postal address? !!!!!!!! is it sarcastic? even a primary courtesy to reply to aryan's mail is absent in vishwanath's mail. european context!!! even a 'casual' viewer of cnn news channel will see many lgbt groups participating actively in anti-war marches.
On 10/17/07, C.K. Vishwanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
