Color Me Queer on the Pier
Flyer advertising "Color Me Queer On the Pier," the 6th Annual Queer People of Color Pride Dance. held on June 23, 2001. The event was organized by the South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association and the Audre Lorde Project.
Take A Stand Against Homophobia, Sexism, And Class Bias
Flyer for a press conference/community education panel addressing the Federation of Indian Association's refusal to allow the South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (SALGA) to participate in the 1997 India Day Parade. The event was held at the Brecht forum, and followed by an a protest organized by SALGA and the South Asian Progressive task force.
Heera Mandi
Flyer advertising "Heera Mandi: A Night of Music & Masti" on February 3, 2001. The event was organized by the South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association, and featured performances by DJ Rekha and Desi Drag Divas.
Oral History Interview with Anjali R.
Anjali R. is the founder of Parivar, a trans and queer south asian space in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the oral history, Anjali describes growing up in India, exploring different permutations of gender expression while moving throughout the U.S. and Canada, and navigating transphobia within queer south asian spaces.
Content warning: Abuse
Oral History Interview with Rangoli
Anish, Deepshikha and Satvika are co-founders of Rangoli, an LGBTQ+ South Asian group based in Pittsburgh, and editors of Mirrors, an LGBTQ+ South Asian anthology. They describe their personal histories individually followed by a discussion on how their involvement with Mirrors and Rangoli.
Urooj Arshad Oral History Interview
Urooj Arshad is a co-founder of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity and the first LGBTQ+ Muslim Retreat. In the oral history, Urooj describes growing up in Pakistan and Illinois, finding LGBTQ south asian community during college, and ongoing activism to resist islamophobia and queerphobia.
Content warning: Abuse
Trikone Tejas Website
Trikone Tejas was a "progressive coalition of queer and straight" people of pan-Asian heritage based in Austin, TX. The Trikone Tejas site was accessible at http://www.main.org/trikonetejas/ and was last updated in December 2002. The site included event descriptions, resources, coming out stories and a guestbook.
Oral History Interview with Mani Soma
Mani Soma performs as the drag artist KaMANI Sutra. In the oral history, Mani describes growing up in India, navigating a queer relationship as a teenager, helping to organize a flash mob at Osmania University, finding south asian LGBTQ community after immigrating to the DC area, and their experiences performing as a drag artist.
Content warning: Suicide
Oral History Interview with Marina
Marina describes her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, immigrating to the U.S. with family, and navigating her sexuality as a bisexual muslim woman.