Date : Wednesday, 26th January 2005.
Time : 5:00PM
- 6:00PM IST (GMT+05:30)
Venue : We meet as usual at Just Around The Corner
(JATC). Directions
The Agenda : a dialogue with a gay-friendly psychiatrist.
Coming to terms with our sexuality has its own pain and joy.
It's quite comforting to find so many guys like us, yet there is
constant fear of being exposed, marriage pressure, old
age, loneliness and bleak future. No wonder, most of us have
bouts of depression, withdrawal symptoms etc.
We may be completely comfortable with our sexuality, but we are
left with so many unanswered questions: Why am I Gay? Why
only me? Are my parents responsible? What about my future? Do I
need to come out to my parents? If yes, how do I come out?
There is a strong desire to discuss these issues. May be
with a family doctor or a shrink. But we are too scared to
approach the family doctor for obvious reasons. And most of us
cannot find the right psychiatrist. Moreover, the fear of meeting
a quack and receiving aversion therapy puts brakes to our search
for an unbiased psychiatrist.
But now GB introduces you to a reputed physiatrist
& sex consultant who runs his own nursing home in South
Bombay. He is also an Hon. Psychiatrist at H. N. Hospital, D S.
Kothari Hospital and K. B. Bhabha Hospital.
Be there even if you are very comfortable with yourself. It's
always music to ears to hear "Homosexuality is
normal" - from a psychiatrist.
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Note :
1. Ensure that
you get to JATC before 6:00 pm - in case the evening carries over to another
gay-friendly place close by.
2. GB as a
support group, has created this comfort/safe space for gays, many of whom
may be "newbies" (those still coming to terms with their sexuality and who
have mustered courage to come for such a meeting for the first time). So we
request you to be sensitive to the comfort levels of others attending the
meeting and behave and dress accordingly. Dressing in DRAG is
therefore strictly discouraged.
3. To identify the group, look out for someone wearing a BLACK cap.
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GayBombay (gb) organized event Rights of admission reserved.
You have to be above the age of 18 to attend this gb event.
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