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 Advertisements
Hi All 2 personal advertisements seeking mates a month are allowed on the list. Its unfair to others if you post your advertisement every few days. In the past, many have complained that they see too many personal advertisements on the list. So a restriction of 2 personal advertisements per month has been imposed. You may, if you wish, place your advertisement in the classified section at www.gaybombay.info as well. In case you want to reply to a members personal advertisement, kindly click on the persons email address. This will ensure that your reply goes to the concerned person and not to entire list which is what happens when you hit the reply button. So please reply directly to the advertiser and not to the whole group in case your reply is personal. Regards modera...@gaybombay.in 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 - Essentials
Chat Room At www.gaybombay.in or http://pub35.bravenet.com/chat/show.php?usernum=2998156902cpv=2 GayBombay Orkut is at http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=22091955 GayBombay Google group is at http://groups.google.com/group/Gaybombay PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS GROUP DOES NOT CARRY ADULT PICTURES OR LURID MATERIAL.NEITHER DOES IT CARRY ANY LINKS/EMAILS/ADVERTISEMENTS OF COMMERCIAL WEB SITES, ADULT OR OTHERWISE. SO DO NOT BOTHER POSTING SUCH ADVERTISEMENTS This group is not associated with any other e group or web site other than www.gaybombay.in Rss feed: http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com/maillist.xml Gay_Bombay, LGBT India,GayBombay,Gayindia.org,www.gaybombay.in, Gay India Group web site www.gaybombay.in
g_b File - Photo Album
Hi all, I just created a photo-site. You can view the photos at the following link - http://gaybombay.picsquare.com/album/Default Album There will be no nude pictures in this album. Members are welcome to send pictures of men, preferably south asian though not necessarily so. But please do send non nude, non porno pictures. Once you send the pictures, I shall try and add them to the album. Regards Moderator
g_b File - Personal Replies To Advertisements
Hello please reply to the concerned person directly in case you want to reply to someone who has posted a personal email. please CLICK ON THE PERSON'S EMAIL ADDRESS while replying to him . this will enable you to send a mail to the person with whom you want to communicate. if you click on the reply button, the message will go the entire group. it is unfair and many persons have complained that they do not want personal correspondence in their box. Individual personal replies to one another will NOT BE CARRIED on this list until and unless it is relevant to the entire group regards moderator modera...@gaybombay.in
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 - Tired of too many mails?
Tired of too many emails from this group? Hi All I know that this group has been generating too many emails. Many subscribers are flustered at the number of mails. Some of you might be thinking of leaving the group because you do not like your mail box to be clogged with mails. But just in case you do not know, you have the option of receiving all your emails in a digest mode or you can opt for no email mode. That way, 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. (Or choose 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.) How ? Depending on what you opt for, you can send mail to: Digest Mode:- gay_bombay-dig...@yahoogroups.com No Mail Mode:- gay_bombay-nom...@yahoogroups.com Regards modera...@gaybombay.in
g_b now that you've tested positive...
Quite recently I got a mail from someone who recently tested positive and was in total shock and confusion and didn't know what to do. He had read some of my postings on HIV on these lists, so wanted advice. I am neither a doctor (yes, yes, despite my name, lets get the joke over with that) nor a counsellor, but just someone who's had practical experience organising GB events related to HIV and, after making that clear and suggesting he seeks trained help, I mailed him a few basic pointers based on what I've learned. And just last week I got a call from another friend who said a friend of a friend had just tested positive and again needed urgent advice. I sent him the mail I had sent the first person (after removing all personal references). I thought perhaps it might be useful to post what I had written on this list as well, as a reference point for people going through that situation, or for those of us who might have friends who test positive. Or if, as someone posted recently, you get a call from someone you had sex with who has just tested positive. I reiterate that I am in no way an expert, and I know there are some people more closely involved with the field on these lists, so I really hope they will write in with corrections and suggestions for what else to say. And obviously all this is just preliminary advice and signposts to further, more qualified advice that people who test positive will have to take. But such preliminary advice has its value and perhaps something on these lines could be posted on the GB website for further reference. So please take the time to read this through, and send in your questions or suggestions or comments. thanks, Vikram Now That You've Tested Positive... Now that you have tested (and been confirmed) positive you will need to find at least three kinds of support: 1) A counsellor with some understanding of gay/bi issues and HIV who can help you with the consequences of this for you and your family. Whether you are out or not, or have a supportive environment or not, will all affect your interaction with HIV, and it is best to be prepared for both practical and emotional issues, and a counselor can help with these. 2) A really up to date and knowledgeable HIV/AIDS specialist. This is harder to find than one might imagine despite the large organisational structure for HIV/AIDS. Most private doctors, quite frankly, know nothing about it and the ones with most experiences are in public hospitals. But these are not the easiest of places to visit and in any case their focus is, rightly, on mass treatment, and not quite geared towards someone who is middle class and able to bear some of the expenses of the treatment. In other words, the government/NGO system focuses, as it must, on large scale, free treatment and cannot be adjusted that much to each individual patient. But ideally with a disease like HIV, where each person's prognosis can be very different, this individualised treatment is needed and if you are in a position to get it, you must. 3) A physician who will treat your regular illnesses with some knowledge of your HIV status. While the physician should treat your illnesses for what they are, it is possible that it might be best if it is known that HIV is a background factor, so you need a doctor with some knowledge of this. This may not be that critical at the moment, since you are most likely quite healthy now and will be for a while, and this will not be an issue. At some point in time though it might, but hopefully by then you will be better networked with the HIV support scene. Getting in touch with a HIV support group is also a good option to consider at a later point. OK, but for now, you need to relax. What's happened isn't wonderful, but its not the end of the world. The problem with HIV is that it comes with all the stigma and fear and in your case this will be multiplied by concerns about your family. But you need to remind yourself that: a) It is just a disease, it is not a moral judgment on you. b) It is not fiercely contagious. The saving thing about HIV is, in fact, that it is a virus that is quite hard to get. You need direct contact of certain kinds of bodily fluid - blood, semen, precum (it is there in saliva but at such low levels you don't need to get worked up about it). The virus also dies quite fast outside the body. So you are not risking infecting people by just being around them. (I need hardly say that you have to be careful about sexual partners and if you have had unprotected sex with anyone recently then you might need to consider telling those partners). c) You can have a quite normal lifespan. One way to look at it is that you have acquired a medical condition like diabetes. This can be serious and cause all kinds of complications if it is not treated, but it is quite possible to treat it and build that treatment into your life. At some point you
g_b Force vs SBG
So after ages two Bollywood films are released this week which most critics agree are pretty good. Neither seems to have any gay angle (if some of the other releases of this week have any gay angles, I don't think I want to know, they look so awful), but perhaps we could recos about which gets more of a thumbs up from the gay community: - Force - John Abraham, which should really clinch it for the gay vote, and he's even more brawny from his yellow chaddi days in Dostana. And he's matched by Vidyut Jamwal who looks like he has, if possible, as hot a body as John. And yes, those ads where the two are staring into each other's eyes is rather suggestive... - Sahib, Biwi aur Gangster - Not all of us go for super brawn, and many of us have been turned on by Randeep Hooda's lean sexy look since Monsoon Wedding all the way back. Jimmy Shergill's pretty boy looks must have some appeal as well (I have always felt he would land up with a gay role one of these days), and here we have Mahie Gill as a diva whose drama we could love, even if we leave it to the lesbians to get turned on (though I'm willing to admit I could entirely understand why they would be). And many of us aer as turned on by the story and style, which is said to be outstanding. So, which gets the gay vote for this weekend?
g_b I’ve decided not to tell my parents about Rishabh, my partner
From a blog on Desiboys, available at URL: http://www.desiboys.in/profiles/blogs/i-ve-decided-not-to-tell-my-parents-about-rishabh-my-partner I’ve decided not to tell my parents about Rishabh, my partner Posted by zoheb khan http://www.desiboys.in/profile/zohebkhan on September 13, 2011 at 4:14pm I am not gutsy as you guys are, at least most of you guys online and I wouldn’t want to disclose my sexual identity to my folks around, and if they ask me who is Rishabh, I would introduce him as a friend from work. I don’t know how they would take it, or would they survive the shock. I feel so cursed being born gay and I have to lead this double standard life. Last year my best friend came out to his family and his parents disowned him. A year later even his boyfriend left him to get married to another woman, now the only thing he has in his life is his sexual fun. He sleeps with men as and when he feels like and is happy about it. I don’t sleep around like the way he does, but I don’t want to face the same grueling ways he went through. Our community doesn’t believe in gays and calls them losers. I don’t want to be tagged one and certainly don’t want my community back home to call me “Na Mard”. My parents haven’t yet forced me to think about marriage or settling down, as long as they see me everyday and I give the male folks the daily business statistics, they have no problem allowing me to have fun in life the way I want to. So where is the need for me to tell my folks that I am gay, why should i? I am proud being gay and in the closet. Tomorrow if I have to get married, I would do it, and yet lead a silent life of meeting men and am sure Rishabh would understand. I may open up to my would be wife, if I feel she will understand and ask her to empathize with what I am going through as well, am sure she would. If I ever have to tell my folks that I am gay and Rishabh is my partner, I would be killed, in our community “honor killings” is no big deal and I certainly love my life. Every night I pray to God almighty and ask him to take me away from this world soon enough, because honestly I fake my smile and pretend to be who I am not. I don’t even get a kick out of passing lewd comments at women when I walk down the streets with my straight guy friends. I hate it when I see Bobby Darling and the way he behaves, he certainly is not the icon for the gay community and he brings me shame, sometimes I wonder if I am a transvestite like him, but no am not. I don’t financial worries or even dating woes, I am well endowed on the wallet and the looks as well. I can have whichever guy I want and whenever I want, not at my place though, but I make arrangements and no one has to know about it. now tell me guys, if you were in my place and with situations like mine, wouldn’t you rather stay in the closet and enjoy being gay, without you having to open your mouth and confess to your parents about it!
Re: g_b Monday musing-Asfan 01-10
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