Pride festivities this summer
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The heat is on! I hope all of you desi
hotties are enjoying this glorious weather
in the bay area. And if you're not in the
bay area, well, you need to make plans to
visit. Trikonees have proved it time and
again that we can be great hosts. I hope all
of you had a good time during the Pride
month of June. With all the celebrations and
parties, though, we must not forget the core
reasons we celebrate Pride. The struggle for
equal rights powers on with more and more
people joining us. Trikone is extremely
proud of the brave people who marched in the
pride parades in Bengaluru,
Bhubaneshwar, Chennai and New
Delhi. I am sure it took a lot of
courage to publicly proclaim support towards
LGBTQ rights and that too with full on media
attention. But, kudos to them, they did it
and in such an awesome way! Trikone stands
in solidarity with these brave people.
Trikone magazine has allied with New
American Media to
bring public attention to immigration
reform. See the Trikoneeditorial
page.
All eyes are now on the Indian Supreme
Court's verdict in relation to the repeal of
IPC Sec. 377 due on July 2. We send best
wishes and hope this is the beginning of
making progress in India.
The Trikone board are still looking to fill
a few more emplty seats on the board. Please
feel free to apply for the board member
position. The application
form is
up on the Trikone website.
Act now!
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Looking back
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Pride month in the bay area was quite
happening, specially with all the events at
Trikone. We kickstarted the festivities with
the San
Jose pre
pride potluck and dance party hosted by
Hrishi. Trikone marched in the San Jose
pride parade and had a booth at the fair.
Trikone co-sponsored the Queer
Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) film
festival which showcased "Mr. & Mrs.
Singh" a short film made by Women of
Trikone liaison, Punam S. That film was also
part of the screening at Frameline film
festival along with Shamim Sarif's "I
can't think straight", which was
also co-presented by Trikone.
We began SF Pride weekend on Friday, June
26th with a bang. The Pride
Jalwa dance
party at Bollyhood
Cafe was
a lot of fun. The following day, the Women
of Trikone got
together in large numbers for brunch before
heading out to the dyke march. Then, later
that night, DJ SSHaaN spun
some thumping Bollywood music from the Global
Village Stage at
the Pink Saturday party in Castro. This
first time ever event had a crowd of
thousands dancing to rocking Bollywood
beats. Trikone thanks Josh
Smith, The Sisters and
co-sponsors, Club
Papi and Bibi.
Finally, on Sunday morning, Trikonees with
their friends and allies paraded down Market
Street, with a colorful, fabulous float in
keeping with the theme of a desi same sex
marriage.
In other news, community member, Rattan
Dodeja hosted a fundraiser dinner for a few
invited guests to raise funds for Trikone.
If any of you are interested in hosting
fundraiser events, please get in touch with
Poonam at poonam@trikone.org.
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Looking forward
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The North
American Bengali Conference is
in San Jose this weekend and will have an
LGBT session with panelists Krishnakali (Roke)
Chaudhuri and Misha Chowdhury. We hope you
can attend and show your support so that it
encourages NABC and other such organizations
to include queer components in their events.
Come, join Team
Trikone on
Sunday, July 19 at the SF
AIDS Walk in
Golden Gate park. If you haven't registered
to walk and collect money, you can still do
so. Look for directions on the Trikone website.
If you do not want to collect money, you are
welcome to still register and walk in
support.
This month, we will also officially start
the planning for DesiQ2010.
Trikone has appointed Niralli
D'Costa as
the Conference
Coordinator for
DesiQ2010.
Trikone has also appointed a summer intern, Rajeev
Rao in
the position ofDevelopment Officer.
Rajeev will be working closely with Poonam
and the Fundraising team on donor database,
corporate sponsorships, foundation grants
and budget analysis.
We welcome Niralli and Rajeev and look
forward to working with them.
Have a warm and fun July!
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Brickbats and bravos welcome!
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Thank you,
Rakesh Modi
Co-chairperson
Trikone
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