Queer Azadi March Gay Parade Mumbai 2008

Queer Azadi March Gay Parade Mumbai 2008, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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On 16 August 2008 a day after our Independence day celebrations , the members of the gay community, the lesbians, hijras transgenders , cross dressers along with their supporters , well wishers ,friends and relatives took out a Peace March from August Kraanti Marg to Girgaum Chowpatty Mumbai..




This was a march to show their solidarity against the draconian anti human , sodomy law Article 377..the biggest curse left behind by the British Raj on the soul of the secular spirit of our nation... India.









Section 377. Unnatural offences

Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with 1[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Explanation. -Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offence described in this section.





1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, sec.117. and sch., for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).

www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/IndianPenalCode/S377.htm





I decided to shoot this event as my Hijra Curu Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and a cross dresser friend Edwin a make up artist were participating too..




There were some big names here at the march, Anand Grover , Nitin Karani, Dolly Thakore, Rachel Reubens , James Ferriera....there were many whom I did not know ..




I also did the Sufi Kaif a trance dance on the streets with the transgenders




This is a 631 picture set at my Flickr photo stream..




www.flickr.com/photos/firozeshakir/sets/72157606759637094/




I bring it to Now Public and share its essence with all of you.. with a prayet in my heart that IPC Section 377 will one day be scrapped completely , and stringent laws protecting children from sodomy rape and pedophiles be bought in urgently.




Laws against child prostitution , women trafficking ..the need of the hour




Indian Judiciary is the heart beat of the conscience of our country..




Thank you Fred and Paschen for recommending this story..a mans sexuality should not be an instrument of his punishment by a biased and blinkered sanctimonious society..period.
Man has a right to be what he wants to be provided it is for his good and the good of humanity..becoming a terrorist is nothing but becoming a soldier of Satan.. against God and man ,and this peaceful planet that takes all the blows in sheer pain and humility.
Being a homosexual, eunuch or gay should not be a criteria for ethnic cleansing, racial profiling.
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My recent pimping for votes for my Hijda eunuch blogs , got my votes deleted as the person concerned said this is not a popularity contest but an award for photography , made me throw up...photography is for healing and and adding succor to a failed being on this planet, the eunuchs tansgender hijdas in India are the most neglected lot, gang raped by a sucked system that wants only Aryan racial revival. this attitude is akin to the Nazis, sending them to the gas chambers of mans Hate..
I am an heterosexual male doe snot stop me from supporting their cause..I would support any cause that is a cause for mutual coexistence in society..

I know hijra friends that were raped by rogue cops, I know hijra friends that have been raped as under trials IN crowded prisons, I know hijra friends that were kidnapped from homes and sold to the eunuchs..My reason for enlisting my blogs to the awards was to get them recognition on a larger scale..Who cares for name and fame..money..
A fistful of sky is what man needs to reach greater heights of humilty..

Har Koie Chahta Hai Ek Mutthi Bar Asman

Allah Ho Akbar Allah Be Praised

Allah Ho Akbar Allah Be Praised, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

allah ho akbar
allah be praised
a gift of his bounty
the shakirs
have raised
her home coming
to our lives
our problems erased
her heart
into our souls
Allah has placed

Hijra Hallucinations

Hijra Hallucinations, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

with the accursed system
of a biased social order
the hijda has lost her patience
being a hijda a hell of life
a life full of accusation
trials and privation
the hijda cocooned
in a marginalized
world of deprivation
yes society with blinkers
hates the hijda
without proper reason
stepping on their toes
without hesitation
a new world within a world
the resurgence
of a hijda nation

Turner Road Traffic Signal Kid

Turner Road Traffic Signal Kid, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

The child in her arms is drugged , and he too works the signal from morning to evening..lunch is left overs from a nearby restaurant..
I have seen this girl grow , once she too was slung on another child's waist, this is her karma..her fate she can never escape..

Clothes that she wears are given by some kind lady..

Soon she will reach puberty its than her walk on the tight rope of life begins, the boys from her tribe will than start hounding her for their cheap thrills ...she cant escape that part of her growing up..

She was born a liability as a girl child , unprotected but for her parents she is an asset , the day she gives birth to a child, even if it is out of wedlock..

The new born child rakes in the money, is given on hire, drugged , drenched in the rains, scorched in summer..such is life on a traffic signal slow track.

Slum Dog Millionaire is an unfulfilled celluloid for the dreamless..a script of sorrow and misery and despair..

I miss the Turner Road Signal as I passed it twice as my old shop was off Waterfield Road..

Now I am away from this signal - its only the Red Light that halts cars and vehicles it is the red light that gets them their daily wages ..

And the day the signal does not work.. they curse their fate , most of the kids from her group are now at the Pamposh Signal and at the Linking Road Signal off National College.

I remember at the Khar Linking Road signal a little girl begged with a kitten clung to her waist.. she and the kitten both have disappeared..

Necessity is the mother of invention..

Two Bald Heads

Two Bald Heads, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

two bald hard boiled heads
a single knot genetically
binding
two different color threads
on the soul of a family tree
its origin embeds
shot by
my wife
a picture of hope
harmony and peace
cybernetically spreads
an untiring thought
as it retreads

Hijra Beauty Rare

Hijra Beauty Rare, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

nubile sexy sensual
hijra beauty rare
a knot holding her pair
seemingly strikingly bare
a defiance in her stare
seeking love and care
pelvic gyrations
to spare
once humbled
in her snare
by her love
you will froth and swear

Hijras - The Third Sex

Hijras - The Third Sex, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

hijras the third sex

life as a hijra

painful and complex

untouchables

objects

treated as society’s rejects

a cause sorrow despair

as after effects

article 377 the draconian

sodomy law ..anti human

life wrecks

hijras treated as criminals

always the main suspects

the hijra a better deal

from our society expects

like in tamil nadu

free sex change

free education

right to vote

a system without any defects

Thank You

Mr Karunanidhi

People of Tamil Nadu

for all the Hijda projects

the only state in the whole of India

where the Hijra as a human being

gets his due respect