri.lanka.net)

India Based Organisations

InfoSem


Bombay
GayBombay
The Humsafar Trust

Delhi
Naz India

Chennai
Shakti Centre (Chennai) - Health Organaisation
Sahodaran (Chennai) - MSM Organisation
Movenpick - Social group

Calcutta
Plus Kolkota

Bangalore
Good As You - Social Org
SANGAMA (Bangalore) - Grassroots Org
Alternative Law Forum (Bangalore)
Aneka (Bangalore)

Hyderabad

Kerala
http://queerrightsinkerala.wordpress.com/
Anannia (Trivandrum), FIRM,
FIRM-Jwala (Trissur),
GAIA (Trissur),
Human Rights Law Network (Kerala),
Loveland Arts Society (Kollam),
Malabar Cultural Forum (Calicut),
Project Prism (Trivandrum),
Sahayee (Palakkad)
Snehatheeram (Kannur)

Tamil Nadu
Tamilnadu Aravanigal Association (THHA) - Chennai
Sahodaran - Chennai
SWAM - Chennai
Challenge - Chennai
SAATHI - Chennai
Snegyitham - Tiruchirapalli
Federation of Male social and sexual health programme - Tiruchirappali
Love india - Tuticorin
Kith and Kens - Mayiladuthurai
Naam - Dindigul
Males Social Movement Society - Erode
Gokulam - Madurai
Suder Foundation - Kancheepuram
LIAAS - Kumbakonam
Lotus - Kumbakonam
Sahodaran - Pondicherry

LGBT Resource Directory in India
http://sangama.org/node/10

UK Based Organisations

London
Naz Foundation

US Based Organisations

New York
South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association-New Jersey (SALGA-NJ)
South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association-New York City (SALGA-NYC)
Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY)

San Francisco Bay Area
Trikone - San Francisco
GAPA-SF Bay
Billy DeFrank Community Center in San Jose

Other
Massachusetts Area South Asian Lambda Association (BostonMASALA)
Trikone Atlanta
Satrang - southern California
KhushDC - Washington DC
SANGAT/Chicago
Khush Texas
Trikone-Tejas
Trikone-Northwest

Books about the Desi Gay experience

Funny Boy: by Shyam Selvadurai, 1994. A book wirtten about a Srilankam tamil gay boy in a war torn country.
The Boyfriend: by R. Raj Rao, 2003. Follows the personal life of an openly gay jounalist in mumbai.
Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, 1990.
Golden gate by Vikram Seth, 1986.
Babyji: A Novel by Abha Dawesar, 2005


Queer Theory in India: Towards a Gay ParadigmA Study of Gay Indian English Poetry: Art vs. Propaganda: the Findings
http://writeriot.blogspot.com/2008/02/thesis.html