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Trikone (Hindustani pronunciation:[t̪rɪˈkoːn]) is a non-profit support, social, and political organization for South Asian bisexual, lesbian, gay, and transgender people.[1][2][3] It was founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area and is one of the oldest groups of its kind in the world.[4][5][6] South Asians affiliated with Trikone are from or trace their ancestry to the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibet.[7] Trikone published an eponymous magazine with an international base of subscribers several times a year.[8] The magazine was the oldest South Asian LGBT magazine in the U.S., and ran from 1986 to 2014.[9][10]
Several metropolitan areas in North America aside from the San Francisco Bay Area also have organizations named "Trikone" (such as Trikone Northwest and Trikone Michigan), which have similar missions.[11]
History and activities
The organization was co-founded in 1986 by Arvind Kumar and Suvir Das[12] with the name "Trikon" 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]
^Ramakrishnan, L. "Putting the'B'Back in LGBT: Bisexuality, Queer Politics and HIV/AIDS Discourse." (2006).
^Balachandran, Chandra S. "A preliminary report on emerging gay geographies in Bangalore." South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 24.s1 (2001): 103-118.