g_b micchami dukkdam

[Sanjay Lulla]

With bowed head and folded hands I beg for forgiveness for any hurt or harm 
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caused to you. _/\_

Re: g_b Wednesday's wonders

[Mike Morea]

Repeat 



From: Asian 
To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: g_b Wednesday's wonders


  


--- On Wed, 8/31/11, asfan  wrote:


>From: asfan 
>Subject: g_b Wednesday's wonders
>To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com, gaybom...@yahoogroups.com
>Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 6:30 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>1.There was an expectant father who had spent quite some time waiting for the 
>offspring to arrive -at his in-laws place.
> 
>As his leave balance had gone into the red, he tells his father-in-law - " 
>When my son comes, do not call up office and say that I have become a father 
>of a boy, etc.  Otherwise I'll have to shell out a lot for parties etc. Just 
>tell me that the clock has arrived. This will be our code for the arrival of
>the baby." 
>The offspring does arrive one day, but it's a daughter. The father-in-law now 
>thinks - "If I tell him that the clock has not arrived, he'll misunderstand 
>that something has happened to the baby and come rushing over." 
>So he sends the message - " The clock has arrived, but the pendulum is missing
> 
>2.Three older ladies named Gertrude, Maude and Tilly were sitting on a park 
>bench having quiet conversation, when a flasher approached from across the 
>park.
>The flasher came up to the ladies; stood right in front of them and opened his 
>trench coat.
>Gertrude immediately had a stroke.
>Then Maude also had a stroke.
>But Tilly, being older and feebler, couldn't reach that far.
>
> 
>
>
>
>
>Couldn't understand the second  one :-( 
 

g_b GB Film Club screenings for Sunday, September 4th

[vgd67]

GB Film Club screenings for Sunday, September 4th 


As always we have a mix of films for this Sunday's screenings – some serious, 
some documentaries and some features, some short and some long. We don't have 
themes, but looking at these films I think there is a common one of coming out 
and coming to terms with oneself. Of course, that theme encompasses most gay 
and lesbian films, but these films work them out in interesting ways. 


For those who want just the titles and timings, here they are. For those who 
want to read more about the films, I'm putting more information below:


1.45 – East Side Story
3.45 – More Than a Friend / 365 Without 377
5.45 – Almost Normal
(Timings may shift ahead a bit, but as always after 10-15 minutes from the film 
beginning we won't let anyone in, and if you leave the hall you won't be 
allowed back in. The practical reason for this is that the entrance is close to 
the screen, so opening the door disrupts the screening for everyone. Please 
either come on time or if you're late, don't argue and try to get in, because 
it's not going to happen). 



1)  East Side Story

I don't know what sort of audience the producers of gay films think they are 
catering to, but when I saw the trailer for this film, I thought it was going 
to be a fairly stereotyped slapstick gay comedy, with lots of cute guys and 
silly situations. Nothing wrong with that, but not particularly interesting 
either. But in fact the film isn't like that, and while there are certainly 
very cute guys – don't worry! – what it really shows is quite an appealing 
story of a young man trying to come out when caught between two communities, 
the Hispanic one of his family and neighbourhood, and the gay community that he 
also belongs to.

Diego, who's played by the really beautiful Mexican-American actor Rene 
Alvarado, works in the restaurant owned by his family, along with his 
grandmother who brought him up ever since his parents died. He feels stifled 
there, partly because he's been to culinary school and wants to cook more than 
the standard Mexican food they serve, but mostly because there seems to be no 
chance of him coming out in his conservative Hispanic neighbourhood, especially 
when his life is dominated by his formidable grandmother and his boyfriend 
Pablo, who's a hot shot real estate who has sex with Diego whenever they can 
(especially in the houses he's selling), but simply refuses to imagine ever 
coming out. 

But change is coming because Diego's neighbourhood is changing – the gays are 
moving in! This theme of gays gentrifying neighbourhoods, which both changes 
the culture and increases property values, seems to be something of a theme in 
recent films – the Spanish film we showed recently, Boystown, was also based on 
this. The gay couple who move next to door to Diego, (very) hunky Wesley and 
his rather over the top boyfriend Jonathan, are hoping to make money on this 
change, by doing up the house and then selling it at a profit. Diego is both 
intrigued and intimidated by them, but most of the neighbours are horrified, 
not least Pablo, who like many closeted gay men is really homophobic. 

This part of the story, where the gays deal with homophobia is something we're 
used to. What's slightly different about East Side Story is that many of the 
(white Anglo) gays are shown to be quite as bigoted about the Hispanics. This 
is principally Jonathan, who's both condescending and racist, and all the more 
so because he senses that Diego and Wes are very quickly attracted to each 
other. Diego finds he can open up to Wes about being gay, in a way that he 
can't to anyone else – except to his glamorous, ditzy aunt, who suddenly 
arrives home to set things rolling. 

The other way the film slightly surprises you is that you're expecting high 
drama scenes (not least because this is what the trailer promised), but in fact 
most of it unfolds with more low-key realism than drama. This might be because 
Alvarado seems to be more comfortable as a quiet actor, rather than the 
stereotyped high drama Hispanic (his aunt fulfils that role happily). This is 
really his film, and he is very good (and very beautiful). The Hispanic 
characters tend to be a bit better than the Anglo ones, who are really shown 
quite one-dimensional, which is another inversion of how minorities usually 
come up on the screen. All in all, a really nice little film, and while I know 
many people skip the first film, this one is really worth catching. 



2)  More Than a Friend / 365 Without 377

Both these films, I think, have been shown at Kashish, so some of you may have 
already seen them, but they seem to be interesting enough to bear watching 
again. I haven't had the time to see 365 Without 377 in full, but the clips 
I've seen have been excellent and the other big reason for seeing it is because 
it's really about the queer community in Mumbai, so many of you will know many 
of the people in the film and

Re: g_b GB Film Club screening this Sunday, September 4th

[Sourendra Kumar Das]

Awesome GB & especially Vikram, looking forward to the films...

Ciao guys on Sunday :)

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On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:05 PM, vgd67  wrote:

> **
>
>
> Longtime list members will know that September marks GB's anniversary month
> and we celebrate this with a special round of events that spills well over
> the month itself. On the 3rd we're kicking off with our party and the next
> day, at National College in Bandra, we'll be having one of our regular film
> screenings.
>
> As you can see from the title of this mail we've made one small change in
> what we call them. When we started doing these screenings, many years ago at
> the Ayushakti Centre in Malad - anyone here remembers coming for those? - we
> dubbed our one day's worth of screenings of queer themed films a Film
> Festival, since it felt like a bit of a festival, getting together for an
> afternoon of queer films, snacks and gossip (right from the start, the long
> tea breaks were as popular as th films!)
>
> But this term was, strictly speaking, inaccurate, since a film festival is
> a fairly clearly defined format where the organisers ask film makers to send
> their films, there is a formal programme, discussions and usually a jury and
> competition of some kind. These sort of film festivals started with Larzish,
> the Bangalore queer film festival, Queer Nazariya and, in particular,
> Kashish which is doing it every year now in full style.
>
> With these film fests here to entertain and instruct us, it seemed
> inaccurate to call our screenings by the same name, so we've rechristened
> them the GB Film Club (a club open to anyone willing to respect the space
> and the others there). So that's what we'll continue doing at 3-4 month
> intervals with a screening of a mix of serious, documentary and pure fun
> films over a Sunday afternoon - and of course, the snacks and tea breaks!
>
> I've pretty much finalised the films for this Sunday's event and there are
> two good ones, but I'm still waiting for a confirmation on the third so I
> will put up the full programme by Wednesday. But make sure you keep next
> Sunday aside - if you've come for one before, you'll know what fun it is,
> and if you haven't, you'll want to come and check it out!
>
> More details later,
>
> Vikram
>
>  
>



-- 

-- 

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(Bengali: সুরেন্দ্র কুমার দাস)

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g_b New Book Released: Introduction to Human Sexuality

[Bindumadhav Khire]

 
Hello All,
My (Bindumadhav Khire) new book in Marathi "Manavi Laingikata ek Prathamik 
Olakh" 
(Introduction to Human Sexuality) has been released today. The book contains 
the following topics-
 Basics of Sexuality
 Sexual Problems
 Sexual Orientation- Homosexuality, Bisexuality
 Gender Identity-Transgenders, Sex Reassignment Surgery, Transsexuals
 Intercourse, Pornography and Sexual Toys
 Variations in Reproductive and Sexual Anatomy
 Sexual Harassment and Abuse
 Illnesses, Medications and Sexuality
 STI and HIV/AIDS
 Alcohol, Drugs and Sexuality
 Disability and Sexuality
 Reproductive Health
 Intertility
 Environment and Fertility Issues
 Female and Male Prostitution
 Hijara Community
 
Pages: 250. Price per copy: 225/-Rs
 
Currently available at Samapathik Trust, Pune. Contact: 9763640480  / Office 
Phone: (020) 6417 9112
Will be available at:
    Rasik Sahitya, Sadhana Bookstore, Ujjwal Grantha Bhandar (Appa Balwant 
Chowk) in Pune from 2nd Sept 2011 
    http://www.queer-ink.com  Online Bookstore for Mumbai and other 
destinations from 2nd Sept 2011.
 
Regards
Bindumadhav Khire
President, 
Samapathik Trust, Pune
Mo: 9763640480

Re: g_b Wednesday's wonders

[Asian]

--- On Wed, 8/31/11, asfan  wrote:


From: asfan 
Subject: g_b Wednesday's wonders
To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com, gaybom...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 6:30 AM


















1.There was an expectant father who had spent quite some time waiting for the 
offspring to arrive -at his in-laws place.
 
As his leave balance had gone into the red, he tells his father-in-law - " When 
my son comes, do not call up office and say that I have become a father of a 
boy, etc.  Otherwise I'll have to shell out a lot for parties etc. Just tell me 
that the clock has arrived. This will be our code for the arrival of
the baby." 

The offspring does arrive one day, but it's a daughter. The father-in-law now 
thinks - "If I tell him that the clock has not arrived, he'll misunderstand 
that something has happened to the baby and come rushing over." 
So he sends the message - " The clock has arrived, but the pendulum is missing
 
2.Three older ladies named Gertrude, Maude and Tilly were sitting on a park 
bench having quiet conversation, when a flasher approached from across the park.
The flasher came up to the ladies; stood right in front of them and opened his 
trench coat.
Gertrude immediately had a stroke.
Then Maude also had a stroke.
But Tilly, being older and feebler, couldn't reach that far.







Couldn't understand the second  one :-(

g_b File - just in case you did not know

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