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About TRIKONE |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| 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/ . |
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