South Asian LGB Resource Directory


This information is provided as a service to readers. If 
your group's listing is missing or incorrect, let us know, and we will 
make the necessary changes. An up-to-date listing will make it easier for 
others to contact your group. Write: Trikone Resources, P.O. Box 21354, 
San Jose, CA 95151-1354, call (408) 270-8776, or send e-mail to 
trikone@rahul.net.


GROUPS


INTERNET: Khush is a worldwide electronic mail discussion list 
for gay and lesbian South Asians. To join, send e-mail to 
khush-request@lists.mindspring.com


CANADA

CALGARY: Of Colour: Lesbians & Gay Men of Color and others, c/o 
Gay Lines Calgary, 201-223 12th Ave SW, Calgary Alberta T2R 0G9, Canada. 
Kevin (403) 234-8973.

TORONTO: Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention, 399 Church 
St, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Canada. (416) 351-0131.

TORONTO: Khush: South Asian Gay Men, P.O. Box 6172, Station A, 
Toronto, Ontario M5W 1P6, Canada. Khush Hotline (416) 925-XTRA ext 2173.

VANCOUVER: Atish: HIV/AIDS Awareness Project for the South Asian 
community. Languages spoken: Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu. Atish Network, Attn: Al-
Qamar Sangha, Box 345-1027 Davie St, Vancouver, BC V6E 4L2, Canada.


INDIA

BOMBAY: Bombay Dost, 105A Veena Beena Shopping Centre, Opposite 
Bandra Station, Bandra (W), Bombay 400 050, India. For gay men and 
lesbians.

BOMBAY: Khush Club, P.O. Box 57351, Bombay 400 058, India. For 
gay men and lesbians.

CALCUTTA: Counsel Club, c/o Pawan, Post Bag 10237, Calcutta 700 
019, India. Annual membership of Rs 200/$10 gets you Pravartak 
subscription, penpal listing, access to archives, counseling help. For gay 
men, lesbians, and bisexuals.

COCHIN: Nikhil, Men India Movement, Post Box 885, Cochin 682 
005, India.

DELHI: Arambh Support Group, P.O. Box 9522, Delhi 110 095, 
India. For gay men and lesbians.

LUCKNOW: Friends India, Post Box 59, Mahanagar, Lucknow 226 006, 
India. For gay men.

MADRAS: Sisters, P.O. Box 26, Tambaram, Madras 600 059, India. 
For polycultural lesbians.

NEW DELHI: AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan, Post Box 5308, New 
Delhi 110 053, India. Community work in issues of education, health, law, 
women, gay men and lesbians, professional blood donors, and drug abusers.

NEW DELHI: Sakhi, P.O. Box 3526, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi 110 
024, India. (11) 462-8970. For lesbians.

SECUNDERABAD: Gay Information Center, c/o Owais, P.O. Box 1662, 
Secunderabad HPO 500 003, India.


UK

LONDON: Shakti: South Asian Lesbian and Gay Network, BM Box 
4390, London WC1N 3XX, UK. (01) 993 9001 weekends.


USA

ATLANTA: Trikone-Atlanta, P.O. Box 18638, Atlanta, GA 31126-0638, USA.
Mehboob (404) 892-0475,  Janak (404) 261-7506.  For gay men and lesbians.
trikatl@mindspring.com

BOSTON: Masala. Imtiyaz (617) 262-5744, Rana (617) 426-9234.
For gay men and lesbians. 

CHICAGO: Sangat, Box 268463, Chicago, IL 60626, USA. Viru, Ifti 
(312) 506-8810, fax (312) 784-0148. For gay men and lesbians.

LOS ANGELES: Trikone-Los Angeles, c/o The Center, Admin Box 400, 
1625 Schrader Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA. (213) 993-7626. For gay 
men and lesbians.

NEW YORK: South Asian Lesbian & Gay Assn (SALGA), P.O. Box 902, 
New York, NY 10009-0902, USA. (212) 909-9081.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA: Snehi, P.O. Box 15943, Newport Beach, CA 
92659, USA. A worldwide support group for mature gay & lesbian South 
Asians and friends; send SASE for sample newsletter.

PHILADELPHIA: SALGA-Philadelphia. Kevin (215) 735-5114. For gay, 
lesbian, bisexual, and transgender South Asians. 

SAN FRANCISCO: Sadhana Brothers, c/o Ed Brophy, 4211 B 23rd St, 
San Francisco, CA 94114. (415) 647-4388. For gay men interested in Hindu 
spirituality.

SAN FRANCISCO: Shamakami: South Asian Lesbian & Bisexual Women, 
P.O. Box 460456, San Francisco, CA 94146, USA.

SAN FRANCISCO bay area: Trikone: Lesbian and Gay South Asians
P.O. Box 21354, San Jose, CA 95151, USA. (408) 270-8776. trikone@rahul.net. 

WASHINGTON, DC: Khush-DC, (202) 728-3870. 


PUBLICATIONS

Arambh, P.O. Box 9522, Delhi 110 095, India. $15/year. Copies 
from Trikone for $5 each; proceeds benefit Arambh.

Bombay Dost, 105A Veena Beena Shopping Centre, Opposite Bandra 
Station, Bandra (W), Bombay 400 050, India. Magazine. Copies from Trikone 
for $5 each; proceeds benefit Bombay Dost.

Khush Khayal, P.O. Box 6172, Station A, Toronto, Ontario M5W 
1P6, Canada. Quarterly. $5/year.

Friends India, Post Box 59, Mahanagar, Lucknow 226 006, India. 
Bimonthly newsletter. Rs 150/year domestic, $15/year overseas.

Pravartak, c/o Pawan, Post Bag 10237, Calcutta 700 019, India. 
Rs 60/$5.

Shakti Khabar, BM Box 4390, London WC1N 3XX, UK. Bimonthly 
newsletter.

Shamakami, P.O. Box 460456, San Francisco, CA 94146-0456, USA. e-
mail: nretina@cap.gwu.edu. Newsletter. $10/year.

Trikone Magazine, P.O. Box 21354, San Jose, CA 95151, USA. (408) 
270-8776. Quarterly. $10/year North America, $15/year overseas.