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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International Resources

Australia
POTTS POINT: Hindustani Yaar, P.O. Box 1603, Potts Point, NSW 2011, Australia. Gay & lesbian Indian community.

SYDNEY: Gulabi Masala, c/o Pride Centre, P.O. Box 7, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia. Gay & lesbian South Asian group in Australia

MELBOURNE: Anbar, c/o 3/258 Rathmines Street, Fairfield, Melbourne, Victoria 3078, Australia
Tel: 613 9481-1424 (Sudath)

Canada
MONTREAL: Sathi: South Asian Queer Group. Salman M. Husain (514) 279-2031.

TORONTO: Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention, 399 Church St, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Canada. (416) 351-0131.

Khush: Queer South Asians, P.O. Box 6172, Station A, Toronto, ON M5W 1P6, Canada. Hotline (416) 925-9872 ext 2173.

Salaam: Queer Muslim community is a Muslim Identified Organization dedicated to social justice, peace and human dignity through its work to bring all closer to a world that is free from injustice, including prejudice, discrimination, racism, misogyny, sexism, homophobia and transphobia. SALAAM TORONTO: C/O 519 Church St. Community Center, Toronto ON, M4Y 2C9 Tel: (416) 925-XTRA Ext. 2209 E-mail: salaamvancouver@salaamcanada.com Web: www.salaamcanada.com

Desh Pardesh, intra-national organization exploring contemporary and diasporic South Asian culture, art, activism. 96 Spadina Ave #607, Toronto, ON M5V 2J6, Canada. (416) 504-9932, fax (416) 504-9973, desh@io.org

VANCOUVER: Atish Network Society, 107-680 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC Canada V5T 1X7. (604) 709-0411.

Salaam Vancouver N753-65.W Cordova Street, Vancouver BC V6B 8P6 Tel: 604 684-9872 ext.2293 E-mail: salaamvancouver@salaamcanada.com Web: www.salaamcanada.com

Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Pink Triangle, P.O. Box 11859, 50760 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Counseling, AIDS information.

New Zealand
AUCKLAND: Mastana, P.O. Box 52085, Kingsland, Taamaki Makau Rau (Auckland), 1003, Aotearoa (New Zealand). A mixed South Asian queer group.

Singapore
SINGAPORE: Action for AIDS, 62-B Race Course Rd, Singapore S-218568.

South Africa
DURBAN: Gay & Lesbian Collective, 11 Battersea Avenue, Reservoir Hills, Durban, South Africa. Christopher David (31) 821-309.

United Kingdom
LONDON: Naz Project, Palingswick House, 241 King St, London, W6 9LP, UK. (181) 563-0191. HIV/AIDS and sexual health agency for South Asian, Turkish, Arab, and Irani communities.

Shakti, P.O. Box 93, 28A Seymour Place, London, W1H 5WJ, U.K. Helpline Thu evenings (171) 837-7341. South Asian lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual people.

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Internet Resources

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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