Anyone from India or having any link
 

If there is anyone from India or having any link with Indian intersex people or support group then plz contact me

support groups/India
 

Although primarily for LGBT of India, the link (below this post) may offer you some respite from your plight.. Here is one resource in that website that may help : (Category III)

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There are legal and other social resources also, as well as support groups throughout India. Please try; it seems that anything would be better than what you have now.....and the people you contact/meet from this link will, most likely, be more sympathetic and understanding than the "normal" society of India.....they may also know where intersex support groups in India are.

http://www.gaybombay.org/support/groups.html

Dana

hullo to rahul
 

nameste beta/bete

rahul, can you tell me where in India you are, what religion you are and also how old you are. You are obviously well educated, as your english is very good.
You can post me privately if you wish with these details. there are reasons I ask for this information, as an Indian you will have an understanding why.
yes, India is a very difficult place to be if one is intersex, gay, queer, or transgendered in any way.
However there are little oasis, but like much in India, it is a hidden network that is accessed only with time and nerve and courage.
I'm Jims friend, yann.. and it was actually only 7 years that lived in India, but I have ongoing contacts and family there so it has now grown to 9 years I have been involved within your culture.
I have been back in the west for 2 years now but I visit my family as often as I can. I will be back in India for 3 to 4 months this summer to stay with my family.
I was adopted into a sikh family living in Uttaranchal on the terai, between rampur and katkodam. my new mother introduced me to the local hijra and through my travel business I also became very friendly with a young raijput man who would identify totally with your words. he is not IS, but thinks of himself as a woman. because of your culture he has had to tread a careful path in fulfilling family duty and being true to him/herself.
it could be that s/he could be a valuable ally for you in your discovery of yourself.
I am also open to meeting up with you if this would interest you and we could manage to be in the same place.
If you are down south I know that there are some good people in kerala as well. I dont have their information with me, but will have to wait until I get to my Indian computer before I can see if power surges have left me the information.
But, for the moment, take heart. You have made a brave step and now you will find that slowly pieces will fall into place.
In some ways you are lucky. India has changed from when i first went to live there. I arrived the same weekend as the RSS were rioting about the movie "fire" being shown in Delhi (98). I went back last september to tell my family of my decision to trans from female to male. After I left to return to NZ to keep saving for my adopted daughters dowries, I recieved a letter from my didi telling me that the first cases of transwomen (MtF) were starting to become public in the papers.. I watched the beginnings of the gay movement and now you, especially, as a society defined male, will if you choose, be able to find company with other like you, who self define as female and find acceptance within your society. Maybe not all, but enough of it for you to keep hope alive.
write to me offline bete, or here as well.
shalam
yann

here is a possible opening rahul
 

bete

try this link to malika's blog

malikatv.blogspot.com

it will make you feel less lonely anyway

yann

I'm sure that's very helpful, your referring Rahul to the website of a self-professed drag queen. (?) Of course, all the intersex have much wisdom to gain by associating with transvestites, don't we? (?)

no priestess, that is not why I referred rahul there.
But, you would have to understand India better maybe.
there is NO intersex movement in India. If someone is out in their intersex sex/gender the only outlet is within the hijra community. This is very female identified.. that is MtF. There is NO place in India for someone like me.. XX herm who identifies with my masculine side.
But, aside from that, Rahul talked alot about his/her feminine side and that part of his/her personality I can give them access to. This is where Malika came in.. Malika is an oddity within India, a political animal who has an interest in gender queer and intersex. Malikas blog is mainly not about drag queens and crossdressers but about the hijra communtiy. They are intersex and transgendered. it is where both you and I would have lived if we had been born within this culture.
]There arent many oprtions for me to offer Rahul from my knowledge. Each path Rahul has to follow has the potential to lead them to a community where they will feel less alone. Thus ALL options are worth exploring.
India can be a very lonely place if you are different. Nothing is as it seems and truths arent often voiced openly. This person at least has the strength of will to survive being different within a society which doesnt allow deviance from the norm.
Please dont judge from a western perspective. it is not the same, no matter how India wishes to be viewed.
regards yann