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Trikone (Hindustani pronunciation: [t̪rɪˈkoːn]) is an US-based 501(c)(4) support, social, and political action umbrella organization with chapters in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, and Tampa Bay for South Asian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people.[1][2][3] Trikone was founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area and is one of the oldest queer South Asian activist groups in the world.[4][5][6] Trikone’s members and affiliates trace their ancestry to one of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibet.[7]

"Trikone" (Hindi/Marathi/Sanskrit: त्रिकोण, Telugu: త్రికోణ్, Urdu: تْرِكون, Gujarati: ત્રિકોણ, Punjabi: ਤ੍ਰਿਕੋਣ, Bengali: ত্রিকোণ, Malayalam: ത്രികോൺ, Kannada: ತ್ರಿಕೋನ) means "triangle"[8] in many South Asian languages. Trikone, or “triangle”, references the organization’s logo, an inverted pink triangle that traces its origin to the inverted pink triangle badge used in Nazi concentration camps to distinguish gay men, lesbian, and transgender women prisoners. The symbol has since been reappropriated by many queer organizations, including Trikone, as a symbol of pride. Additionally, the inverted triangle of Trikone’s logo roughly traces the shape of the Indian subcontinent, a signifier of their identity-based membership.

Trikone published an eponymous magazine with an international base of subscribers several times a year.[9] The magazine was the oldest South Asian LGBT magazine in the U.S., and ran from 1986 to 2014.[10][11]

History and activities

Founding

The organization was co-founded in 1986 by two Indian-American engineers, Arvind Kumar and Suvir Das[12].

Arvind Kumar was born in Chhapra, Bihar, India to a disciplinarian lawyer father with a philosophical outlook and a religious, social worker mother. Both of his parents dedicated time to their passions over child-rearing, so Arvind was raised by his uncle in Patna, Bihar.

and the first newsletter was published with that name in January 1986. (The name was later changed to "Trikone" due to a name conflict with an unrelated organization, "Tricon".) Following media coverage in both the United States and India, a group soon formed to continue the publication of the newsletter and to participate in local events such as the San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade.[13][14]

In 2000 and 2006, DesiQ, a South Asian queer conference of international scope was produced by the organization.[15] In September 2001 QFilmistan, a film festival, was also produced.[16]

Women of Trikone

Women of Trikone is a sub group and also has separate a list-serve for queer women of South Asian descent from the Bay Area.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ Atkins, Dawn, ed. Looking queer: Body image and identity in lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender communities. Psychology Press, 1998.
  2. ^ Leong, Russell, ed. Asian American sexualities: Dimensions of the gay and lesbian experience. Psychology Press, 1996.
  3. ^ Shah, Nayan. "9. Sexuality, Identity, and the Uses of History." Q and A: Queer in Asian America (1998): 141.
  4. ^ Vanita, Ruth. "Lesbian Studies and Activism in India." Journal of Lesbian Studies 11.3-4 (2007): 244-253.
  5. ^ "About Trikone". Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  6. ^ Ramakrishnan, L. "Putting the'B'Back in LGBT: Bisexuality, Queer Politics and HIV/AIDS Discourse." (2006).
  7. ^ Balachandran, Chandra S. "A preliminary report on emerging gay geographies in Bangalore." South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 24.s1 (2001): 103-118.
  8. ^ Platts, John (1884). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co. p. 319. ISBN 81-215-0098-2.
  9. ^ "Trikone magazines". Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  10. ^ Parasar, Anuradha. "Homosexuality In India–The Invisible Conflict."
  11. ^ "Desi-Queer Flashback 1986: Launching Trikone Magazine". Sholay Events. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  12. ^ Amlani, Alzak (2011-07-07). "Being Indian in America". India Currents. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  13. ^ "Minority Gays Create a Voice for Unserved Community". Retrieved 2008-02-04.
  14. ^ Kumar, Arvind (2008-02-11). (Interview). Interviewed by Arvind Kumar. {{cite interview}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ "LGBT Pride Celebrations". Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  16. ^ "QFilmistan: The first South Asia LGBT film festival". Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  17. ^ Women-of-Trikone Archived 2008-03-26 at archive.today
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