Gay Bombay & LGBTQ informal support group - The Mumbai Community
Gay Bombay
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Gay Friendly Clubs and Bars
Club 21
Ambassador Hotel, Veer Nariman Road
Ritz Hotel Bar
Bombay International Hotel, 5 Jamsheddji Road/Marine Drive
The Headquater
Above the Cafe Royal, Calaba
The Voodoo Pub
Apollo Bunder, Calaba
Tel 284 1959
(Saturday Nights only - after 11pm. Well worth a visit!!)
The Ghetto Pub
Warden Rd, (Next to the Mahalaxmi Temple)
The CopaCabana Bar
Chowpatty Beach
(Very gay friendly though entry is difficult. The best way for single men to enter is before 10.00 pm
Cafe Leopold
Colaba Causeway
(Popular with the gay community especially on Sunday afternoons. If you are dying for fish and chips followed by apple pie and custard, this is for you !.) They also serve Chicken Ticka Masala (with chips if you wish !)
Groups
Humsafar Centre
P.B. No 6913, Santa Cruz (W), Mumbai 400 054 India
Voice mail 91 (22) 972-6913 Tel 91 22 6187476
http://www.humsafar.org/
Drop-in center operated by Humsafar Trust for gay men and lesbians
Open every week day from 3 pm to 8 pm.
The meetings are on Friday from 7 pm to 8.30 pm
Bombay Dost
105A Veena Beena Shopping Centre, Opposite Bandra Station,
Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050, India
(Publishes Bombay Dost magazine)
Udaan
c/o Boxholder, P.O. Box 6793, Sion, Mumbai 400 022 India
Be discreet when writing; do not even mention “Udaan” on the envelope.
Kush Club
PO Box 57351, Bombay, 400 058
Gay & lesbian organization
Phone Helpline
AANCHAL is the first helpline solely for lesbian and bisexual women in Mumbai, India. The phone number is (022) 370 4709. It has basically arisen because of the complete invisibility that lesbians and bisexual women have had and continue having in the city. Women who are isolated and fearful of others discovering their sexuality now have a safe place to interact with like-minded women. Aanchal means the sheltering folds of a womyn's saree. The phone is attended by a counselor on Saturdays between 3pm and 7pm. Confidentiality is assured.
CRUSING AREAS / MEETING PLACES
http://www.indiandost.com/gaymum.php
Movenpick: http://www.orinam.org/comingout.html and Gay Bombay Yahoo Group: www.gaybombay.org.
Humsafar Contacts
Contacts
Office and Drop-in-Centre
THE HUMSAFAR TRUST
II floor, Old BMC building,
Besides Shree Chakra Resturant,
Above Vakola Post Office,
Nehru Road, Vakola, Santacruz (East),
MUMBAI - 400 055
Phone : +91 22 26673800
Telefax : +91 22 26650547
E-Mail : humsafar@vsnl.com
website : www.humsafar.org
Satellite Centres and Services
1. HST - Vakola Centre - Santacruz - Mumbai
Phone: (+91) 26673800 / 26650547 Email
Contact Persons: Ashok Row Kavi
Vivek Anand
Girish Kumar
2. HST - Clinic - Vakola Centre - Santacruz - Mumbai
Phone: (+91) 22 26673800 / 26650547
Contact Person: Rakesh Thorat
3. HST - Sion Hospital - OPD 16
Contact Person: Harish Kambli
4. HST - Cooper Hospital
Contact Persons: Sandeep Mane / Ashok Pantangi
5. HST - Safe Sailors Club ( Support group for HIV positive MSM)
Contact Person: Anil Kadam: 98924 89845
6. HST - Juhu Centre - Mumbai
Phone: (+91) 22 55249190 Email
Contact Person: Ernest Noronha
7. HST - Kalyan Centre - Thane District
Phone : (+91) 251 5606536 Email
Contact Person: Mahesh Shinde
8. HST - Kalyan Sankalp Clinic - Thane District
Phone: (+91) 251 6606536 Email
Contact Person: Nitin Dhule
9. HST - Vasco Centre - Goa
Phone: (+91) 832 2500144
Email1 / Email2
Contact Person: Vishant Chodankar
http://www.humsafar.org/contacts.htm
http://www.gaybombay.org/interact/meets.html
What is a Sunday Meet?
Well, to put it simply, it is a get-together of sorts. It occurs on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month and on the 5th, if there happens to 5 Sundays that month.
For the first few years we used to hold these “meets” at the MacDonald's on Linking Road, Bandra, but now for the last couple of years we have been meeting at the restaurant "Just Round The Corner", also in Bandra (West). [We chose Bandra because it is centrally located; moreover, it is familiar.] But then the venue shifted to Just Around the Corner - at Bandra itself. The meet usually spans the duration of an hour [sometimes, the time period extends as people hang around to let any straggler or late-comer join in].
Our friends from the Central Suburbs have been finding it difficult to make it to the meets because it has been more than 1.5 hrs commute all the way to Bandra. so to make it easier for them we have decided to also meet in Central Suburb of Thane every couple of months. Here the meet venue is Mc Donalds Thane - Naupada Road, Near Thane Railway Station on the West side.
Then more often than not, after meeting up at the restaurant, the entire group shifts to someone’s home. This is done, firstly, because a large group of people cannot hang around in an eating establishment indefinitely – especially when the eating is done and finished with eons ago. Secondly, the atmosphere in someone’s home is more relaxed and less formal, thus allowing a more involved repartee.
A meet sometimes follows an agenda. Like a meet could be about one of the GB members, a qualified professional, talking about “safer sex”, depression, legal issues, AIDS, STDs etc. Sometimes, it doesn’t follow any agenda and topics that pertain to homosexuality, its challenges, its hopes, and its anxieties crop up, without a "by your leave". New-comers share their thoughts and doubts with the more experienced in the gay community and the latter share their own thoughts and try their best to assuage the qualms. Basically, there are healthy discussions.
Some of these meets are special meets, where we invite parents of gay men who are aware of their son's sexual orientation, to share their feelings and also to interact among themselves. At times we even have a couples' meet where long term gay couples are invited to share their experiences, trials and tribulations to lead a happy life with their lovers.
Who can attend this meet?
Absolutely, anybody.. who is on the list or who checks the website and is interested in knowing what Gaybombay is all about, comes to the meet. Some are curious to know about the group, some are brought by their friends and some come there because they have been a part of Gaybombay a long time and just need to meet their friends and to make a few more in the process.
When, Where and How?
Even though the meets are regularly held at almost the same venue, we advise you to check out the dates, venue and the timings before coming to the meet as these are usually different for the special meets, than those for the normal ones. You can find the link to the details of the upcoming meets either on the homepage or on our gb Calendar section on this website.
Nightlife
Voodoo Pub (next to Radio Club, Colaba; 2284-1959) is the oldest gay bar in India, with slightly sleazy gay nights on Saturdays. It's a rather dingy setup with a mezzanine floor and a dark back room, but with a strong dose of Indian music, popular with foreigners and locals alike. The details of the next Gaybombay party are available on the group's Web site, through group e-mails, and by word of mouth. To find out what the ladies are up to, contact the Mumbai lesbian group Humjinsi (2371-6690).
http://www.outtraveler.com/features.asp?did=304
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3001126.stm
To add or update info of your group write to friend@gaybombay.org
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
* Lakshya Trust
lakshya123@rediffmail.com
Bombay / Mumbai
* Bombay Dost
105A Veena Beena Shopping Center
Opposite Bandra Station
Bandra (W)
Bombay-400 050
website: www.bombaydost.com /
http://bombay-dost.pbwiki.com/
* GayBombay
Website: www.gaybombay.org
Neighbourhood Watch:
www.gaybombay.org/interact/nbwatch.html
gb Sunday Meets : 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays of each month.
For details and exact dates log on to
gb Calendar : www.gaybombay.org/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.pl
* Humsafar Center
Contact: Ashok Row Kavi (chairperson)
P.B. No. 6913
Santa Cruz (W)
Bombay 400 054
Helpline : (022) 2667-3800, 2665-0547
12 noon to 8:30 pm from Mon to Sat
Drop-in center operated by Humsafar Trust for gay men and lesbians.
Email: humsafar@vsnl.com
* Sakhi - Char Chowghi
(kothi group)
Contact : Gauri Sawant / Earnest Noronha
Email : sakhicharchowghi@rediffmail.com
* Samabhavana
Contact : Jasmir Thajur
Email : jasmir@rediffmail.com
* Udaan (kothi group)
Contact : G.D.Goda
E-mail: udaanpanchis@yahoo.com
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 ,
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
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
* ANJUMAN
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Queer Collective.
A collective of students of JNU who wish to question gender and sexual norms.
anjuman_jnu@yahoo.co.in
* GayDelhi
Website: www.gaydelhi.net
* 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
Ernakulam
* Maithri
www.queerkerala.co.nr
Kannur
* Snehatheeram
www.queerkerala.co.nr
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
* Bharosa Project
Contact: Arif Jafar
Tel: (522) 208689
Daily 4-6 Pm except Thursday
E-mail: bharosatrust@usa.net
* Friends India
Post Box 59, Mahanagar,
Lucknow - 226 006
Mobile: 0522- 94150-28881
Email: friendsindiagroup@yahoo.co.in
* Naz Foundation International
Ph: (522) 205781, / 82
nazfoundationint@yahoo.com
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
* Samapathik
Contact: Bindumadhav
Men's Sexual Health Organisation
Help-line: (020) 427-2806
Mon to Wed 2 - 6 pm
Email: samapathik_pune@yahoo.co.in
Website: http://www.geocities.com/samapathik_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
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
* Aanchal Help line
Contact: Geeta Khumana
C/o India Centre for Human Rights and Law Mumbai
Help line: 022- 2496-8686
Saturday 3 to 7 PM
E-mail: aanchal69@hotmail.com
* Humjinsi Helpline
Ph: (022) 370-4709
Timings: Tue, Wed & Fri 3 to 6 pm
Meets: 2nd Saturday 3 - 5 pm
Email: humjinsi@hotmail.com
* Stree Sangam
P.O. Box 16613
Matunga
Bombay 400019
E-mail: streesangam@rediffmail.com
Web: in.geocities.com/
keyaindia/splash.htm and
personal.vsnl.com/
streesangam/splash.htm
Calcutta / Kolkata
* Sappho
Lesbian Support Group
C/o A.N, PO Box No. EC-35,
Calcutta 700010
E-mail: malvi99@hotmail.com
Website: http://sappho.shoe.org
A collective of lesbian and bisexual women.
Delhi
* ANJUMAN - see above
* Campaign For Lesbian Rights (CALERI)
PO Box 3526
Lajpat Nagar P.O.
New Delhi-110024
* Sangini (India) Trust
Contact: Betu
Helpline: Tel: 011-26851970/71
Fri 6 to 8 pm
& Sat 4 to 6 pm
website: www.sangini.org
Pune
* OLAVA
Lesbain Support Group
Contact: olava_2000@yahoo.com
ojas_solidarity@yahoo.com
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
III. TRANSGENDER
* Transpal Foundation
Email: transpals@hotmail.com
transpals@yahoo.com
* Yahoogroups list serve
meant strictly for transgendered, transsexual and intersexual persons of Asian and diasporic origins.
Moderator: Satya
For membership write to: sampoorna@yahoogroups.com
* Transgender-friendly organisations
*VIVIDHA (Sangama) in Bangalore
*HUMSAFAR in Mumbai
*SANGINI in Delhi
IV. LGBT Groups - International
Bangladesh
* Bandhu Welfare Society
Ph: 880-2-933-9898
Email: bandhu@bdmail.net
Malaysia
* Pink Triangle
Kaula Lumpur
PO Box 11859, 50760
Nepal
* Blue Diamond Society
Contact: Sunil Pant,
GPO Box 8975, EPC No: 5119
Kathmandu, Nepal
Ph: +977-1-4443350
Fax: +977-1-4438600
E-mail: bluediamondsociety@yahoo.com, blueds@ccslnp.com
Pakistan
* Vision
Lahore Pakistan
Ph: 92-42-630-4681 / 853-740
Email: vision@nexlinx.net.pk
Sri Lanka
* Companions on a Journey
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
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
USA
* al-Fatiha Foundation
(for LGBTQ Muslims & Friends)
Contact: Faisal Alam
Founder & Director
Al-Fatiha Foundation
Email: mfaisalalam@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.al-fatiha.net
http://groups.yahoo.com/
group/al-fatiha-news
* GALVA-108
The Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association
(for LGBTI Hindus and Vaishnavas)
Contact: Amara Wilhelm
Website: http://www.galva108.org
E-mail: amara108galva@yahoo.com
E-group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galva108
* IGLHRC
(International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission)
Contact: Daniel Lee, Surina Khan
1360 Mission Street
Suite 200
San Francisco CA 94103, USA
Tel: 1-415-255-8680
Fax: --415-255-8662
E-mail: Daniel@iglhrc.org
* Khush DC
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
* Satrang (the South Asian LGBTIQ organization serving Southern California)
Contact: Sanjay Chhugani
1026 Concha Street
Altadena, CA 91001
(626) 379-3649
Email: contact@satrang.org
www.satrang.org
Listserv: desiqinsocal-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
* Trikone Resources
Contact: Sandip Roy
P.O.Box 21354
San Jose
CA 95151, USA
Ph: (408) 270-8776
E-mail: trikone-web@trikone.org
V. SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS - Indian
Bombay / Mumbai
* 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
* 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.com
Delhi
* DARE
Documentation. Archive. Research.
Education (A resource center for Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals)
P.B.7180,Indraprastha HPO.
New Delhi 110 002.
* Siddhartha Gautam Trust
For Sexual Minorities and Survivors
of Sexual Abuse
85/207 Safdarjung Enclave,
New Delhi 110 029
http://www.gaybombay.org/support/groups.html
Level of gay acceptance
India is an extremely tolerant country and its people are very easygoing, but it is also a country of traditional values and a system that’s hard to change. Gay/ lesbian life in Delhi is more low-key than in Mumbai. Despite that fact, there are a number of cruising places where gays go to meet their rainbow brothers. As in all parts of India, the level of acceptance of gays is not too high. Most of the heterosexual population view homosexuality as a social menace that is tolerated but rarely condoned. This bias stems from ignorance, culture and religion.
Delhi being in the North, most of its population tends to be of light wheatish complexion with sharp looks and a good build. They belong to a portion of society known for their chivalry, their fun-loving whole-hearted nature and machismo.
http://www.fridae.com/cityguides2/city.php?cid=17
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Frontrunners-A-Sunday-sojourn-for-citys-homosexual-community/258187/
http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/2007/08/gay-delhi-scene-and-sensibility.html
The Delhi Frontrunners and Walkers was established in August 2007 by
Sanjay, a 31-year-old gay sexual rights activist and Law graduate from
the London School of Economics. The group was inspired by a global
movement of homosexual running groups, first established in San
Francisco, called "The Frontrunners".
"The Delhi Frontrunners was formed sometime in the second half of
2006. I started putting email announcements about it on a few e-lists
that have LGBT people on them. Sadly, it didn't catch anybody's
attention or interest," Sanjay says. "Sometime mid-2007, I tried again
with a change of venue. It was very heartening when people turned up,"
he adds. Now the email list and the running and walking group has
expanded. There are 29 subscribers, and at least eight runners and
walkers show up at a designated Delhi park every Sunday.
he Frontrunners can be contacted at frontdel@gmail.com.
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Frontrunners-A-Sunday-sojourn-for-citys-homosexual-community/258187/
