Srishti Madurai launched Indias first helpline for Genderqueer, LGBTQIA in October 2 2011 in Madurai. Later in June 2013 the helpline turned to offer service for 24 hours. So far we received more than 80 calls both from India and abroad in past 2 years mainly from Kovilpatti, Katturamanpatti, Kodaikanal, Krishnan Kovil, Aadalur from Tamil Nadu, Port Blair from Andaman & 3 calls from Sri Lanka(Eelam) out side India. We thank Colette OConnor from The University of Glasgow for creating the tag Just having someone understanding to talk to can save a life. for us. Soon next month Srishti will launch world first resource website for Gender-variant, Genderqueer in Tamil. We Thank Tinpahar a student team for their service for Srishti. We also thank Vijay Vicky a blogger who transcribed the talks of Gopi Shankar as a resource for website.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 05:32:20 +0000
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