SAJA member and author Minal Hajratwala just sent out a note to help journalists cover the major gay rights news coming out of India:
Dear SAJA members,
Below is a list of people who have agreed to be available for
interviews on the impact of the Delhi High Court's historic decision
to decriminalize gay sex for the first time since Queen Victoria's
era. The source list includes a spokesman for the United Nations; a
researcher for Human Rights Watch; the editor of a magazine released
two weeks ago whose cover story is presciently headlined "Life after
377"; and activists, health workers, gay journalists, and community
members. Those with an asterisk (*) may be available to write
commentaries or op-eds.
FYI for New York City media, a celebration is being planned for 7:30
p.m. tonight at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street.
The full text of the ruling can be seen at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
At the end of this email is a list of major news articles published today.
SOURCE LIST
ºº In India:
Anjali Gopalan
Founder/Executive Director
Naz Foundation (India) Trust; plaintiff in the case
New Delhi
Telephone landline: +91 11 2691 0499
ºº In London:
Pratibha Parmar
Longtime organizer; filmmaker, "Khush" and other films about gay Indians
Telephone landline: +44 207 561 9541
ºº US: West Coast:
Below is a list of people who have agreed to be available for
interviews on the impact of the Delhi High Court's historic decision
to decriminalize gay sex for the first time since Queen Victoria's
era. The source list includes a spokesman for the United Nations; a
researcher for Human Rights Watch; the editor of a magazine released
two weeks ago whose cover story is presciently headlined "Life after
377"; and activists, health workers, gay journalists, and community
members. Those with an asterisk (*) may be available to write
commentaries or op-eds.
FYI for New York City media, a celebration is being planned for 7:30
p.m. tonight at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street.
The full text of the ruling can be seen at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
At the end of this email is a list of major news articles published today.
SOURCE LIST
ºº In India:
Anjali Gopalan
Founder/Executive Director
Naz Foundation (India) Trust; plaintiff in the case
New Delhi
Telephone landline: +91 11 2691 0499
ºº In London:
Pratibha Parmar
Longtime organizer; filmmaker, "Khush" and other films about gay Indians
Telephone landline: +44 207 561 9541
ºº US: West Coast:
Abhay Prasad
Editor of Trikone magazine
Telephone cell: 415 613 7843
Email: abhay@trikone.org; abhay5ue@gmail.com
Editor of current Trikone cover story, titled "Life After 377: What
will legal victory change, on the ground and in our minds?" -
partially viewable at http://www.trikone.org/
Arvind Kumar
Co-founder of Trikone, oldest South Asian LGBT community group in the U.S.
India Currents magazine editor (1987-1997)
Email: chhaprahiya@yahoo.com (best, can respond quickly)
Telephone landline: 408 875 6861 (11am-2pm, 3-4pm, 5-6pm all PST)
Telephone cell: 408 859 1874
*Sandip Roy
Journalist and radio host, New American Media
Former editor, Trikone magazine, longtime community organizer, commentator
Telephone: 415-939-2403
Email: sandiproy@hotmail.com
*Minal Hajratwala
Author, Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents
Former board member, Trikone
Telephone landline: 415 242 4058
Telephone cell: 415 913 9309
Email: minal@minalhajratwala.com
Backgrounder: http://www.minalhajratwala.
ºº US: East Coast:
*Dipika Nath
Researcher, LGBT rights programme, Human Rights Watch
Telephone: 206-605-4865
Email: dipika666@gmail.com
Backgrounder commentary:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Brenden Varma
United Nations, spokesman
varmab@un.org
Telephone landline: 212-963-7238
Debanuj DasGupta
Telephone: 614-446-7472
Founder of the first HIV prevention program for gay men in Kolkata,
called Naz Calcutta Project, in 1994
Sapna Pandya
Co-founder, Humsafar International, a collective of trainers on sexual
health, sexual identity and health access issues globally
Email: sapna.pandya@gmail.com
Telephone cell: 202-641-8207
Telephone landline: 212-263-8783
Svati Shah
Assistant Professor, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Telephone: 347 512 8949
Email: svatipshah@gmail.com
Chitra Ganesh
Artist, community member, South Asian Women's Creative Collective
Telephone cell: 646 391 5046
Telephone landline: 718 701 2606
Email: chitraganesh@gmail.com
Shiva Subbaraman
Director, LGBTQ Resource Center, Georgetown University
Telephone land: 301 572 4536
Telephone cell: 240 535 7911
Email: sibli56@yahoo.com
Divya Guru Rajan
Telephone cell: 703-298-4624
Email: divya.gururajan@gmail.com
Member, KhushDC (South Asian LGBT community group in Washington, DC)
MAJOR NEWS STORIES
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/
Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
Toronto Globe & Mail:
http://www.theglobeandmail.
Associated Press:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
Editor of Trikone magazine
Telephone cell: 415 613 7843
Email: abhay@trikone.org; abhay5ue@gmail.com
Editor of current Trikone cover story, titled "Life After 377: What
will legal victory change, on the ground and in our minds?" -
partially viewable at http://www.trikone.org/
Arvind Kumar
Co-founder of Trikone, oldest South Asian LGBT community group in the U.S.
India Currents magazine editor (1987-1997)
Email: chhaprahiya@yahoo.com (best, can respond quickly)
Telephone landline: 408 875 6861 (11am-2pm, 3-4pm, 5-6pm all PST)
Telephone cell: 408 859 1874
*Sandip Roy
Journalist and radio host, New American Media
Former editor, Trikone magazine, longtime community organizer, commentator
Telephone: 415-939-2403
Email: sandiproy@hotmail.com
*Minal Hajratwala
Author, Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents
Former board member, Trikone
Telephone landline: 415 242 4058
Telephone cell: 415 913 9309
Email: minal@minalhajratwala.com
Backgrounder: http://www.minalhajratwala.
ºº US: East Coast:
*Dipika Nath
Researcher, LGBT rights programme, Human Rights Watch
Telephone: 206-605-4865
Email: dipika666@gmail.com
Backgrounder commentary:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Brenden Varma
United Nations, spokesman
varmab@un.org
Telephone landline: 212-963-7238
Debanuj DasGupta
Telephone: 614-446-7472
Founder of the first HIV prevention program for gay men in Kolkata,
called Naz Calcutta Project, in 1994
Sapna Pandya
Co-founder, Humsafar International, a collective of trainers on sexual
health, sexual identity and health access issues globally
Email: sapna.pandya@gmail.com
Telephone cell: 202-641-8207
Telephone landline: 212-263-8783
Svati Shah
Assistant Professor, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Telephone: 347 512 8949
Email: svatipshah@gmail.com
Chitra Ganesh
Artist, community member, South Asian Women's Creative Collective
Telephone cell: 646 391 5046
Telephone landline: 718 701 2606
Email: chitraganesh@gmail.com
Shiva Subbaraman
Director, LGBTQ Resource Center, Georgetown University
Telephone land: 301 572 4536
Telephone cell: 240 535 7911
Email: sibli56@yahoo.com
Divya Guru Rajan
Telephone cell: 703-298-4624
Email: divya.gururajan@gmail.com
Member, KhushDC (South Asian LGBT community group in Washington, DC)
MAJOR NEWS STORIES
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/
Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
Toronto Globe & Mail:
http://www.theglobeandmail.
Associated Press:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
Your comments welcome.
