Sappho – The Support Group for Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Women
A love that dare not speak ITS NAME
A woman who dare not share THIS LOVE
A society that dare not accept THIS WOMAN
WILL THIS NEVER CHANGE?
DEFINITELY !!!
Like it started changing
In Kolkata with
THE EMERGENCE OF Sappho,
A Support Group of Lesbians, Bisexual and Transgender Women in Eastern India
THE YEAR 1998
FIRE released.. both in theatres and in the psyche of the Indians.
FIRE was the First Indian Cinema to project Lesbian Love.
Two things were crystal clear
The Very Presence of Indian Lesbians
The very resistance of the Indian Homophobic Society
THE YEAR 1999
Far from the fiery war-field of FIRE in Mumbai and Delhi
Six girls of Kolkata were eager
To BREAK THE SILENCE
To BUILD A BOND OF LOVE AND TRUST…
Let there be COURAGE !!
Let there be Sappho !!!
Sappho derives its name from the legendary character of ancient Greek literature. It is a support group for lesbian, bisexual and transgender women. With its base in Kolkata, West Bengal, Sappho, founded on 20th June 1999, is the only group of its kind in the whole of Eastern India. The initial goal of the organization was to provide a safe space for women with same sex preference; gradually it moved into a rights-oriented movement to fight discrimination and hatred against marginalized women with same sex preference.
Equality, diversity, transparency, democracy – these have been the guiding values of our organization. We pledge a safe space for our members irrespective of their background in terms of caste, class, religion, region or language. Our members have always felt welcome and encouraged to express their problems or moments of happiness in a congenial environment. We believe in non-judgmental and non-discriminatory support to all members who seek our help. In the larger society we are committed to fight the hegemonic hetero-normative order while affirming diversities and resisting divisiveness. Our struggle is not against individual heterosexual people but against heterosexism.
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