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	{{Infobox non-profit\|name =Sappho for Equality\|logo =Sappho for Equality logo.png\|type =\|founded_date=2003\|founder=\|location_city=[[Kolkata]]\|location_country=[[India]]\|location=\|area_served=[[Eastern India]]\|origins=\|key_people=\|focus=[[LGBT]]\|method=support services, arts, advocacy\|num_volunteers=\|owner=\|Non-profit_slogan=\|homepage=~~http~~://www.sapphokolkata.in/\|dissolved=\|footnotes=}}'''Sappho for Equality''' is an organization based in [[Kolkata]], [[India]] working for the rights of [[lesbian]]s, [[Bisexuality\|bisexual women]], and [[Trans man\|trans men]] in [[East India\|Eastern India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.sapphokolkata.in/sappho-for-equality/\|title=Sappho for Equality\|website=Sappho for Equality\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>		{{Infobox non-profit
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			'''Sappho for Equality''' is an organization based in [[Kolkata]], [[India]], working for the rights of [[lesbian]]s, [[Bisexuality\|bisexual women]], and [[Trans man\|trans men]] in [[East India\|Eastern India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.sapphokolkata.in/sappho-for-equality/\|title=Sappho for Equality\|website=Sappho for Equality\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2017-12-01\|archive-date=1 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201132009/http://www.sapphokolkata.in/sappho-for-equality/\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	It focuses on community empowerment and support, engagement with civil society and other organizations, and advocacy and lobbying.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/07/lgbtq-movement-in-india-91-facts/\|title=How Many Of These 93 Things Do You Know About India's LGBTQ Movement?\|date=2017-07-13\|work=Youth Ki Awaaz\|access-date=2017-12-01\|language=en-US}}</ref>		It focuses on community empowerment and support, engagement with civil society and other organizations, and advocacy and lobbying.<ref name=":0" />

	== History ==		== History ==
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	According to Sappho for Equality's website, Sappho worked to "provide safe space and emotional support for sexually marginalized women and female to male transpersons," but moved on to "rights/justice based framework to fight homophobia, discrimination and violence against LBT persons."<ref name=":0" />		According to Sappho for Equality's website, Sappho worked to "provide safe space and emotional support for sexually marginalized women and female to male transpersons," but moved on to "rights/justice based framework to fight homophobia, discrimination and violence against LBT persons."<ref name=":0" />

	Core ~~member~~ of Sappho founded Sappho for Equality in 2003, focusing on activism and public outreach.<ref name=":1" />		Core members of Sappho founded Sappho for Equality in 2003, focusing on activism and public outreach.<ref name=":1" />

	According to Sappho for Equality's website, "Sappho today exists parallel to Sappho for Equality as the LBT community based informal support group.")<ref name=":0" /> According to Srila Roy in ''OUPblog'', "Members of Sappho are automatically members of SFE, but not the other way round. Sappho embodies, in this way, two common strands of the queer movement in India—one that links sexuality to identity (the support group) and one that attempts to break this very association (the activist platform)."<ref name=":1" />		According to Sappho for Equality's website, "Sappho today exists parallel to Sappho for Equality as the LBT community based informal support group.")<ref name=":0" /> According to Srila Roy in ''OUPblog'', "Members of Sappho are automatically members of SFE, but not the other way round. Sappho embodies, in this way, two common strands of the queer movement in India—one that links sexuality to identity (the support group) and one that attempts to break this very association (the activist platform)."<ref name=":1" />

	== Work ==		== Work ==
	Sappho for Equality's community support work includes offering peer counseling, running a [[helpline]]<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/new-helpline-for-lesbians-in-delhi/article4825934.ece\|title=New helpline for lesbians in Delhi\|last=Trivedi\|first=Divya\|date=2013-06-18\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2017-12-01\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and counseling service, and conducting workshops.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.sapphokolkata.in/activities/\|title=Activities\|website=Sappho for Equality\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> As of 2013, its helpline received seven calls a day.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/indian-women-talk-about-sex-in-cyberspace/\|title=Indian Women Talk About Sex – in Cyberspace\|last=Biswas\|first=Ranjita\|date=June 2013\|work=Inter Press Service\|access-date=2017-11-30}}</ref>		Sappho for Equality's community support work includes offering peer counseling, running a [[helpline]]<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/new-helpline-for-lesbians-in-delhi/article4825934.ece\|title=New helpline for lesbians in Delhi\|last=Trivedi\|first=Divya\|date=2013-06-18\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2017-12-01\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and counseling service, and conducting workshops.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.sapphokolkata.in/activities/\|title=Activities\|website=Sappho for Equality\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2017-12-01\|archive-date=1 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201131731/http://www.sapphokolkata.in/activities/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2013, its helpline received seven calls a day.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/indian-women-talk-about-sex-in-cyberspace/\|title=Indian Women Talk About Sex – in Cyberspace\|last=Biswas\|first=Ranjita\|date=June 2013\|work=Inter Press Service\|access-date=2017-11-30}}</ref>

	It runs an annual "Sexuality Academy," works with students,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/02/queer-collectvies-on-jnu-campus/\|title='JNU's First Queer Group Didn't Die; It Was Forced To Invisibilise Itself'\|date=2017-02-23\|work=Youth Ki Awaaz\|access-date=2017-12-01\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/Out-of-the-campus-closet/articleshow/23601336.cms\|title=Out of the campus closet\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> participates in the [[Kolkata Book Fair]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> documents issues like lesbian suicides,<ref name=":2" /> and does advocacy work on issues like [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code\|Section 377]], in addition to working with police, medical students, and medical practitioners.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />		It runs an annual "Sexuality Academy", works with students,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/Out-of-the-campus-closet/articleshow/23601336.cms\|title=Out of the campus closet\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> participates in the [[Kolkata Book Fair]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> documents issues like lesbian suicides,<ref name=":2" /> and does advocacy work on issues like [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code\|Section 377]], in addition to working with police, medical students, and medical practitioners.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

	Sappho for Equality organizes ''Dialogues'', an annual LGBT film and video festival established in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/three-day-lgbt-film-fest-starts-188490\|title=Three-day LGBT film fest starts\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/LGBT-film-fest-in-Kolkata-this-weekend/articleshow/49886295.cms\|title=LGBT film fest in Kolkata this weekend - Times of India\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/lgbt-film-fest-on-sexuality-in-south-asia-18519.html\|title=LGBT film fest to focus on sexuality in South Asia\|date=2014-11-16\|work=IndiaTV\|access-date=2017-12-01\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/XMrDyxOcCi4GUgqGHjUX7L/The-Sex-Talk-A-queer-film-at-a-theatre-next-to-you.html\|title=The Sex Talk: A queer film at a theatre next to you\|last=Ratnam\|first=Dhamini\|date=2015-06-06\|work=Mint\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>		Sappho for Equality organizes ''Dialogues'', an annual LGBT film and video festival established in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dialoguesfilmfest.in/about\|title= Dialogues: Calcutta International LGBTQIA+ Film and Video Festival\|work=Dialogues Website\|access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/three-day-lgbt-film-fest-starts-188490\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182135/https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/three-day-lgbt-film-fest-starts-188490\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=1 December 2017\|title=Three-day LGBT film fest starts\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/LGBT-film-fest-in-Kolkata-this-weekend/articleshow/49886295.cms\|title=LGBT film fest in Kolkata this weekend - Times of India\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/lgbt-film-fest-on-sexuality-in-south-asia-18519.html\|title=LGBT film fest to focus on sexuality in South Asia\|date=2014-11-16\|work=IndiaTV\|access-date=2017-12-01\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/XMrDyxOcCi4GUgqGHjUX7L/The-Sex-Talk-A-queer-film-at-a-theatre-next-to-you.html\|title=The Sex Talk: A queer film at a theatre next to you\|last=Ratnam\|first=Dhamini\|date=2015-06-06\|work=Mint\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>

	It publishes ''Swakanthey'', a magazine described by ''[[Scroll.in]]'' as "a biannual, bilingual six-page newsletter of academic articles, non-fiction stories and poetry," established in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://scroll.in/article/764889/for-lgbt-community-the-internet-cant-quite-replace-magazine-culture\|title=For LGBT community, the internet can't quite replace magazine culture\|last=Dore\|first=Bhavya\|work=Scroll.in\|access-date=2017-12-01\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/When-will-India-get-its-first-lesbian-comic-character/articleshow/48916426.cms\|title=When will India get its first lesbian comic character?\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>		It publishes ''Swakanthey'', a magazine described by ''[[Scroll.in]]'' as "a biannual, bilingual six-page newsletter of academic articles, non-fiction stories and poetry," established in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://scroll.in/article/764889/for-lgbt-community-the-internet-cant-quite-replace-magazine-culture\|title=For LGBT community, the internet can't quite replace magazine culture\|last=Dore\|first=Bhavya\|work=Scroll.in\|access-date=2017-12-01\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/When-will-India-get-its-first-lesbian-comic-character/articleshow/48916426.cms\|title=When will India get its first lesbian comic character?\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>

			In 2023 the organisation opened Porshi, a canteen located in Kolkata, Jodhpur Park. The venue provides a safe place for LGBT individuals, and offers reduced cost food and venue hiring.<ref>{{cite web \| last=Ghosh \| first=Sudeshna \| title=A haven for LGBTQIA+ to share insights and upskill themselves \| website=The Times of India \| date=6 September 2023 \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/a-haven-for-lgbtqia-to-share-insights-and-upskill-themselves/amp_articleshow/103411594.cms \| access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title=Our Journey \| website=Home \| date=25 April 2023 \| url=https://www.sapphokolkata.in/our-journey/details/74 \| ref={{sfnref \| Home \| 2023}} \| access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	[[Category:~~LGBT~~ organisations in India]]		[[Category:Lesbian culture in Asia]]
	[[Category:~~LGBT~~ political advocacy groups in India]]		[[Category:LGBTQ organisations based in India]]
			[[Category:LGBTQ political advocacy groups in India]]
	[[Category:Organisations based in Kolkata]]		[[Category:Organisations based in Kolkata]]
	[[Category:2003 establishments in West Bengal]]		[[Category:2003 establishments in West Bengal]]
	[[Category:Organizations established in 2003]]		[[Category:Organizations established in 2003]]
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{{Infobox non-profit|name =Sappho for Equality|logo =Sappho for Equality logo.png|type =|founded_date=2003|founder=|location_city=[[Kolkata]]|location_country=[[India]]|location=|area_served=[[Eastern India]]|origins=|key_people=|focus=[[LGBT]]|method=support services, arts, advocacy|num_volunteers=|owner=|Non-profit_slogan=|homepage=http://www.sapphokolkata.in/|dissolved=|footnotes=}}'''Sappho for Equality''' is an organization based in [[Kolkata]], [[India]] working for the rights of [[lesbian]]s, [[Bisexuality|bisexual women]], and [[Trans man|trans men]] in [[East India|Eastern India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sapphokolkata.in/sappho-for-equality/|title=Sappho for Equality|website=Sappho for Equality|language=en-IN|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>

It focuses on community empowerment and support, engagement with civil society and other organizations, and advocacy and lobbying.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/07/lgbtq-movement-in-india-91-facts/|title=How Many Of These 93 Things Do You Know About India's LGBTQ Movement?|date=2017-07-13|work=Youth Ki Awaaz|access-date=2017-12-01|language=en-US}}</ref>

== History ==
Sappho for Equality was founded out of Sappho, an organization established in June 1999 by three middle-class Bengali lesbian couples,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://blog.oup.com/2015/06/lesbian-marginalization-india/|title=Lesbian existence and marginalization in India {{!}} OUPblog|date=2015-06-25|work=OUPblog|access-date=2017-12-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/H8xiB49bsya0wbmufESgzJ/The-Love-Issue--Love-struck-Juliet.html|title=Love struck Juliet|last=Bag|first=Shamik|date=2014-02-08|work=Mint|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> inspired by the 1996 film ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]''.<ref name=":2" /> The organization was named after the [[Sappho|6th century Greek poet]].<ref name=":0" />

According to Sappho for Equality's website, Sappho worked to "provide safe space and emotional support for sexually marginalized women and female to male transpersons," but moved on to "rights/justice based framework to fight homophobia, discrimination and violence against LBT persons."<ref name=":0" />

Core member of Sappho founded Sappho for Equality in 2003, focusing on activism and public outreach.<ref name=":1" />

According to Sappho for Equality's website, "Sappho today exists parallel to Sappho for Equality as the LBT community based informal support group.")<ref name=":0" /> According to Srila Roy in ''OUPblog'', "Members of Sappho are automatically members of SFE, but not the other way round. Sappho embodies, in this way, two common strands of the queer movement in India—one that links sexuality to identity (the support group) and one that attempts to break this very association (the activist platform)."<ref name=":1" />

== Work ==
Sappho for Equality's community support work includes offering peer counseling, running a [[helpline]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/new-helpline-for-lesbians-in-delhi/article4825934.ece|title=New helpline for lesbians in Delhi|last=Trivedi|first=Divya|date=2013-06-18|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-12-01|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and counseling service, and conducting workshops.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sapphokolkata.in/activities/|title=Activities|website=Sappho for Equality|language=en-IN|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> As of 2013, its helpline received seven calls a day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/indian-women-talk-about-sex-in-cyberspace/|title=Indian Women Talk About Sex – in Cyberspace|last=Biswas|first=Ranjita|date=June 2013|work=Inter Press Service|access-date=2017-11-30}}</ref>

It runs an annual "Sexuality Academy," works with students,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/02/queer-collectvies-on-jnu-campus/|title='JNU's First Queer Group Didn't Die; It Was Forced To Invisibilise Itself'|date=2017-02-23|work=Youth Ki Awaaz|access-date=2017-12-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/Out-of-the-campus-closet/articleshow/23601336.cms|title=Out of the campus closet|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> participates in the [[Kolkata Book Fair]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> documents issues like lesbian suicides,<ref name=":2" /> and does advocacy work on issues like [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code|Section 377]], in addition to working with police, medical students, and medical practitioners.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

Sappho for Equality organizes ''Dialogues'', an annual LGBT film and video festival established in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/three-day-lgbt-film-fest-starts-188490|title=Three-day LGBT film fest starts|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/LGBT-film-fest-in-Kolkata-this-weekend/articleshow/49886295.cms|title=LGBT film fest in Kolkata this weekend - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/lgbt-film-fest-on-sexuality-in-south-asia-18519.html|title=LGBT film fest to focus on sexuality in South Asia|date=2014-11-16|work=IndiaTV|access-date=2017-12-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/XMrDyxOcCi4GUgqGHjUX7L/The-Sex-Talk-A-queer-film-at-a-theatre-next-to-you.html|title=The Sex Talk: A queer film at a theatre next to you|last=Ratnam|first=Dhamini|date=2015-06-06|work=Mint|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>

It publishes ''Swakanthey'', a magazine described by ''[[Scroll.in]]'' as "a biannual, bilingual six-page newsletter of academic articles, non-fiction stories and poetry," established in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/764889/for-lgbt-community-the-internet-cant-quite-replace-magazine-culture|title=For LGBT community, the internet can't quite replace magazine culture|last=Dore|first=Bhavya|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2017-12-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/When-will-India-get-its-first-lesbian-comic-character/articleshow/48916426.cms|title=When will India get its first lesbian comic character?|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[LGBT rights in India]]
* [[Homosexuality in India]]
* [[LGBT culture in India]]

== References ==
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[[Category:LGBT organisations in India]]
[[Category:LGBT political advocacy groups in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Kolkata]]
[[Category:2003 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2003]]