
PROJECT BOLO, meaning 'Project Speak Up', offers role models by documenting Indian LGBT persons -- their growing up, struggles, love, career, achievements and life. Project Bolo's objective is to record Indian LGBT history, as well as inspire and empower the LGBT community in India, by presenting video interviews of LGBT persons and role models, who 'speak up' about their life and work. This interview features GITI THADANI. ---------------------------- GITI THADANI A woman who just revved up a weatherbeaten truck and traveled thousands of unchartered miles to discover hidden temples and sculptures... a woman who tirelessly advocates preservation of the Shakti tradition and Hindu iconography that is fast getting buried under... a woman who was ready to lip lock with another woman for the cover of a magazine in India in the mid 90s... a woman who started the first lesbian organization 'Sakhi Collective' way back in 1990... this woman is none other than Giti Thadani, fearless, outspoken, radical and a trailblazer. Giti is world renowned for her book 'Sakhiyani', which attempts to uncover lesbian subtext in ancient Vedic and Sanskrit texts, as well as her other books 'Moebius Trip'. Her recordings / documentation of ancient paintings & sculptures that depict same-sex love is a rich treasure trove for every historian researching Indian LGBT history. ---------------------------- For more information and to read the transcript of the above interview please visit projectbolo.com <b>...</b>
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