Tag MSM

Action, BlogSamarth: From community involvement to community ownership!

asaxena

India HIV/AIDS Alliance initiated the program, Samarth (meaning, empowered), in June 2016, based on the principle of establishing ‘test-treat-adhere-prevent’ cascade for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender […]Read More

5
December
2016

Action, BlogSuccessful sensitisation of Health Care Providers

asaxena

The meeting hall was occupied by men and women in white clothes, be it sarees, trousers or shirts. Even the shoes and sandals were in the same colour! Aprons in […]Read More

18
October
2016

Action, BlogMentorship for Improved HIV Prevention in Key Populations

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Supported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), India HIV/AIDS Alliance’s Nirantar programme complements the existing national HIV program in helping to ensure quality prevention services in […]Read More

1
August
2016

Advocacy, BlogAct Against Homophobia and Transphobia!

asaxena

May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and the theme for 2016 is “Mental Health & Wellbeing.” As I hear this theme, I am reminded of a […]Read More

17
May
2016

Advocacy, BlogWe Live on a Rainbow: IDAHOT 2015

James Robertson

“None of us should face discrimination based on what we are or whom we love.” — Max Baucus, US Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, 2014 Since the Indian […]Read More

16
May
2015

Advocacy, BlogToo Miniscule for Human Rights and Basic Dignity?

Sreekumar V

“…a miniscule fraction of the country’s population constitute lesbians, gays, bisexuals or transgenders…” From the Supreme Court of India’s ruling in December 2013 upholding Section 377 of Indian Penal Code […]Read More

23
April
2015

Advocacy, BlogTreat Me with Respect!

Sreekumar V

An HIV-positive MSM commented during a Pehchan-supported study on discrimination and stigma in healthcare settings: “I went to a government hospital. The doctor did not treat me well when he […]Read More

9
April
2015

Advocacy, Blog36,656,825 and Counting

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In 1983, Larry Kramer wrote an article for the New York Native filled with righteous anger, brilliant insight and, reading it now more than 30 years later, electric prophecy. It […]Read More

24
May
2014

Action, BlogUnited Against Homophobia: Bringing Pehchan’s Human Rights Model to Uganda

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“It was my view that homosexuality should be punished harshly in order to defend our society from disorientation.” – Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, while signing Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law on […]Read More

22
May
2014

Advocacy, BlogTowards the Right Side of History

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As a gay rights activist, I am overjoyed by the recent Supreme Court ruling which gives legal protection to the transgender community. Ever since we heard the news, there has […]Read More

19
April
2014