Gay Bombay

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Gay Bombay
AbbreviationGB
FormationSeptember 1998;26 years ago (1998-09)
Type Collective
Legal statusActive
PurposeCreating Safe Spaces
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Location
Membership6,000+ (As of July 2009) [1]
Core Members
Balachandran Ramaiah, Deepak Mehra, Harpreet Chhachhia, Jayesh Desai, Sachin Jain, Chetan Dhavse, Anand Makhija, Manoj Dimri, Ameya Phadnis
Website gaybombay.in

Gay Bombay is an LGBTQ social organization in Mumbai, India, which promotes LGBT rights. [2] It was founded in 1998. The organization works to create an awareness of gay rights through workshops, film screenings, and parties. [3] [4] [5] [6] The organisation aims to create a safe space for the LGBT community. [7] [8]

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History

Gay Bombay was founded in 1998. It is one of Mumbai's longest-running gay support groups, which has been hosting parties in different clubs since 2000. [9] [7] [10]

Activities

Gay Bombay organizes various LGBT events including dance parties, picnics, film festivals, film screenings parents meeting, trekking, cooking, speed-dating brunches, counselling sessions, meet-ups, gatherings, and discussions on topics such as HIV/AIDS and relationships. [5] [11] [10]

In July 2009, Gay Bombay organized a party to celebrate the Delhi High Court's verdict on decriminalizing homosexuality in India. [12] In 2008, the Queer Media Collective Awards was started by Gay Bombay to acknowledge and honor the media's support of the LGBT movement in India. [13]

It organizes a talent show every year, Gay Bombay Talent Show, to provide a platform for LGBT artists. [11] [14]

In May 2017, Gay Bombay paid tribute to Dominic D'Souza, India's first AIDS activist by showing a short film on Positive People, an NGO founded by D'Souza. [15]

The book Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India (2008) by Parmesh Shahani, [16] is based on characters and situations that the members of Gay Bombay experienced, reportedly to Mint . [17] [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Sheth, Niraj; Bellman, Eric (3 July 2009). "Indian Court Strikes Down Homosexuality Ban". The Wall Street Journal .
  2. ↑ Singh, Varun (2 November 2009). "'My son is gay and I'm proud to be his mom'". Mid-Day .[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Ahmed, Zubair (19 June 2003). "Gay Bombay comes out". BBC News .
  4. ↑ Nambiar, Sridevi (5 October 2016). "A Colourful LGBTQ Guide To Mumbai". Theculturetrip.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 Fernandez, Bina (27 February 2000). Humjinsi: A Resource Book on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights in India. India Centre for Human Rights and Law, 2002. p. 191. OCLC   60786252.
  6. ↑ "The Inside Story: Speed Dating With Gay Bombay". Yahoo! News . 8 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 Singh, Varun (14 June 2016). "Mumbai LGBT parties to go on as tribute to Orlando victims". Mid-Day .
  8. ↑ "New Statesman". Vol. 138, no. 4943–4955. New Statesman, Limited, 2009. 2009. p. 18.
  9. ↑ Ratnam, Dhamini (17 June 2016). "The party must go on". Livemint.
  10. 1 2 Ladha, Shubham (7 November 2018). "THE HOTSPOTS OF INDIA'S QUEER NIGHTLIFE". Verve (Indian magazine).
  11. 1 2 Joseph, Krupa (5 October 2017). "So You Think You Have Talent? Check Out The 2017 Gay Bombay Talent Show!". Gaysi Family. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "A night of jalebis and rainbow hats". The Times of India . 4 July 2009.
  13. ↑ "The year we really came out". Livemint. 29 December 2008.
  14. ↑ "The Gay Bombay Talent Show". Yahoo! News . 9 November 2015.
  15. ↑ Joshi, Premaja (15 May 2017). "Gay Bombay pays tribute to India's first AIDS activist on his 25th death anniversary". Hindustan Times .
  16. ↑ Shahani, Parmesh (2008). Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India. SAGE Publications. ISBN   9788132100140.
  17. ↑ Kulshrestha, Taneesha (29 April 2008). "Book Review: Gay Bombay". Livemint.
  18. ↑ Masani, Zareer (25 January 2016). "GAY BOMBAY: HOW HAS INDIA'S SEXUAL LANDSCAPE CHANGED?". The Independent .

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