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{{Infobox organization
|name = Queer Campus Bangalore
|logo =
|type =Self-funded support group
|motto =
|founded_date = 22 October 2011
|location = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
|key_people =
|area_served = Bangalore {{Flagcountry|IND}}
|product =
|focus = Safe space for non-conforming sexual orientations and gender identities in Bangalore
|method = Using support groups, discussions, etc
|revenue =Self funded
|endowment =
|num_volunteers =
|num_employees =
|num_members =
|subsib =
|owner =
|Non-profit_slogan = Sexuality and its quErks!
|homepage = http://www.queercampusbangalore.wordpress.com
|dissolved =
|footnotes =
}}

'''Queer Campus Bangalore''' is a support group and safe space for queer youth in Bangalore, India. It is open to school, college, and university going youth in the city.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://maya4women.org/learn/queer-women-support-groups-india/|title=Queer Women Support Groups in India|date=2014-06-23|work=Maya For Women|access-date=2017-06-26|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
In October 2011, a couple of college going residents of the city came together to form a support group for queer youth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Many-Bangalore-colleges-have-queer-clubs/articleshow/14625902.cms|title=Many Bangalore colleges have queer clubs - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-06-26}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> This Bangalore chapter of Queer Campus was started as part of a network of student queer groups across the country, the first of which was started in [[Delhi]] in June 2010.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/Citys-own-queer-campus/articleshow/22945052.cms|title=City’s own queer campus - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-06-26}}</ref> Other chapters of Queer Campus were started in [[Pune]] and [[Hyderabad]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://orinam.net/resources-for/lgbt/campus-initiatives/|title=Campus Initiatives {{!}} orinam|work=orinam|access-date=2017-06-26|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaylaxymag.com/exclusive/campus-outing/#gs.pOa_ZTg|title=Campus OUTing - Gaylaxy Magazine|website=www.gaylaxymag.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-26}}</ref>

==Activities==
# QCB meets on Saturday afternoons at the Swabhava Trust office in Sampangi Ramnagar, in central Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/campusdiaries/docs/campus_diaries_the_magazine_july|title=Campus Diaries - The Magazine {{!}} July|work=issuu|access-date=2017-06-26|language=en}}</ref>
# Quicknics - Some afternoons (mostly in the spring) are spent at [[Cubbon Park]] where members are welcome to bring in snacks and games.
# Screenings - Queer related movies, TV shows, and documentaries are often screened.
# Carnivals - Melas were organised in 2012 and 2013 which provided a platform for art, crafts, and performances.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/fair-way-for-youth-to-hold-the-rainbow-flag-up-high/article3616918.ece/ ]{{dead link|date=June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-homosexuality-coloured-revelling-in-bangalore-1712381 |title=Homosexuality: Coloured revelling in Bangalore | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |website=Dnaindia.com |date=2012-07-08 |access-date=2017-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/fair-way-for-youth-to-hold-the-rainbow-flag-up-high/article3616918.ece|title=Fair way for youth to hold the rainbow flag up high|last=Tejas|first=Aditya|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-06-26|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaylaxymag.com/latest-news/bangalore-hosts-2nd-lgbt-carnival-successfully/#gs.zfi3jh0|title=Bangalore Hosts 2nd LGBT Carnival Successfully - Gaylaxy Magazine|website=www.gaylaxymag.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-26}}</ref>
# Diversity Fair - QCB helped organise the mela or diversity fair, the penultimate event of the [[Bengaluru Namma Pride March]] from 2012 - 2014, and 2017.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Campus-is-now-the-place-to-come-out/articleshow/26983828.cms |title=Campus is now the place to come out |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2013-12-07 |access-date=2017-06-23}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[LGBT culture in Bangalore]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:2011 establishments in Karnataka]]
[[Category:LGBT in India]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2011]]

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