Dear friend, i can send it and someother discussions as well. ,please give me your postal address.yes,there are different voices.what i was writing about european context particular.
--- aryakrishnan ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Viswanath, > > > > One of the dangerous politics of the GLBT is that > they > > are supporting far right politics. > > Please donot talk from thin air. Where do you > substantiate your > arguments? What do you mean by glbt, very loosely? > Where do you > substantiate your arguments? Do you mean all the > lgbt groups in the > world? You must have seen the forwards in this group > also about left > lgbt/queer > > In the name of > > ISLAMOPHOBIA,New right political parties of > European > > countries are winning their agenda very > easily.They > > are getting a googd support from glbt > communitarian > > politics. > > WRONG! WRONG! > You please refer the debate by queer groups in the > west on Islamophobia. > The response from queer communities to the debate on > Ahmedinejad's > talk in Columbia university is also contradicting > your argument. See > my own post in this list on 10th of this month > (http://www.workers.org/2007/us/arizona-1011/ > > > In india,look at the position of GAY activist,Asok > > kavi who writes the pathetic conditions of working > > classes of Mumbai,but he is an out right > anti-muslim. > > Why do you equate Ashokrowkavi, with the lgbt > community in India. > There are groups like Labia in Mumbai itself, which > actively > participated in the post Gujarath riots campaigns. > 'Voices against > 377', 'Prism' Delhi, Nigah Media, Sangma Bangalore, > Vividha, to name a > few groups. Haven't you also noticed the > participation and debates > within Sahayatrika to other movements like the > anti-ADB campaign? > Nigah came in support for NBA, last year during the > Jantar Mantar fast > in Delhi. And also on individual capacity many > LGBT/queer people work > with various other movements. Ashwini Sukthankar and > Ranjana Padhi has > been very vocal of workers issues along with their > sexuality activism > > > I > > can support his gay activism but not anti-muslim > > politics. > > Well, that is good, your support is very much > needed. I also see his > contributions as very significant, particularly > coming out in Mumbai > in 1990s. And like many other queer people I donot > agree with Humsafar > trust's positions on Muslims. > > > in india,we also need such a critical coalition. > > I think that there is an already existing coalition > or presence. But > many times the presence of queer people in other > struggles is not > documented or acknowledged. This is not to blame on > the queer > community itself. Also we need to look, how much > other groups have > been able to look at sexuality issues? Sex worker, > kothi, hijra > communities have a large number of Muslim, Dalit > people. In fact, > there are discussions going on in the sexuality > circles on caste and > class, thought not on a larger level. But what about > other groups? > > Many queer people get politicised by the venues, > which even NGOs like > Humsafar trust provides. And lgbt movement in the > west has strong > connections with working class and black movements. > Genet has > travelled all the way from France by swimming > through the sea to > attend black panther meeting. And the famour rainbow > coalition of > black people, queer and many other minorities is one > example of the > American coalitions. I also came through a radical > journal of > seventies called gayleft, which talked of class and > sexuality issues a > lot. The link is http://gayleft1970s.org > > Aryan > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
