In 2019, and muni are gettg bigger, and some have their own flag! Wh Gaysi Fay, a muny means somethg more.
Contents:
- THE GAYSI GUI TO COMG OUT
- GAYSI FAY: BRGG SOUTH ASIA’S ‘GAY DIS’ UNR ONE ROOF
- GAYSI FAY
- DAVID MUIR IS A GAY MAN WHO HAS FALLY BEGUN LIVG AS A LIFE PARTNER WH HIS BOYIEND SEAN
THE GAYSI GUI TO COMG OUT
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Is David Gyasi Gay? A few months ago, I went to the ‘Ze Bazaar’ ft anised by Gaysi, an onle space where the si-gay muny together to heighten queer voic and talk about their dreams, sir, triumphs and failur.
The event, based around the theme of ‘inty’, was an electrifyg space where raw talent and eedom of exprsn me together to display their distctivens a way that was accsible and enjoyable to a untry that, until very recently, lived unr the dark clouds of crimalisg gay sex through Sectn 377, this rabow of voic, opns and anecdot was a pneerg force that kept the LGBTQIA nversatn ee-flowg. Throughout this journey om stggle to succs, Gaysi has remaed an emotnal re facily for s members. So, as they plete a of existence this month, we asked some of their members to share advice on how to pe wh your sexual inty and e out to loved on, as also the personal challeng they faced while dog so Gaw, artist“Growg up, I noticed that my parents were averse to homosexuals, but only bee they didn’t unrstand them or have ntext.
GAYSI FAY: BRGG SOUTH ASIA’S ‘GAY DIS’ UNR ONE ROOF
Gaysi really helped me bee my first ever terview on what means to be a genr fluid person was wh them June last year, which helped a lot of people unrstand me better and got a posive rponse. But, wh the help of Gaysi and NGOs like Humsafar, I have been able to hold on to my inty.
I found Gaysi when I moved om Goa to Mumbai about 10 years ago. While books like Face In The Mirror helped me before I did somethg physil wh someone, I liked that Gaysi ntent was so si that helped me nnect to better. When I me back to India June and started talkg about wh my iends and volunteerg for Gaysi around September, I had one of those ‘aha’ moments and realised I was bi-cur.
At Gaysi events, an trovert like me has met many genr non-bari, lbians, bisexuals and opened up to a whole muny on different parts of the spectm. When I got volved wh Gaysi six years ago, I was very closeted. ”Priya Gangwani, -founr of Gaysi"Gaysi has been like an emotnal tumult.
GAYSI FAY
Keepg Gaysi alive has been an act of fah—a ep yearng for creativy and clivy. The 10 years of Gaysi have been filled wh fiance, anger, love, tense elatn, excement, ristance and hope.
Wh Gaysi Fay, a muny means somethg more.
To know more, we got touch wh Sakshi, a member of the Gaysi Fay, and this is their story. Contents1 What is the Gaysi Fay?
DAVID MUIR IS A GAY MAN WHO HAS FALLY BEGUN LIVG AS A LIFE PARTNER WH HIS BOYIEND SEAN
5 What’s the future for Gaysi? What is the Gaysi Fay? Gaysi Fay was started as a blog to provi a voice and a safe space to ‘sis’ (people om the South Asian Subntent) that intify as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr or Queer+ (LGBTQ).
What began as a simple ia; sharg stori about beg gay and si (th, Gaysi! Gaysi regularly hosts a roster of thors om all over the world, diverse ntent creators and onle visors. Sce 2011, Gaysi Fay has also created offle spac to screen queer films, hold book readg evengs, and open mic events – ‘Dirty Talk’, wh known artists, celebri and people om the queer muny.
The muny also has a self-published queer magaze, lled The Gaysi Ze. “We thk the most unique aspect of Gaysi, is our fay-style of workg and creatn. Gaysi Fay do not leave you on ‘read’.