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Advocacy, Blog36,656,825 and Counting

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In 1983, Larry Kramer wrote an article for the New York Native filled with righteous anger, brilliant insight and, reading it now more than 30 years later, electric prophecy. It […]Read More

24
May
2014

Advocacy, BlogTrans-formation to End Discrimination (#IDAHOT 2014)

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May 17th marks International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) around the world. I am sitting in my office at Alliance India in New Delhi as I gather my thoughts […]Read More

17
May
2014

Advocacy, BlogTowards the Right Side of History

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As a gay rights activist, I am overjoyed by the recent Supreme Court ruling which gives legal protection to the transgender community. Ever since we heard the news, there has […]Read More

19
April
2014

Advocacy, Blog“No doubt, ART is my friend indeed…” A Community Profile to Mark 10 Years of Free ART in India

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A member of India’s PLHIV community reflects on ten years of access to free antiretroviral treatment. For Naomi Semy, life almost came to a standstill when she tested positive. “As […]Read More

6
April
2014

Advocacy, Blog“ART is my partner for life…” A Community Profile to Mark 10 Years of Free ART in India

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A member of India’s PLHIV community reflects on ten years of access to free antiretroviral treatment. Kanjibhai B Gadhia is a content man. A well-settled farmer from Amreli district of […]Read More

6
April
2014

Advocacy, Blog“I didn’t choose HIV. HIV chose me…” An Activist’s Reflection on 10 Years of Free ART in India

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Pre ART: 1986 to 31st March 2004 “You have AIDS,” a counselor said to me in 1997. I don’t remember the exact date, but suddenly everything went blank. The counselor […]Read More

6
April
2014

Advocacy, BlogI did the HIV test: June 1994

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It was one of those moments. Alone at home, I looked up the number for a diagnostic lab close by. When I got there, my heart skipped a beat to […]Read More

27
February
2014

Advocacy, BlogThe Long Road Ahead

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On 11 December 2013, the streets outside the Supreme Court of India thronged with a dazed crowd, hugging, sobbing and not quite sure what had happened. Inside the hushed courtroom, […]Read More

23
December
2013

Action, BlogA Transgender’s Story: International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers 2013

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Sheela (name changed) is in her late twenties. A transgender, she recounts feeling like a women from a very young age. “I soon gave up my boyish lifestyle and started […]Read More

17
December
2013

Advocacy, BlogA Dark Day for India

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I am crouched over my work desk at the Naz Foundation (India) Trust, combing through another draft of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against Section 377 of the Indian Penal […]Read More

11
December
2013