8/16 - Join SALGA at the India Day Parade

COME SHOW YOUR PRIDE AT

THE INDIA DAY PARADE!

Join SALGA as we march with the Sakhi contingent in our efforts
to battle homophobia, discrimination and domestic violence.

Sunday, August 16th 12pm - 3pm

Madison Avenue & 40th Street

A key part of SALGA’s reason for being is to stand up for South Asian LGBT people, let people know that we exist, and fight for our rights.

SALGA has a long history of fighting against discrimination and creating visibility in the South Asian LGBT community.  As part of this history, SALGA has sometimes marched in the annual India Day Parade and sometimes been denied the right to march, in which case we have protested the parade.

One thing which has held true for many years, though, is that whenever we have been present at the India Day Parade, people have remembered us.  We have made a lasting impression.

The young boy who was too afraid to come out to his family remembered us and came out at SALGA several years later.  The homophobic man who saw us with his family remembered us and remembered to mention his disdain for us years later to a casual family acquaintance (who turned out, unbeknownst to him, to be gay).

Writers and academics remembered us and applauded us for our courage.

Another truth which has also remained unchanged for many years is a sadder one. We have consistently encountered discrimination, both officially and informally, at the hands of other South Asians.

This year, our application to march in the India Day Parade was ignored and our follow-ups were not acknowledged.

But we will not let discrimination, disdain and narrow-mindedness prevail.  We will not let homophobia oppress us. Since we cannot march at the parade as our own contingent, SALGA members will march with SAKHI.

Please join us to stand up and show our strength, to show other South Asians that we exist among them, that we are creative, sensitive, and fun human beings who live and love just like everyone else.  Please join us to raise our voice against discrimination and to demand equality.

8/20 - Join SALGA with Ruth Vanita to talk about India’s historic court ruling

Join us for Brunch!

Don’t miss our upcoming brunch!

Sunday, May 31st from 12:30 - 2:30pm
at NIRVANA
Located at 346 Lexington Avenue between 39th and 40th Streets

Complimentary Screwdrivers and Bloody Marys
Brunch for $13.95 per person