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Support groups in India
Bangalore
- Swabhava
A non-profit, non-governmental organisation working with issues
related to sexuality, HIV/AIDS and sexual health. Operates four
primary divisions: Sahaya Counselling (Sahaya Help Line and
Drop-In), Sahaya Support Spaces (Spaces for groups like Prerana and
others), Advocacy and Education Programmes, and Swabhava Research and
Resource Centre. Operates: Monday to Friday,
9.30am to 5.30pm
Correspondence to:
P. O. Box 27069,
Wilson Garden,
Bangalore - 560 027.
Phone: 080-223 0959.
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Web: www.swabhava.org
- Sahaya Help Line
Bangalore's First Telephone Help Line providing telephone counselling
for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people.
Operates:
Only on Tuesdays and Fridays,
between 7p.m. and 9.00p.m.
Contact: 080-223 0959
Email: [email protected]
- Sabrang
Contact: Manohar
Post Box 7625
Bangalore-560 076, India
E-mail: [email protected]
- Sangama
1st Floor No. 7
8th Main, 3rd Phase
Domlur 2nd Stage
Bangalore-560 071, India
Tel: 530 9591
Email : [email protected]
Sexuality Resource Center Tue-Sat 10-5
Bombay / Mumbai
- Humsafar Center
Contact: Ashok Row Kavi (chairperson)
contacts: Vicky, Abhijit
P.B. No. 6913
Santa Cruz (W)
Bombay 400 054
Voice mail: (22) 972-6913
Drop-in center operated by Humsafar Trust for gay men and lesbians.
Meets Fri 6-9 pm.
Email: [email protected]
- Bombay Dost
105A Veena Beena Shopping Center
Opposite Bandra Station
Bandra (W)
Bombay-400 050
- Sakhi - Char Chowghi
(kothi group)
Contact : Gauri Sawant / Earnest Noronha
Email : [email protected]
- India Centre for Human Rights and Law (ICHRL): Human Rights
Group which has a
separate division on LGBT rights.
Address: 4th Floor, CVOD Jain High School, Hazrat Abbas Street, (84
Samuel
Street), Dongri, Mumbai - 400 009.
Tel: 2371 6690 / 2375 9657
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Gaybombay
www.gaybombay.cc
Calcutta / Kolkata
- Counsel Club
Support group for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people
Contact : Pawan / Ranjan / Sudip
Add : C/o Ranjan Post Bag No. 794 Calcutta 700 017
Phone : 359 8130 (C/o Integration)
E-mail : [email protected]
Details : Meets 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month, 5-8 pm.
For directions call : 359 8130.
- Counsel Club - Barasat
Support group for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people
Contact : Rup / Susanta
Add : C/o Rup Chowdhury Post Box No. 12 Barrackpore H.O. Dist. 24
Parganas (N)
Phone : 359 8130 (C/o Integration)
E-mail : counselclub93@
hotmail.com
Details : Meets last Sundays of the month, 5-7 pm.
For directions call 359 8130.
- Palm Avenue Integration Society
A health awareness initiative for the youth and sexual minorities
(lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people)
Contact : Pawan / Ranjan / Anupam
Address : C/o Pawan Post Bag No. 10237 Calcutta 700 019
Phone : 359 8130 (functions as helpline SAHAYAK on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, 3-6 pm).
E-mail : [email protected]
Library service : Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 3-6 pm
(Directions over phone).
- Praajak Welfare Society
468 A Block K
New Alipur
Calcutta 700 053
HIV/AIDS/sexualities and sexual health action group.
- Parichay
P.O.Box 13003
Calcutta 700 053
For gay men
Madras / Chennai
- Sahodaran
Contact: Sunil Menon
C/o Prakriti
6, Jaganathan Road,
Nungambakkam,
Chennai, TN 600 034
Email : [email protected]
Tel: 8252869
Cuttack
- Saathi
Cuttack Chapter
P.O.Box 512
Chandni Chowk, HPO
Cuttack-753 002, Orissa
Hyderabad
- Saathi
Hyderabad Chapter
Post Box No. 571
Putlibowli
P.O.Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
Contact - Kishore Kumar
Email: [email protected]
- Mithrudu
Contact: Arun Chowdhry
5-8-595 /B/16
Nasr Chambers
Mubarak Bazaar Lane
Abids Road
Hyderabad- 500 001
Tel: 6666587
E-mail: [email protected]
Lucknow
- Friends India Post Box No. 59, Mahanagar,
- Lucknow - 226 006
- e-mail: [email protected]
- Office bearers: President - Sameer Secretary - Vivek
- Bharosa Project
Contact: Arif Jafar
21/6/5
Peerpur House
8 Tilak Marg
Lucknow-226 001, UP
Tel: (522) 275-905
Daily 4-6 Pm except Thursday
E-mail: [email protected]
New Delhi
- The Milan Project
C/o Naz Foundation India Trust
P.O. Box 3910
Andrews Gunj
New Delhi-110049
Ph: 6567049/3929
E-mail: [email protected]
- PRISM
People for Rights of Indian Sexuality Minorities,
Contact: Akshay, Shaleen, Jaya, Lesley, Dipika
Email: [email protected]
PRISM, originally The Thursday Forum, is a New-Delhi based
organisation which works on issues affecting all sexuality minorities.
- Humrahi
C/o Naz Foundation India Trust
P.O. Box 3910
Andrews Gunj
New Delhi- 110049
Ph: 6567049/3929
- AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan
Post Box 5308
New Delhi 110053
- Sidhhartha Gautam Trust
For Sexual Minorities
B5/207, Safderjung Enclave,
New Delhi- 110029
Contact : Ashwini
Tel: 11-610-1391
Fax: 11-685-5997
- Campaign for Lesbian Rights (CALERI)Lesbian and bisexual
women's rights.
Address: P.O. Box 3526, Lajpat Nagar Post Office, New Delhi 110024.
- Sangini: Group for Lesbian and Bisexual women. Meets every
Saturday from 3 to
5.30pm. Runs a help line on Tuesdays and Fridays 6 to 8 pm for lesbian
and
bisexual women.
Address: C/o Naz PO Box 3910, Andres Gunj, New Delhi, 110049.
Tel: 26851970 / 26851971
- Talk About Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues (TARSHI):
Help Line for
information, counselling and referrals on sexuality issues. Monday to
Friday.
Tel: 91-11-2462 2221 / 2462 4441.
Web: http://arrive.at/tarshi
- Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit:
63/2, Masjid Road, 1st Floor, Jangpura, New Delhi - 110 014
Tel: 91-11-24321102 Fax: 91-11-24321101
Patna
- Aasra
Contact: Birendra
A/8, Vivekanand Park
P.O.Patliputra
Patna- 800 013
GPO Box No. 68
Patna- 800 001
Phone/Fax: 271 598 (0612)
E-mail: [email protected]
Gujarat
- Sylvester Merchant
P.B.No. 47
Rajpipla-393145
Gujarat
Baroda
- Lakshya Trust
Contact Person : Sylvester Merchant
Address: 203 / Second floor, Shruti Flats
Behind Kalpvruksh Complex
Near T. B. Hospital
Gotri Road
Baroda
Email : [email protected]
Vishakhapatnam
- Dominik
P.O.Box 203
Vishakhapatnam
AP 530 001
India
Orissa
- AAKASH
(Advocacy for AIDS, Knowledge and Sensible Health) (GBT)
Contact person : Debendra
Contact information : Mansa Nature Cure Centre, Block Colony,
Raj-Khariar, Dist. Nuapada, Pin 766 107 (Orissa)
Phone : 06671 32131
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