Resources in South Asia

India

BANGALORE: Good As You, c/o Samraksha, 2nd Floor, Royal Corner, 1 & 2 Lalbaugh Road, Bangalore 560 025, India. Mahesh (80) 223-3218.

BOMBAY: Bombay Dost, 105A Veena Beena Shopping Centre, Opposite Bandra Station, Bandra (W), Bombay 400 050, India. For gay men and lesbians. Website: http://www.bombay-dost.com

BOMBAY: Humsafar Centre, P.B. No 6913, Santa Cruz (W), Bombay 400 054, India. Voice mail 91 (22) 972-6913. Drop-in center operated by Humsafar Trust for gay men and lesbians. Meets Fri 6-9p.m. http://www.humsafar.org

BOMBAY: Stree Sangam, P.O. Box 16613, Matunga, Bombay 400 019, India, inforum@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in. A collective of lesbian and bisexual women.

BOMBAY: Udaan, c/o Boxholder, P.O. Box 6793, Sion, Bombay 400 022, India. Be discreet when writing; do not mention “Udaan” on envelope.

CALCUTTA: Counsel Club, c/o Pawan, Post Bag 10237, Calcutta 700 019, India. Annual membership gets you Naya Pravartak subscription, penpal listing, access to archives, counseling help. For gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals.

CALCUTTA: Naz Foundation India Trust, Calcutta Project, 468 A Block K, New Alipur, Calcutta 700 053, India. HIV/AIDS/sexualities and sexual health action group.

CALCUTTA: Parichay, P.O. Box 13003, Calcutta 700 053, India. For gay men.

COCHIN: Nikhil, Men India Movement, Post Box 885, Cochin 682 005, India.

DELHI: Naz Project (India) Trust, Attn: Anjali Gopalan, D-45 Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110 049, India. (11) 667-328. South Asian health organization.

LUCKNOW: Friends India, Post Box 59, Mahanagar, Lucknow 226 006, India. For men who love men.

NEW DELHI: AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan, Post Box 5308, New Delhi 110 053, India. Community work in issues of education, health, law, women, gay men and lesbians, professional blood donors, and drug abusers.

NEW DELHI: Humrahi, P.O. Box 3910, Andrews Ganj, New Delhi, 110 049, India. Meets every Saturday 7-8:30 pm (and ‘tries’ to move on to a bar) at Naz, C-1/E Green Park Extension, off Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi. “Humraz” Helpline: 685-9113 Mon & Thu 7-9pm; to volunteer call 685-1970/71. Website: http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/7258. Email: gdelhi@hotmail.com. Darpan newsletter.

NEW DELHI: Sangini (India) Trust is running a Counseling and Community Support Program for women dealing with issues around their sexual and/or gender orientation, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women. Contact: P.O. Box 7532, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110 070, India. Sangini holds support group meetings (if you want to join the support group, please get in touch with us on the helpline) Helpline: 011-55676450 Tue 12 - 3pm and Fridays 6 - 8pm. Email: info@sanginii.org or sangini97@hotmail.com. Please also visit us on our website: www.sanginii.org.

NEW DELHI: Women’s Network, P.O. Box 142, G.P.O., New Delhi 110 001, India. For lesbians.

NEW DELHI: Sakhi, P.O. Box 3526, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi 110 024, India. For lesbians.

NEW DELHI: Siddhartha Gautam Trust for Sexual Minorities and Survivors of Sexual Abuse, B5/207 Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110 029, India. Ashwini (11) 610-1391, fax (11) 685-5997.

SECUNDERABAD: Expression, P.O. Box 5, Bolarum, Secunderabad, 500 010, India. Email: expressionhyd@hotmail.com

VISHAKHAPATNAM: New group forming. Write Dominick, P.O. Box 203, Vishakhapatnam, AP 530 001, India.

Nepal

KATHMANDU: Blue Diamond Society provides a safe space for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersexed and questioning people with support, information, education, counseling and meeting & contact. Blue Diamond society publishes a weekly newspaper with the latest news and happening locally and around the world. For more information contact: Blue Diamond Society Shiv Bhakta Marg: 344, Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal - Ph: +977 1 4443350/4445147 Fax: +977 1 4438600 - Email; info@bds.org.np, bluediamondsociety@yahoo.com - Web: www.bds.org.np.

Pakistan

FAISALABAD: Hum-Khayal Publications, Attn: Anjum, 2 Jinnah Colony, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Publishers of Pakistan’s first book of gay poetry, Narman, by Ifti Nasim.

Sri Lanka

WATTALA: Companions on a Journey, 1003 /5 Park Lane, Welikada, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. (941) 072-87675. Gay men & lesbians.

COLOMBO: Friendship Sri Lanka, c/o Shan Gunawardane, 1049 Pannipitiya Rd, Battaramulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka. For lesbians and bisexual women.

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