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GAY/ BISEXUAL / KOTHI Groups -
India
Bangalore
| Baroda | Bombay
| Calcutta
| Chennai
| Cuttack
| Delhi
| Hyderbad
| Lucknow
| Orrisa
| Patna
| Pune
| Rajpipla
| Vishakhapatnam
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LESBIAN Groups - India
Bangalore
| Bombay
| Calcutta
| Delhi
| Pune | Thiruvanathapuram
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TRANSGENDER Groups - India
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LGBT Groups - International
Bangladesh | Malaysia | Nepal | Pakistan |
Sri Lanka
| UK
| USA
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SUPPORT
ORGANISATIONS - India
Bombay
| Delhi
Please note:
The groups have been referred here for information purposes only. Gay Bombay
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report any such incident through a feedback, to update the information on
this site. We have tried to compile as many groups we knew of.
To add or update info of your group write to
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I.
GAY/ BISEXUAL / KOTHI - India
Bangalore
- Coalition for Sexual Minority Rights
Email:
csmr@yahoogroups.com
- Good As You
A support group for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people.
Operates: Meets every Thursday
between 7.00pm and 9.00pm.
Contact: Sahaya Help Line (as above)
Email: goodasyoubangalore@yahoo.com
Web: www.geocities.com/
goodasyoubangalore
- Sabrang
Contact: Manohar
Post Box 7625
Bangalore-560 076, India
E-mail: sabrang@mailcity.com
- Sangama
Sexuality Resource Center Tue-Sat 10-5
Flat 13,
Royal Park Apartments,
34 Park Road, Tasker Town,
Bangalore - 560 051.
Ph: 080 - 2868680/2868121
Email : admin@sangama.ilban.ernet.in
sangama@sangamaonline.org
- Sahaya Help Line
Bangalore's First Telephone Help Line providing telephone counselling for
lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people.
Operates:
Only on Tuesdays and Fridays,
between 7p.m. and 9.00p.m.
Contact: 080-223 0959
Email: sahayabangalore@hotmail.com
- Swabhava
A non-profit, non-governmental organisation working with issues related
to sexuality, HIV/AIDS and sexual health. Operates four primary divisions: Sahaya Counselling (Sahaya Help Line and Drop-In), Sahaya Support Spaces
(Spaces for groups like Prerana and others), Advocacy and Education
Programmes, and Swabhava Research and Resource Centre. Operates:
Monday to Friday,
9.30am to 5.30pm
Correspondence to:
P. O. Box 27069,
Wilson Garden,
Bangalore - 560 027.
Phone: 080-223 0959.
Email: swabhava_trust@hotmail.com
contact_us@swabhava.org
Web: www.swabhava.org
Baroda
Bombay / Mumbai
Calcutta / Kolkata
- Counsel Club
Support group for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people
Contact : Pawan / Ranjan / Sudip
Add : C/o Ranjan Post Bag No. 794 Calcutta 700 017
Phone : 359 8130 (C/o Integration)
E-mail : counselclub93@hotmail.com
wrongzone@hotmail.com
Details : Meets 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month, 5-8 pm.
For directions call : 359 8130.
- Counsel Club - Barasat
Support group for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people
Contact : Rup / Susanta
Add : C/o Rup Chowdhury Post Box No. 12 Barrackpore H.O. Dist. 24 Parganas (N)
Phone : 359 8130 (C/o Integration)
E-mail : counselclub93@ hotmail.com
Details : Meets last Sundays of the month, 5-7 pm.
(Directions over phone).
- Palm Avenue Integration Society
A health awareness initiative for the youth and sexual minorities (lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people)
Contact : Pawan / Ranjan / Anupam
Address : C/o Pawan Post Bag No. 10237 Calcutta 700 019
Phone : (033) 359 8130 (functions as helpline SAHAYAK on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 3-6 pm).
E-mail : integration99@rediffmail.com
Library service : Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 3-6 pm (Directions over phone).
- Parichay
P.O.Box 13003
Calcutta 700 053
- Praajak Welfare Society
468 A Block K
New Alipur
Calcutta 700 053
Ph: (033) 4000455
HIV/AIDS/sexualities and sexual health
action group for Kotis, hijras, transgendered - Pratyay
Contact: Piyush
Gay men’s support group
E-mail: pratyay@hotmail.com
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Chennai / Madras
- Sahodaran
Contact: Sunil Menon
C/o Prakriti
6, Jaganathan Road,
Nungambakkam,
Chennai, TN 600 034
Email : sahodara@md3.vsnl.net.in
Tel: 8252869
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Cuttack
- Saathi
Cuttack Chapter
P.O.Box 512
Chandni Chowk, HPO
Cuttack-753 002, Orissa
Delhi
- AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan
Post Box 5308
New Delhi 110053
- Humrahi
C/o Naz Foundation India Trust
P.O. Box 3910
Andrews Gunj
New Delhi- 110049
Ph: (011) 6851993, 6567049
- The Milan Project
C/o Naz Foundation India Trust
P.O. Box 3910
Andrews Gunj
New Delhi-110049
Ph: (011) 6567049/3929
E-mail: milanproject@hotmail.com
- Naz India
Ph: (011) 656-7049, 3929
Email:
nazindia@bol.net.in
- PRISM
People for Rights of Indian Sexuality Minorities,
Email: prism_delhi@yahoo.co.in
PRISM, originally The Thursday Forum, is a New-Delhi based organisation which works on issues affecting all sexuality minorities.
- Sidhhartha Gautam Trust
For Sexual Minorities
B5/207, Safderjung Enclave,
New Delhi- 110029
Contact : Ashwini
Tel: 11-610-1391
Fax: 11-685-5997
Hyderabad
- Expression
Gay support group in Secunderabad
Email: expressionhyd@hotmail.com
- Mithrudu
Contact: Arun Chowdhry
5-8-595 /B/16
Nasr Chambers
Mubarak Bazaar Lane
Abids Road
Hyderabad- 500 001
Tel: (040) 666-6587
E-mail: mithrudu@yahoo.com
- Saathi
Hyderabad Chapter
Post Box No. 571
Putlibowli
P.O.Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
Ph: (040) 6571225
(040) 3375401 (Telugu)
Contact - Kishore Kumar
Email: saathi99@yahoo.com
Lucknow
Orissa
- AAKASH
(Advocacy for AIDS, Knowledge and Sensible Health) (GBT)
Contact person : Debendra
Contact information : Mansa Nature Cure Centre, Block Colony, Raj-Khariar, Dist. Nuapada, Pin 766 107 (Orissa)
Phone : 06671 32131
Patna
- Aasra
Contact: Birendra Kr. Soni / Dhanesh Nair
Post Box No. - 3
Patliputra Post Office
Patna , Bihar - 800013
Help line - 0612-2551049
Meeting - Sunday (10 AM to 12 PM )
E-mail: aasra@dte.vsnl.net.in
Pune
Rajpipla
- Lakshya Trust
Contact Person : Sylvester Merchant
Address: 203 / Second floor, Shruti Flats
Behind Kalpvruksh Complex
Near T. B. Hospital
Gotri Road, Baroda
Email : lakshya123@rediffmail.com
- Sylvester Merchant
P.B.No. 47
Rajpipla-393145
Vishakhapatnam
- Dominik
P.O.Box 203
Vishakhapatnam
AP 530 001
India
- Snehithudu
Email:
poo4urs@yahoo.com
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II. LESBIAN
- India
Bangalore
- Prerana
A support group for lesbians and bisexual women.
Operates: First and Third Sundays of each month
Contact: Sahaya Help Line (as above)
Email to: sahayabangalore@hotmail.com; (Attn: Prerana Support Group)
Bombay / Mumbai
Calcutta / Kolkata
- Sappho
Lesbian Support Group
C/o A.N, PO Box No. EC-35,
Calcutta 700010
E-mail: malvi99@hotmail.com
A collective of lesbian and bisexual women.
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Delhi
- Campaign For Lesbian Rights (CALERI)
PO Box 3526
Lajpat Nagar P.O.
New Delhi-110024
- Sangini (India) Trust
Contact: Betu
H elpline:
Tel: 011-26851970/71
Fri 6 to 8 pm
& Sat 4 to 6 pm
website: www.sangini.org
Pune
Trivandrum / Thiruvananthapuram
- The Sahayatrika Project
P.B. 2461, Trivandrum - 11,
Kerala, INDIA
Helpline: mobile - 9847263001
Thurs 3:30 to 7:30 pm
Email:
sahayatrika@rediffmail.com
- Vaathil
Trivandrum
Kerala
Sexuality and Rights group for all sexual
minorities and their supporters
Email:
sahayatrika@rediffmail.com
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III. TRANSGENDER
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IV. LGBT
Groups - International
Bangladesh
Malaysia
- Pink Triangle
Kaula Lumpur
PO Box 11859, 50760
Nepal
Pakistan
Srilanka
Group for Gay men and Lesbian,
Ph: 94-1-500570
Email: coj@sri.lanka.net
Women’s support group
Contact: Upeksha
Colombo center:
No. 40/16, Park Road, Colombo 05
Sri Lanka
Tel: 94-75-331988
E-mail: coj@sri.lanka.net
Kandy center:Opp. 3rd Post,
Gurudeniya, Kandy
Sri Lanka
Tel: 94-8-404350
USA
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USA (Contd.)
- KhushDC
Washington DC.
Hosts numerous social events, providing a safe space for
people to meet amongst other activities.
Website:
http://www.khushdc.org
email: board@khushdc.org
email:
president@khushdc.org
yahoogroups list-serv. :
khushdc@yahoogroups.com
- Lesbian & Gay Immgration Rights Task Force
PO Box 7741
New York, NY USA.
212-802-7264
Email: info@lgirtf.org
- MASALA
PO Box 1182
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA 02142
- SALGA
Contact: Javed Syed
PO Box 50
Cooper Station
New York
USA 10276-0050
- Sangat
PO Box 268463
Chicago, Illinois
USA 60626
- Trikone Resources
Contact: Sandip Roy
P.O.Box 21354
San Jose
CA 95151, USA
Ph: (408) 270-8776
E-mail: trikone-web@trikone.org
UK
- DOST
A Social support group for South Asian, Middle Eastern and North African gay,bisexual, msm.
The group meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at a central London venue- Evenings 7p.m. -9pm
- Kiss group
A social support group for South Asian/ Middle Eastern Lesbian and Women
who sex with women. Meets last Thursday of each month at the Glass bar in
Central London - 6p.m.- 9p.m.
- MASALA Group
A social support group for South Asian gay/bisexual/msm for 16-26 year old. Meets 2nd Tuesday
of each month at a central London Venue 6p.m.-9p.m.
- Naz Foundation International
Contact: Subodh Rathod
Palingswick House
241 King Street
London W6 9LP, UK
Tel: 44(0) 181 563 0191
Fax: 44 (0) 181 741 9841
E-mail:
Nazfounduk@compuserve.com
Web:
http://www.naz.org.uk
- Raat Ki Rani
Weekly Radio show on a local radio station - playing safer sex messages and the latest Hindi,
r/b, soul tracks targeting South Asian gay/bi/msm
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V. SUPPORT
ORGANISATIONS - Indian
- DARE
Documentation. Archive. Research.
Education (A resource center for Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals)
P.B.7180,Indraprastha HPO.
New Delhi 110 002.
- Forum Against Oppression of Women
c/o 29, Bhatia Bhavan,
Babrekar Marg, Mumbai
- Human Rights Law Network
Engineer House, 4th Floor,
86, Mumbai Samachar Marg,
Mumbai 400 023.
Tel: +91-22-267 7385, 267 6680
Fax: +91-22-2632718
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- India Center for Human Rights & Law
5th Floor, CVOD Jain High School,
84 Samuel Street, Dongri.
Mumbai 400 009.
Tel : +91-22-370 2592, 379 0699
Email: huright@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in
- Lawyers Collective
for Legal Support
Mumbai 400 023
Ph: (022) 2267-6213
Email: aidslaw@vsnl.comSiddhartha Gautam Trust
For Sexual Minorities and Survivors
of Sexual Abuse
85/207 Safdarjung Enclave,
New Delhi 110 029
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Vikram
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