The South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association of New York City (SALGA) serves to promote awareness, tolerance, acceptance, empowerment and safe spaces for sexual minorities and people of all gender identities, who trace their heritage to South Asia or who identify as South Asian.
Our mission is to enable community members to establish cultural visibility and take a stand against oppression and discrimination in all its forms. We pledge to encourage leadership development, provide multi-generational support, work towards immigration advocacy, address health issues such as HIV / AIDS, and foster political involvement in the interest of creating a more tolerant society.
Posted: May 29th, 2009 | Author: Piali | Filed under: Events, Support | Tags: meeting, Support | No Comments »
SALGA Support Group - Saturday, July 11th, 4-6pm
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
This meeting space is available for people who trace their descent from countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet as well as people of South Asian descent from other regions, including but not limited to the West Indies, Africa, Southeast Asia, Canada and the U.K.
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Posted: April 20th, 2009 | Author: Piali | Filed under: Blog, Events, Support | Tags: meeting, Support | No Comments »
Your father? your sibling? your partner? your bestfriend? your daughter? your neighbour? your grandmother? your community? your cat?
What is family to you?
SALGA Support Group - Saturday, June 13th, 4-6pm
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
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Posted: April 20th, 2009 | Author: Piali | Filed under: Blog, Events, Support | Tags: meeting, Support | No Comments »
SALGA Support Group - Saturday, May 9th, 4-6pm
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
This meeting space is available for people who trace their descent from countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet as well as people of South Asian descent from other regions, including but not limited to the West Indies, Africa, Southeast Asia, Canada and the U.K.
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Posted: April 6th, 2009 | Author: Piali | Filed under: Blog, Events, Support | Tags: meeting, relationship, relationships, Support | No Comments »
Married? Divorced? Engaged? Dating? Single? South Asian? American? Hindu? Muslim?
Open relationships, One night stands, Family introductions…
Relationships
Come to SALGA’s April Support Group to talk about the complexities of relationships! Talk it out and get support from your peers!
SALGA Support Group - Saturday, April 11th, 4-6pm
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
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Posted: February 23rd, 2009 | Author: Piali | Filed under: Blog, Events, Support | Tags: facilitator, Support, training | No Comments »
Saturday, March 7th, 12-4pm
@ The LGBT Center (208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011)
Register Now!
SALGA holds confidential support group meetings every month on the second Saturday of the month for LGBTQSTGNC people of South Asian decent. A SALGA support group facilitator moderates and facilitates such meetings. The facilitator must be trained in specific methods of facilitation in order to effectively serve the needs of the community.
Are you Nepalese? Are you Muslim? Are you a Transgender person?
Do you feel marginalized in an already marginalized community?
Anyone of South Asian descent who is interested can become a support group facilitator. To address the diverse needs of our community it is important to have leadership from communities that are under-represented in traditional South Asian LGBT spaces. We especially encourage women, youth, elderly, bisexual people, and/or transgender people to come on board as facilitators, as well as people of diverse national or religious backgrounds to help us better serve minority sub-cultures within SALGA!
The training is FREE but trained facilitators must commit to facilitating at least one support group meeting in the following six months.
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