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.

Internet Resources

Posted: May 12th, 2009 | Author: Piali | Filed under: Resources | Tags: , , , |

Listservs (email lists):

KHUSH is a worldwide electronic mail discussion list for gay and lesbian South Asians.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khush-list/

DESIDYKES is a list-serve for South Asian lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered women. South Asian includes women from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal etc.
To subscribe, send a message to desidykes-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/desidykes/

GLAS: Gay and Lesbian Arab Society
http://www.glas.org/
The GLAS listserv can be accessed at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glasnyc/; The Ahbab listservs can be accessed at http://www.glas.org/ahbab/

HUMSAFAR TRUST: a community for sexual and gender minorities in Mumbai
http://www.humsafar.org

GLBPOC is a general discussion list to facilitate discussion among gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender people of color and their allies.
http://www.qrd.org/QRD/electronic/email/glbpoc

LAMBDA ISTANBUL a liberation group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people in Turkey. Lambda, Istanbul is the largest queer liberation group in Turkey . It was formed by a small number of gays and lesbians as a result of a police ban on Christopher Street Day celebrations in 1993. Since then, Lambda, Istanbul has grown in membership and aims to raise its voice on behalf of the gay communities in Istanbul. Email: lambda@lambdaistanbul.org
http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/world/europe/turkey/.

J-FLAG: Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals, and Gays
http://www.jflag.org/

Web sites:

Queer Desi Profiles on the East Coast (USA): queereast.org

SAMALINGA: Essays by South Asian Lesbigay community (including selected postings from the Khush list)
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/5838/

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