Women-of-Trikone
is a list-serve for queer women of South Asian
descent from the San Francisco Bay Area interested
in building a strong community, engaging in
discussions, networking, sharing news and
advertising events. Allies who identify as
women are welcome as well. So far we have
over 60 members.
Trikone
Proudly Supports the CA Supreme Court's Decision
to Allow Same-Sex Marriage!
May
15, 2008, Victory! Marriage equality in California
Trikone strongly supports,
commends and celebrates the California
Supreme Court's decision today. The justices held
that limiting
marriage to opposite-sex couples violate the state
constitutional
rights of same-sex couples and may not be used
to preclude same-sex
couples from marrying.
The court concluded that permitting opposite-sex
couples to marry
while affording same-sex couples access only to
the novel and
less-recognized status of domestic partnership
improperly infringes a
same-sex couple's constitutional rights to marry
and to the equal
protection of the laws as guaranteed by the California
Constitution.
We are grateful to our Court for recognizing
that separate
arrangements are not equal. And just as importantly,
for affirming
that all people deserve the dignity and respect
of being protected
equally under California's Constitution. We are
proud to support this
victory for justice and equality for all of us.
March with fellow Trikonees in the SJ rally
May 15, 6PM: Rally in San Jose
Santa Clara County Building
70 W Hedding St. San Jose, CA
More info: contact Hrishi: hrishims@yahoo.com
or (408) 393-3669
Hang out and share mithai with Trikonees outside
the SF LGBT Center
May 15, 6PM: SF LGBT Center
1800 Market Street,
San Francisco, CA
More info: contact Rakesh: rakesh@trikone.org
or (510) 757-5726
ABOUT
TRIKONE
Trikone is a registered 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender (LGBT) people of South Asian descent.
Founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Trikone
is the first group of its kind in the world. South
Asians affiliated with Trikone trace their ethnicities
to one of the following places: Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibet.
OUR MISSION
Trikone offers a supportive,
empowering and non-judgmental environment, where
LGBT South Asians can meet, make connections and
proudly promote awareness and acceptance of their
sexuality in society.
Trikone works toward the following goals:
1) bring people of South Asian heritage together
2) promote awareness, visibility and cultural
and legal acceptance of people with alternative
sexual orientations and gender identities
3) help people to proudly affirm both their South
Asian identity as well as their sexual orientation
Trikone actively works against all forms of oppression
based on race, gender, religion, class, sexual
orientation, and other identities. Through our
award-winning magazine, our website, conferences,
cultural nights, film festivals, dances, pride
celebrations, and a host of other collaborative
programming, Trikone has worked hard to nurture
and empower the LGBT South Asian community in
the Bay Area and across the globe.
FOR PARENTS
If you are a parent of an LGBT or questioning individual, you can get more help with PFLAG (Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) at their website: www.pflag.org . In addition, there is a South Asian PFLAG group which you can subscribe to by going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sa-pflag/ .
PRIDE CELEBRATIONS
SJ Pride: June 14th & 15th
SF Pride: June 28th & 29th
We are excited
to share with you the various ways you can
help build Trikone into a flourishing and
lasting organization which serves as a resource
and an advocate for the South Asian LGBTQ
community.
