g_b File - E mail problems?
Hi Have you stopped getting emails from this group suddenly? It is highly unlikely that your name has been deleted from the list. We do not delete anybodys membership until and unless the person repeatedly spams or sends pornographic/crude emails you might not be getting your mails is because your email is on the bouncing list. Some members have trouble with bouncing e-mails: Messages that are sent out by the group cannot be delivered to their mailboxes and are sent back to Yahoo. This can happen for various reasons, for example, when their mailboxes are full, or their e-mail addresses have become obsolete, etc. Yahoo doesn't tolerate bouncing mails and will deactivate these persons' memberships. It will, however, send you a reactivation request. All you have to do is reply to that (once you've fixed the problem with your mailbox), and Yahoo will resume sending you the messages. We will also send out these requests daily. Bounced Messages If you subscribe to a Yahoo Groups discussion group under one of the e-mail options (normal or digest), Yahoo Groups will suspend sending mail to you after repeated attempts bounce back. To see your recent bounced messages, view your Yahoo Groups preferences at http://groups.yahoo.com/myprefs and click Bounce history for your e-mail address. For more information on bounced-message handling by Yahoo Groups, search Yahoo Groups help for the word bounce. Why does it say my account is bouncing? If group messages sent to your email address are returned to Yahoo! Groups as undeliverable (bouncing), your Yahoo! Groups account may be temporarily disabled. Messages can be returned for several reasons: Your mailbox may be full -- try deleting messages from your Inbox. Your ISP may have a backlog of email to process -- contact your ISP. Your ISP may be blocking email from Yahoo! Groups -- contact your ISP. In many cases, Yahoo! Groups can automatically reactivate your account once the delivery problem is solved. However, in some cases you will need to manually reactivate your account: 1. Visit your My Groups page. 2. Look for a bounce alert near the top of the page. 3. Click the Alert link to reactivate your account. Email: modera...@gaybombay.in E Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay http://groups.google.com/group/Gaybombay http://groups.google.com/group/GayIndia Public archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html Rss feed: http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com/maillist.xml GB Internet Radio at http://www.gaybombay.in/gbradio Web Sites: www.gaybombay.in www.gayindia.org Orkut: http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile?uid=15084918632470824129 Blogs: http://gaybombay.blogspot.com http://gaybombay.wordpress.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/gaybombay http://twitter.com/gayindia Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gaybombay http://www.facebook.com/gayindia Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: gay_bombay-dig...@yahoogroups.com gay_bombay-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: gay_bombay-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
g_b File - Personal Replies To Advertisements
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g_b File - Essentials
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g_b File - Personal Advertisements
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g_b File - just in case you did not know
Hi. I am sure you are enjoying reading the thought provoking, at times funny, at times informative mails and also seeing the JPGs/pictures that members post on this list However, at times you may get a lot of mail and it may flood your email box. If you feel flustered and feel that there are too many emails, I'd like to remind you that you don't have to leave just to stop us from clogging your inbox. You have the option of 1) getting your mails in digest form (however you will not be able to see the pictures in this format) Daily digest ... once or twice a day, you will receive an email -- text only -- listing all new postings ... just click on the messages link at the top of the digest to go to the web archive to see any attachments.) 2) or you can view mails directly on the web... and choose the option ... you can see what's new on the website and still keep a clear mailbox. You will never receive mail from us if you do that. YOU choose when to visit us ... and you can check out what you like and can skip over what doesn't interest you. 3)no email option I hope this helps. The commands for choosing the various modes are listed below. Warm Regards modera...@gaybombay.in = == To write to the list -email to: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com To unsubscribe, send an email to: gay_bombay-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Want to read each mail individually? Mail to gay_bombay-nor...@yahoogroups.com Tired of too many emails? Want all your daily mails together in digest form? E-mail to gay_bombay-dig...@yahoogroups.com (You will not be able to see pictures/jpgs) Don't want mails at all yet want to be a part of the group? Mail to gay_bombay-nom...@yahoogroups.com Want to directly read mails on Internet? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/
g_b File - Photo Album
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g_b File - Tired of too many mails?
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g_b Re: 377 @ SC: News X Video Debate with Pawan Dhall
I dont think the guy talking from the side of gay community did a very good job, he was ok in my opinion, however he was far better than rohit bal on ndtv who could not even put together his thoughts to frame a proper sentence. i wish to see you aditya on tv from the side of gay community, i think there is no one else who can defend us better on these talk shows/debates. i think ashok row kavi also does a good job. --- In gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com, Aditya Bondyopadhyay adit.bond@... wrote: http://alpha.newsx.com/videos/newsx9-indias-stand-homosexuality -- -- ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY Development Sector Consultant Advocate (Regd. No. F-218/192 of 1997, Bar Council of W.Bengal, India) Website: http://adityabondyopadhyay.webs.com/ Notice to all recipients: Communication not intended for you but reaching you inadvertently needs to be treated as confidential and destroyed or deleted immediately. Use of such communication in a manner prejudicial to the interest of Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively, may attract legal proceedings which may be of a civil or criminal nature. Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively cannot be held liable or accountable for any and every communication reaching out through this email account that is an unaltered forward of another communication received by this email account, or a referred source available on the internet and accessible to the public.
g_b Tennessee
Lookin fo gay/bi men in Tennessee. 24 years old, i go to college, have 2 vehicles, im wit a female but really dont want to be (someone please help me get out). I'm on facebook if anyone interested, or just send me an email lets chat. holla at yo boi God please help Aditya to get well soon... From: Aditya Bondyopadhyay adit.b...@gmail.com To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, 23 February 2012 6:34 PM Subject: Re: g_b Need Help Please Style me,I am sure your wife is completely in agreement with your enjoying both sex lifes gay and straight. In fact she may be encouraging you.And given the fact that you are such a prime example of ethics and conduct, you must also be allowing your wife the same freedom to fuck around on the side with other guys of her choice. Wish you a long and happy married life.- Aditya B PS: BTW, how will you be sure of the paternity of the child born to your marriage..?? Just curious.. On 23 February 2012 16:29, style me style_m...@yahoo.com wrote: Before my marriage, i was in same situation. But marry with lesbian is not a solution. You feel some problems in starting, but slowly slowly you feel comfertable with your wife. After three years of marriage i am enjoying both sex lifes gay and straight --- On Wed, 2/22/12, San Patil sweetsan_pa...@yahoo.com wrote: From: San Patil sweetsan_pa...@yahoo.com Subject: g_b Need Help Please To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:16 AM Hi all, I am an educated gay and my family is pressurizing me for marriage. Now I have 1 option I am searching for a Lesbian who can marry me for conveniance. For society to showwe both can understand each others and be free individually Anyone can help me in this regards. -- -- ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY Development Sector Consultant Advocate (Regd. No. F-218/192 of 1997, Bar Council of W.Bengal, India) Website: http://adityabondyopadhyay.webs.com/ Notice to all recipients: Communication not intended for you but reaching you inadvertently needs to be treated as confidential and destroyed or deleted immediately. Use of such communication in a manner prejudicial to the interest of Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively, may attract legal proceedings which may be of a civil or criminal nature. Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively cannot be held liable or accountable for any and every communication reaching out through this email account that is an unaltered forward of another communication received by this email account, or a referred source available on the internet and accessible to the public.
g_b Anybody for Company in Houstan?
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Re: g_b Need Help Please
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Re: g_b Need Help Please
There is no God, so likely there will not be much help forthcoming. But I appreciate the sentiment. Thanks Masanzh Sanzh. :)) Aditya B On 25 February 2012 04:51, mansanzh sanzh sanzh...@yahoo.co.in wrote: ** God please help Aditya to get well soon... -- *From:* Aditya Bondyopadhyay adit.b...@gmail.com *To:* gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Thursday, 23 February 2012 6:34 PM *Subject:* Re: g_b Need Help Please Style me, I am sure your wife is completely in agreement with your enjoying both sex lifes gay and straight. In fact she may be encouraging you. And given the fact that you are such a prime example of ethics and conduct, you must also be allowing your wife the same freedom to fuck around on the side with other guys of her choice. Wish you a long and happy married life. - Aditya B PS: BTW, how will you be sure of the paternity of the child born to your marriage..?? Just curious.. On 23 February 2012 16:29, style me style_m...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Before my marriage, i was in same situation. But marry with lesbian is not a solution. You feel some problems in starting, but slowly slowly you feel comfertable with your wife. After three years of marriage i am enjoying both sex lifes gay and straight --- On *Wed, 2/22/12, San Patil sweetsan_pa...@yahoo.com* wrote: From: San Patil sweetsan_pa...@yahoo.com Subject: g_b Need Help Please To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:16 AM Hi all, I am an educated gay and my family is pressurizing me for marriage. Now I have 1 option I am searching for a Lesbian who can marry me for conveniance. For society to show we both can understand each others and be free individually Anyone can help me in this regards. -- -- ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY Development Sector Consultant Advocate (Regd. No. F-218/192 of 1997, Bar Council of W.Bengal, India) Website: http://adityabondyopadhyay.webs.com/ Notice to all recipients: Communication not intended for you but reaching you inadvertently needs to be treated as confidential and destroyed or deleted immediately. Use of such communication in a manner prejudicial to the interest of Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively, may attract legal proceedings which may be of a civil or criminal nature. Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively cannot be held liable or accountable for any and every communication reaching out through this email account that is an unaltered forward of another communication received by this email account, or a referred source available on the internet and accessible to the public. -- -- ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY Development Sector Consultant Advocate (Regd. No. F-218/192 of 1997, Bar Council of W.Bengal, India) Website: http://adityabondyopadhyay.webs.com/ Notice to all recipients: Communication not intended for you but reaching you inadvertently needs to be treated as confidential and destroyed or deleted immediately. Use of such communication in a manner prejudicial to the interest of Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively, may attract legal proceedings which may be of a civil or criminal nature. Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively cannot be held liable or accountable for any and every communication reaching out through this email account that is an unaltered forward of another communication received by this email account, or a referred source available on the internet and accessible to the public.
g_b Tuesday's Thunder
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g_b GB Party at Lets Scream on 3rd March 12– It’s a Saturday Nite Party
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g_b 377 @ SC: Daily Mail UK: Red faced: Government forced to backtrack after claiming gay sex is 'highly immoral'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2105557/Government-forced-eat-crow-gay-sex-howler.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Red faced: Government forced to backtrack after claiming gay sex is 'highly immoral' By AMAN SHARMAhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=authornamef=Aman+Sharma Last updated at 1:32 AM on 24th February 2012 he government landed in an embarrassing mess on Thursday when it opposed the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Supreme Court and then made a U-turn, inviting sharp comments from the court. The Union home ministry created a flutter when it submitted in the apex court that it was opposed to decriminalisation of homosexuality. Additional solicitor general (ASG) P.P. Malhotra, who claimed to be appearing for the home ministry, told the two-judge bench of justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. Mukhopadhaya around noon that gay sex was 'highly immoral' and against India's social order. [image: Proud moment: Gays, lesbians, transsexuals and their supporters participate in a gay pride parade in New Delhi (File photo)] Proud moment: Gays, lesbians, transsexuals and their supporters participate in a gay pride parade in New Delhi (File photo) 'Our Constitution is different and our moral and social values are also different from other countries… so we cannot follow them. Societal disapproval of gay sex is strong enough reason to criminalise it. It is an offence because it is unnatural. 'Gay sex is highly immoral and against social order and there is high chance of spreading of diseases (like AIDS) through such acts,' Malhotra told the court. Even as the hearing was on, an embarrassed ministry issued a statement around 2pm that it had 'not taken' any position on homosexuality. IN SAFE TERRITORY [image: People participate in the annual Gay Pride Parade in New York] Canada,Denmark,Norway, Ireland, Sweden, the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and New Zealand are among the countries that ban all forms of anti-gay discrimination. Not all these countries recognise homosexual marriages though. The statement said the Union cabinet had decided that the central government may not challenge the Delhi High Court ruling of July 2009 that struck down provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) decriminalising homosexuality. 'The ministry of home affairs (MHA) conveyed this decision to the attorney general. The ministry has also not given any instruction apart from conveying the decision of the cabinet,' the statement said. Soon after, another ASG, Mohan Jain, rose to say in the Supreme Court that he had been instructed to say that the Centre was not taking any stand on the issue. The bench, however, was not amused by the government's shifting position. 'The Union of India has advanced its arguments. We are not taking cognisance of your instructions. Never make such statements in court. It will only embarrass you,' the bench tersely told Jain. The apex court is hearing a bunch of petitions filed by antigay rights activists challenging the high court order. The next hearing on the matter is on February 28. This whole confusion stems from the inconsistent stand of the Centre on the issue. Even in the high court, the home ministry had opposed watering down of Section 377 while the Union health ministry had taken a contradictory position. Health and gay rights activists have been pushing for decriminalisation of gay/lesbian sex saying it is key for HIV/AIDS prevention and control. The Union home ministry said: 'The decision of the Cabinet was that the central government may not file an appeal against the judgment to the Supreme Court. 'However, if any other party to the case prefers an appeal, the attorney general may be requested to assist the Supreme Court to examine the matter and to decide the legal questions involved.' The 'clarification', however, does not make it clear whether the ministry favours decriminalising gay sex or not. It also remains a mystery as to how Malhotra advanced arguments opposing the HC order when the ministry had instructed the government's law officers to not take any stand on the issue before the Supreme Court. Malhotra was forwarding the same arguments that the MHA had made before the high court. The health ministry is still to argue before the SC. Reacting to additional solicitor general P.P. Malhotra's submissions in the court, lawyer and gay rights activist Aditya Bandopadhyay said the home ministry publicly distanced itself from Malhotra's statements. 'It is crucial that we acknowledge that the state and the law cannot be used as a tool to defend someone's personal homophobia,' he said. 'While the media has misreported the matter and blown it out of proportion, how can Malhotra speak on the part of the government when it has openly supported the decriminalisation of homosexuality? 'From home minister P. Chandambaram to member of Parliament Milind Deora - they have taken a public
g_b He who lives in harmony with himself
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g_b Indian government clarifies views on gay sex
The Indian government sought to clarify its views on homosexuality Tuesday, saying it fully backed a 2009 court order decriminalising gay sex despite the objections of a top state lawyer last week. During a hearing in the Supreme Court last Thursday, additional solicitor general P.P. Malhotra had called gay sex against nature in a submission that caused outrage among gay rights activists. Read more: http://www.desiboys.in/forum/topics/indian-government-clarifies-views-on-gay-sex
g_b As Gay Marriage Gains Ground in Nation, New Hampshire May Revoke Its Law
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February 27, 2012
As Gay Marriage Gains Ground in Nation, New Hampshire May Revoke Its Law
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
As same-sex marriage supporters celebrate victories in Washington and Maryland
this month, they are keeping a wary eye on New Hampshire, where lawmakers may
soon vote to repeal the state’s two-year-old law allowing gay couples to wed.
A repeal bill appears to have a good chance of passing in the State House and
Senate, which are both controlled by Republicans. The bigger question is
whether they can muster enough votes to overcome a promised veto from Gov. John
Lynch, a Democrat.
Based on party lines, House and Senate Republicans both have veto-proof
majorities. But this is an issue where party allegiance gets muddy.
In a state whose “Live Free or Die” motto figures into many a policy decision,
even many opponents of same-sex marriage wish the issue would just disappear.
Republican lawmakers with libertarian leanings, a sizable group, seem
especially unhappy to be facing a repeal vote, as well as those who maintain
that cutting spending should be the legislature’s sole concern. Both groups
appear worried about a backlash from their constituents.
Representative Andrew Manuse, a Republican, said in an e-mail that he would
support a repeal because he objected to government “using its power to redefine
a religious, social and societal institution.” But he added, “I really am not
focusing on this issue.”
Should the repeal pass, New Hampshire would be the first state in which a
legislature has reversed itself on the issue of same-sex marriage. In Maine,
voters repealed a marriage law through a referendum in November 2009, shortly
after the Legislature approved it. This fall, a ballot initiative will ask
voters to make same-sex marriage legal again. The California Supreme Court
ruled in 2008 that same-sex couples there had a right to marry, but voters
banned same-sex marriage in an initiative later that year. The issue remains in
court.
In a recent poll by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, 59 percent
of respondents were either strongly or somewhat opposed to repealing the law,
while 32 percent said they supported repeal.
Representative David Bates, a Republican, filed the repeal bill in January
2011, shortly after Republicans took control of the legislature. But House
leaders postponed a vote, saying they needed to focus on the budget. Under
legislative rules, the bill must come up for a vote this year, although
lawmakers could vote to table it again.
A House vote would need to take place by March 29, the deadline for the House
to send its legislation to the Senate. Mr. Bates said Monday that he was
working on ways to broaden the bill’s support in both chambers, like changing
or removing a sentence that states, “Children can only be conceived naturally
through copulation by heterosexual couples.”
“I recognize there’s things in it that some aren’t happy with,” he said, “so
we’re going to change it, get it to a place where as many people as possible
are comfortable with it.”
Mr. Bates dismissed the University of New Hampshire poll findings, saying,
“It’s just not credible to suggest the people of New Hampshire are the
aberration of the nation.”
A New York Times/CBS News poll conducted this month found that 40 percent of
respondents supported same-sex marriage, while 23 percent supported civil
unions for gay couples and 31 percent said there should be no legal recognition
of a gay couple’s relationship.
When New Hampshire became the sixth state to approve same-sex marriage, in 2009
— following California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont — it was
not an easy feat. The law passed with close votes in both chambers, which were
then under Democratic control, and with last-minute support from Governor
Lynch, who had preferred civil unions.
Since then, about 1,900 same-sex couples have wed in the state. The repeal bill
would not invalidate those marriages, but would allow only civil unions for gay
couples moving forward.
Same-sex couples can currently marry in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New York, Vermont and the District of Columbia. Lawmakers in
Washington State approved a same-sex marriage law this month, and Gov. Martin
O’Malley
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g_b Why it would be wrong to legalise gay marriage, by the Archbishop of Canterbury
Why it would be wrong to legalise gay marriage, by the Archbishop of Canterbury By Steve Doughty The law has no right to legalise same-sex marriage, the Archbishop of Canterbury declared yesterday. Dr Rowan Williams said a new marriage law for gay couples would amount to forcing unwanted change on the rest of the nation. He also said it would be wrong to legalise assisted dying because of the threat it would pose to the vulnerable and because it would go against the beliefs of most people. In a key speech on human rights, the head of the Anglican Church put his weight behind other leading clergy who have launched a powerful campaign to prevent David Cameron from going ahead with his plan to allow the full rights of marriage to same-sex couples. Dr Williams’s predecessor in Lambeth Palace, Lord Carey, notably told the Mail last week that same-sex marriage laws would be ‘one of the greatest political power grabs in history’. Dr Williams’s statement means the Prime Minister now knows he will face opposition from the liberal-minded leadership of the Church of England – as well as its determined traditionalists – if he continues on the track towards legalised gay marriage. The Archbishop said human rights law ‘falls short of a legal charter to promote change in institutions’. Dr Williams added: ‘If it is said that a failure to legalise assisted suicide – or same-sex marriage – perpetuates stigma or marginalisation for some people, the reply must be, I believe, that issues like stigma and marginalisation have to be addressed at the level of culture rather than law.’ The Archbishop indicated to MPs earlier this week that CofE churches would never be used to solemnise gay marriages and Anglican officials underlined that the Church says marriage must remain a union between a man and a woman. Dr Williams’s intervention in the argument yesterday, in a speech to a World Council of Churches gathering in Geneva, echoed, in typically mild academic language, the sentiments expressed by Lord Carey. The Archbishop has long been a personal supporter of gay rights and his lecture yesterday insisted Christians must accept that gay equality laws are here to stay. But he has also listened to the concerns of traditional Christian believers since he began his career at Lambeth Palace in 2003 by refusing to allow an openly gay cleric to take a post as a CofE bishop. His remarks yesterday came after Coalition ministers insisted they would go ahead with a same-sex marriage law whatever the churches say. Equality minister Lynne Featherstone said last week the churches did not own marriage law. She added a same-sex marriage law would be ‘about the underlying principles of family, society and personal freedoms’. Mr Cameron declared for same-sex marriage last autumn, saying: ‘Conservatives believe in the ties that bind us; that society is stronger when we make vows to each other and support each other. ‘I don’t support gay marriage in spite of being a Conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a Conservative.’ A consultation document on how a gay marriage law would work is due out shortly. Dr Williams said in his speech that same-sex marriage law was wrong because it tried to impose cultural change. He added human rights language could be ‘confused and artificial’ when it strayed from protecting the vulnerable. It could become ‘an alien culture, pressing the imperatives of universal equality over all local custom and affinity’. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107971/Why-wrong-legalise-gay-marriage-Archbishop-Canterbury.html#ixzz1nkcZ0Lh3
g_b Prayatna Pune Event: Film Screening Discussion - Memories In March ( 11th Mar sun, 4 to 7pm)
Prayatna Film Screening Discussion - Memories In March Sunday March 11, 4 to 7 pm at Open Space, Pune On March 18, Prayatna Pune is having its first ever Parents meet. In keeping with that theme, our film for March is the Rituparno Ghosh written film Memories In March, which won the 2011 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English. This film is essentially an 'ode to grief'. This is a simple story of a mother finding it hard to come to terms with and to switch her emotions between her son's sudden death his homosexuality hitherto unknown to her. It shows a strong bonding which develops between the mother and his lover who also greatly feels the loss of his boyfriend. It is an emotional drama based on real life experiences. Some of the scenes are so well-written that they seem like a page out of everyday life. Details - Deepti Naval plays the role of Aarti Mishra who is a 50 year old divorcée and lives in Delhi. Her husband lives in the US with another woman, Claudia. Her twenty-eight years old only son (Siddharth) works as an executive of an ad agency in Kolkata enjoying a lavish lifestyle. He dies in a car accident in Kolkata. For this reason Aarti goes to Kolkata to complete the last rituals and to get her deceased son's belongings. In her four-day stay on Kolkata, she is helped by her son's colleagues, Raima Sen (as Shahana) and Rituparno Ghosh (as Arnob). There and through his friends she learns of her son's secret engagement in a gay relationship with Arnob. The information comes to her as a deadly blow as she always thought her son to be a normal man with the usual sexual attractions. She is devastated to know the naked truth and initially puts the blame of 'seducing' her son on Arnob. She finds it next to impossible to come to terms with the real story. It surprises her as to how her son could have overlooked the beauty of Shahana and be involved with bald Arnob. She laments that if only she knew of her son's such relationship earlier, she could have shown him to a psychiatrist and got him relief. It is gradually that she learns and begins to accept that it was her son's preference to be with Arnob with no fault of his boyfriend. Along with carrying back the belongings of her son, she is overburdened to carry back with her the truth of her son's secret gay life. A bonding develops between Aarti and Arnob over the common loss, she at the loss of her only son and he at the loss of his only partner. Subtle, quiet, tender yet very lyrical, this film definitely strikes a chord with the heartstrings, however without any melodrama. It's about leaving a piece of yourself behind with your loved ones, like what Siddharth did and what Aarti does. The extraordinary performance by Deepti Naval - her emotions, her inner turmoil in not being able to accept her son's sexuality at first finally coming to terms with it - are moving. To top that is a splendid background musical score. For us gays, the movie's biggest plus is the sensibility sensitivity with which it looks at homosexuality as a normal fact of life. So lets not miss this wonderful opportunity to see such a sensitive movie together then share our feelings. Do come! Sunday March 11, 2012, from 4 to 7 pm at Open Space, B-301, Kanchanjunga building, Kanchan lane, off Law College road, Pune 411004 [Kanchan lane is the lane between Barista Krishna Dining Hall on law college road. Kanchanjunga bldg is almost at the end of the lane ( 3rd last building) on your left.] Looking forward to seeing you there. -Team Prayatna
g_b Thursday's Thunder
After experiencing the discomfort and embarrassment of a colonoscopy in Cold Lake , I decided to have my next one carried out while visiting friends in San Francisc o, where the beautiful nurses are allegedly much more gentle and accommodating. As I lay naked on my side on the table, the nurse began my procedure. Don't worry, at this stage of the procedure it's quite normal to get an erection, the nurse told me. I haven't got an erection, I replied. No, but I have, replied the nurse. Lesson: Get a colonoscopy in San Francisco .
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g_b apologies and (partial) update
First, apologies to everyone for not being able to post updates on the 377 case this week. The reasons are both personal and general and I'll do my best to rectify them. For the record, the case was heard over Tuesday (28/2), Wednesday (29/2) and Thursday (1/3) and now is on hold for 10 days until the Supreme Court comes back from its Holi break. I wasn't able to post updates partly because I had work in Nasik and while I had thought I'd be able to get and post info, in the place I was, really way out in the countryside, I found of course that my Internet connection disappeared. I had feared this might happen, but the reason I felt I could take this trip was because I didn't really anticipate much to happen this week. This was because it looked like this week, and quite some time more, would be devoted to all our many opponents. The Bench has given the first lawyer, for Koushal, a regular amount of time, but had given the second lawyer, for the Delhi Commission on Child Rights, a lot of time, and while it was unlikely all the others would get as much, I still thought they'd get a fair amount of time, and in total this phase would go on for quite a while. But in fact what happened on Tuesday was that the judges indicated that they did not want proceedings to stretch out at length, and the lawyers were given the signal that they should hurry up, because they wanted to start listening to Fali Nariman, who as the seniormost counsel in the case would kick off the arguments from our side. Some of our opponents were given a decent amount of time, like JACK, perhaps in view of the fact that they have been the most devoted opponents from early on in the Delhi High Court. They were given about an hour and a half today. But then just before lunch the time given to our opponents came to an end, and Fali Nariman got up to speak. What this means, as far as the minutes goes, is that the people who were compiling the information were simply too busy with preparations for our arguments to pass on detailed information to me, so I simply had nothing to post. I am trying to put together this information in the break that now starts and I will try and post a consolidated account of what happened in the last few days by this weekend. And a lot happened! This seems to have been a rather roller coaster few days in the case! This was only to be expected, I guess, when you have a group of determined haters out to spew their worst, but I gather that it was really difficult to hear some of the stuff that came up. I realise one should take a detached attitude to this, that some stuff is said for effect, that one shouldn't take things personally, that a lot of what was said was so ridiculous that it should be discounted but I don't think it could have been easy to hear. I don't think anything can be assumed about what the judges felt about all this, but I think one thing is clear that these are judges that are going to methodically go through all aspects of this case, good or bad, serious or silly. So they would sometimes have seemed hard on the arguments, sometimes receptive, and they will do the same with the lawyers on our side and no real conclusion can be drawn from anything they say, which might be reported in the media. I do a few core issues are coming up. There is the question about whether this is a sexuality, whether something like the homosexual community can be said to exist, or whether it is just a sexual practice. There is the question of what decriminalisation might mean for other laws. And there is the question of impact, in all its aspects. Has the law really impacted people's lives? Is there real harm or just a perception of it, which might be unfortunate, but may not actually be due to the law? Has the decriminalisation that has been in place since the Delhi High COurt decision had any real impact? Are people less persecuted? Have HIV rates come down? What does it mean not to live under 377 - and what would it mean if the law was in force again? This is a really key question and perhaps its something we should be discussing and describing on these lists, an exercise we all can do in tandem with the courts. Do you feel your life was raelly affected when 377 was in force? Has it changed now that it is not? And how would you convince the judges about that? Finally, just before lunch Fali Nariman started speaking and this was clearly a moment that everyone in court had been waiting for. What can one say about Mr.Nariman other than that he is the seniormost and most respected counsel in India today. He is a legend in the Court, for his vast experience and abilities, the number of historic cases he has fought, and, despite his age, the sheer vigour and power he still brings to his arguements today. We can perhaps say this. When Mr.Nariman was approached by us to appear in this case - of course, pro bono, since we couldn't dream of paying the sort of
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g_b Love is ....
Love is, above all, thegift of oneself. -- Jean Anouilh http://lovequotes.symphonyoflove.net/category/j/jean-anouilh [183] http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=398285560198463set=a.2305920236\ 34485.80826.188411217852566type=1ref=nf More Love Quotes http://lovequotes.symphonyoflove.net/ Please support Symphony of Love http://www.facebook.com/pages/Symphony-of-Love/188411217852566 in Facebook. Many thanks!
g_b Happiness
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g_b QA Active Event Report - Transgender Sensitization
This was the first time that Queer Adda has organized a Transgender Sensitization event. A brainchild of Sachin Awasthi, we decided that events like this were long overdue. Two weeks before this event Urmi Jadav, a transgender, readily agreed to be the focus of curious questions from the members of a (possibly) awkward audience. She put our minds at rest when she said that she had conducted similar events in colleges and other places where the questions are sometimes hostile and trans-phobic. We were absolutely thrilled when Ashok Row Kavi said that he would like to talk on transgenders at the event. Pallav and Vivek from Humsafar were more than helpful in allowing Queer Adda to use the drop-in center at Vakola. We had more than 20 members of a supportive and understanding audience. Our initial fears of an awkward audience were completely unfounded. The event commenced on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 5:15 pm at Humsafar Center, Mumbai with an introduction to `Dancing Queens', a group of talented transgender beauties, by Sachin Awasthi and a video clipping of their dance event organized for the second consecutive year during the QAM Pride week. Next we watched a movie, directed by Anirban Gosh and shown in Kashish 2011, based on the life of seven transgenders in Kolkata which depicted their journey of love, social struggles and daily issues for survival. Harassment by the police and customers of transgender commercial sex workers is just one of the million issues they struggle with. The movie provided a glimpse of what a person born a transgender goes through because the rest of society chooses to ignore their very existence. It was a fifty five minute glimpse into a world of hatred and injustice that exists right in the middle of our civil society; a glimpse that will open the eyes of anyone who is unaware of what it is to live a life of a pariah. After the movie Ashok gave a beautiful introduction to gender and gender identity. He explained the medical facts about a transgender. He also gave us a brief insight into the hijra community in India. Now the stage was thrown open for the audience to pose questions at Urmi. She unveiled her life story. She has struggled, she said, to reach where she is. Struggled with her family, our system, our society and our culture which simply does not accept her kind. Urmi shared the initiatives taken by an NGO which helps transgenders get adopted by families. Urmi is now adopted by one such family. This event was video-recorded by the students from St .Andrews College as part of their class project. Ofcourse, care was taken that no member of the audience was filmed. At 7:30 pm a vote of thanks was given to Ashok, Humsafar and their staff, movie director Arinban Gosh, Urmi Jadav, director of Kashish Shridhar, the students of St. Andrews College and all the members of the audience. Queer Adda thanks everyone who made this event a success. Queer Adda plans to organize more such events in future. Is it not time for us to be pioneers of a new society which would never have words like hate and discrimination in the dictionary? Here's an event report by a member of the audience who goes by the online name of Mr. Smart: This might not be the a very professional report for the event organized in Hamsafar today, but something that I would like to put forward straight from my heart. A big thank for this initiative and thanks to Ashok and Urmi for taking us through the life of a transgender/Hijra. The group size was approx 20 and Sachin took us through the agenda for the day. There was a glimpse over the performance of Dancing queens. Yes, dancing is one mean of their source of income. And a short film in Bangla about the Hijras, their life, their acceptance in the society, their problems, their ambition, the source of income, difficulty for an individual to adopt them, government support and so on. Ashok helped us understanding what we are biologically, what transgenders are and explored the concept of behaviour, desire, orientation and so on through `His Four Balls'. There were many question asked to Urmi, for us to understand how she faces the society, what is Hijra community like, how could we differentiate a cross dresser and a Hijra, their marriage, their communities acceptance for them to work in an organization. With change in time will the culture in Hijra community change? Will we start accepting them in our society? Do they face similar problems in life as gays do? Is there a need of education in hijra community? If they can earn more in begging why will they join a 9-6 job? Are they safe in this society, if they would be attacked by someone, will the police take any action? The list of question would keep increasing . We will get answers of all these questions if we work hand in hand and not as two different groups.
g_b 377 @ SC: TOI: Supreme Court directs Centre to provide number of homosexuals in India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Supreme-Court-directs-Centre-to-provide-number-of-homosexuals-in-India/articleshow/12095957.cms Supreme Court directs Centre to provide number of homosexuals in India PTI | Mar 1, 2012, 01.50PM IST NEW DELHI: Expressing displeasure for not furnishing details of homosexuals' population, the Supreme Court today asked for all relevant records from the Centre about LGBT ( lesbianhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/lesbian ,gay http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/gay, bisexual and transgenderhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/bisexual-and-transgender) people, including their number and the number of HIV-infected among them. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya said the data which was put before the Delhi High Courthttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Delhi-High-Court has not been placed here and directed the Centre to provide the entire information on the next date of hearing. The bench also pulled up the government and its officials for not doing their homework in the case. You should have done your homework before coming to the court the bench told an official, appearing in the court. Observing that it was stated in the high court in 2009 that eight per cent of homosexuals were HIV infected, the bench queried about the latest figure on the LGBT population and their numbers inflicted with the deadly infection. The government, however, contended that there are 23.9 lakh people infected with HIV in the country. The apex court is hearing petitions filed by anti-gay rights activists and also by political, social and religious organisations, which have opposed the high court verdict. Senior BJP http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Bharatiya-Janata-Party leader B P Singhal has challenged the high court verdict in the Supreme Court saying such acts are illegal, immoral and against ethos of Indian culture. Religious organisations like All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Utkal Christian Council and Apostolic Churches Alliance too have also challenged the judgment. The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Right, Tamil Naduhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Tamil-Nadu Muslim Munn Kazhgam, astrologer Suresh Kumarhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Suresh-Kumar Kaushal and yoga guru Ramdev too have opposed the verdict.
g_b Homosexuals to perform at Nehru Trophy boat race
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/12092504.cms Homosexuals to perform at Nehru Trophy boat race TNN | Mar 1, 2012, 07.21AM IST ALAPPUZHA: This year, globally renowned Nehru Trophy boat race will witness an entertainment with a difference. Homosexualshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Homosexuals in the state have formed arts clubs under Kerala Aids State Control Societyhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kerala-Aids-State-Control-Society (KSACS) and will perform various cultural programmes at the event. We have constituted three self-help groups (SHGs) of homosexuals and around 750 men are actively working in these SHGs. Majority of these SHG members are artistes including talented dancers. These dance masters started training other members to perform various arts and we have also constituted an arts club under each SHG in this connection, said Sethunath V, a counselor with the Suraksha project of KSACS. This year, we are trying to provide a platform to the talented members of our SHGs to perform during the celebrations of Nehru Trophy boat race. Many of them have expressed interest to stage their programmes. However, some are not ready to perform in public to keep their identity confidential. We held discussions with the organisers of Nehru Trophy boat race in this regard, he said. Alappuzha district collector Saurabh Jain, who is also the chairman of Nehru Trophy Boat Race Societyhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Nehru-Trophy-Boat-Race-Society, told TOI that they would take a final decision in this regard only after holding more discussions with KSACS. KSACS's 'Suraksha' project district manager Nithin S Babu told TOI that they have been providing services to over 1,500 homosexuals, including policemen, businessmen, doctors, lawyers and government officials in the district. In November 2010, we started this project for gays in the district. Our project is aiming to provide a safe and healthy life to homosexuals. Of 1,500 members, around 600 of them have wives and children and are leading a good life, he said. Besides cultural programmes, the SHGs are actively involved in various other self-employment activities. They operate tailoring units, soap powder production units and also conduct beauty parlours for men. Each member of these SHG now earns Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 per month through their self-employment programmes, said Sunilkumar R, a counselor with KSACS.
g_b Book Profile: Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation
Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation by: Simon LeVay (Author) Oxford University Press Book Details: Publication Date: September 29, 2010 | ISBN-10: 0199737673 | ISBN-13: 978-0199737673 | Edition: 1 What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? In this book, neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain. LeVay helped create this field in 1991 with a much-publicized study in * Science*, where he reported on a difference in the brain structure between gay and straight men. Since then, an entire scientific discipline has sprung up around the quest for a biological explanation of sexual orientation. In this book, LeVay provides a clear explanation of where the science stands today, taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of laboratories that specialize in genetics, endocrinology, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, and family demographics. He describes, for instance, how researchers have manipulated the sex hormone levels of animals during development, causing them to mate preferentially with animals of their own gender. LeVay also reports on the prevalence of homosexual behavior among wild animals, ranging from Graylag geese to the Bonobo chimpanzee. Although many details remain unresolved, the general conclusion is quite clear: A person's sexual orientation arises in large part from biological processes that are already underway before birth. LeVay also makes it clear that these lines of research have a lot of potential because--far from seeking to discover what went wrong in the lives of gay people, attempting to develop cures for homosexuality, or returning to traditional explanations that center on parent-child relationships, various forms of training, or early sexual experiences--our modern scientists are increasingly seeing sexual variety as something to be valued, celebrated, and welcomed into society. Check URL: http://www.amazon.com/Gay-Straight-Reason-WhOrientation/dp/0199737673/ref=cm_cr_dp_orig_subj
g_b Greater acceptance of gay sex in India: Survey
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Greater-acceptance-of-gay-sex-in-India--Survey/914424/ Greater acceptance of gay sex in India: Survey Posted: Feb 20, 2012 at 1654 hrs IST *New Delhi* There has been greater societal acceptance and decrease in police harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community after the Delhi High Court's landmark verdict of banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, a report said. The research by Haryana-based Jindal Global Law School has found that the High Court's judgement passed in July 2009 on decriminalisation of gay sex led to increased self- confidence of LGBT members and there has been a positive impact of the verdict. There is a growing societal acceptance for Gay, MSM and Kothi men. Many respondents (LGBT members) stated that the societal perception of homosexuals is changing and people were treating them with respect, said the report of a research team from the Centre for Health Law, Ethics and Technology (CHLET) at the law school. The study, first of its kind after the High Court's verdict, assumes significance as the Supreme Court is hearing a bunch of petition filed by anti-gay rights groups challenging High Court's verdict of legalising gay sex. Gay sex was earlier a offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code punishable up to life imprisonment but the High Court decriminalised the act among consenting adults done in private. It is evident from the study that decriminalization of section 377 has led to increased self-confidence and self-acceptance amongst the respondents. Some respondents also reported that they could now argue with the police since they know there is no section 377 in the law books any more, the report said. The study reveals that police harassment has substantially reduced among MSM outreach workers, the report said, adding that media and movies also played a vital part in making LGBT acceptable to mainstream society. A statement released by the law school said the study was conducted for over a period of six months from February to October 2011 comprising face to face interviews with 32 members of the LGBT community. Professor C Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of O P Jindal University noted that, The study points towards the positive impact that the high court judgement has had through a first-hand account of those impacted directly through an empirical evaluation of the people who are affected by the judgement. The author of the study, professor Dipika Jain of the law school, said, It is evident from the study that there has been a positive impact on the LGBT community in Delhi and a country wide decriminalisation is bound to positively impact the lives of this community and their right to live with dignity. The statement said that a copy of preliminary interviews was filed as a part of the intervention by the legal academics in the Supreme Court. Kavya Kommareddy, a student researcher with the team said, It is heartening to see the law having a real impact on the people by giving them self-confidence and a sense of empowerment and courage to fight for their rights.
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Indian government clarifies views on gay sex - Posted by Naman http://www.desiboys.in/profile/NamMyohoRengeKyo on February 28, 2012 at 3:57pm in Art and Entertainmenthttp://www.desiboys.in/forum/categories/art-and-entertainment/listForCategory - Send Messagehttp://www.desiboys.in/forum/topics/indian-government-clarifies-views-on-gay-sex# View Discussionshttp://www.desiboys.in/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=37f2hws9vbgwc The Indian government sought to clarify its views on homosexuality Tuesday, saying it fully backed a 2009 court order decriminalising gay sex despite the objections of a top state lawyer last week. During a hearing in the Supreme Court last Thursday, additional solicitor general P.P. Malhotra had called gay sex against nature in a submission that caused outrage among gay rights activists. The home ministry later sought to disown the comments, causing confusion about the government's stance on the highly sensitive social issue. On Tuesday, another additional solicitor general, Mohan Jain, stressed that his views were those of the government, which he said fully supported a Delhi High Court decision in 2009 to decriminalise gay sex. It's a government of India decision that there is no legal error in the judgment of the Delhi High Court, Mohan told the Supreme Court, which is hearing several appeals seeking to overturn the decriminalisation decision. The government was pulled up in the Supreme Court today for the many different stands it has taken in court on whether gay sex is unconstitutional. Appearing for the government, the Additional Solicitor General today told the court that the Centre does not oppose the judgement of the Delhi High Court on the matter. In that landmark ruling in 2009, the High Court decriminalised gay sex between consenting adults. Don't make a mockery of the system, said the Supreme Court judges, pointing out that just last week, the Ministry of Home Affairs had, through a senior government lawyer, stated that homosexuality is immoral and against nature and should be banned. Additional Solicitor General PP Malhotra had said he was representing the Home Ministry when he urged the Supreme Court to reverse the High Court's verdict. The Home Ministry had then corrected him, clarifying through a statement that it has not taken any position on homosexuality. Different ministries of the government have taken stands in court that are diametrically opposite. The Health Ministry today said it sees no legal error in the High Court judgement. The Supreme Court is hearing more than a dozen petitions filed to overturn the High Court ruling that struck down a colonial-era ban on gay sex on the grounds that it was unconstitutional The 2009 judgment to overturn the colonial-era ban on gay sex was hailed by gay activists at the time as a major victory in their fight for equal rights and opportunities in the world's biggest democracy. A conviction for gay sex carried a fine and maximum 10-year jail sentence. Prosecutions were rare, but activists said police used the law to harass and intimidate homosexuals. source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/govt-in-trouble-in-supreme-court-...http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/govt-in-trouble-in-supreme-court-for-differing-stands-on-gay-sex-180568?pfrom=home-otherstories andhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/282010/indian-government-clari...http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/282010/indian-government-clarifies-views-on-gay-sex On 28 February 2012 19:29, desiboys1234 modera...@desiboys.in wrote: ** The Indian government sought to clarify its views on homosexuality Tuesday, saying it fully backed a 2009 court order decriminalising gay sex despite the objections of a top state lawyer last week. During a hearing in the Supreme Court last Thursday, additional solicitor general P.P. Malhotra had called gay sex against nature in a submission that caused outrage among gay rights activists. Read more: http://www.desiboys.in/forum/topics/indian-government-clarifies-views-on-gay-sex -- -- ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY Development Sector Consultant Advocate (Regd. No. F-218/192 of 1997, Bar Council of W.Bengal, India) Website: http://adityabondyopadhyay.webs.com/ Notice to all recipients: Communication not intended for you but reaching you inadvertently needs to be treated as confidential and destroyed or deleted immediately. Use of such communication in a manner prejudicial to the interest of Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively, may attract legal proceedings which may be of a civil or criminal nature. Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his agents respectively cannot be held liable or accountable for any and every communication reaching out through this email account that is an unaltered forward of another communication received by this email account, or a referred source
