We completed 10 years in January! It has been quite a heck of a journey. We have evolved continuously with time and with your increasing expectations. What started out as a 20 page e-magazine in a pdf format hosted on a issuu.com, has evolved into a bi-lingual website covering a host of different topics. On our way, we have expanded to different things and gone beyond just an online website – We have organised events, workshops, panel discussions, launched a Queer Calendar, shot Youtube videos and held wikipedia editathons. The goal at Gaylaxy has been to make as much queer content available for free online (and offline wherever possible) as possible, so that people struggling with their own selves have material and resources they ca look up to. On our 10th Anniversary, we asked you, our readers, why they follow Gaylaxy. It was a moment for us to sit back and reflect if we have been able to make any impact in the lives of Queer people. Below are the responses that we received, and we are so glad that we have been able to achieve our goals in some ways at least.
-Anonymous
-Davneet
-TG Devi Roobi Sugirtham.
-Abhishek Chkroborty
-Sunny Manghani
First of all, congratulations for completing 10 wonderful years! I am very new to Gaylaxy, but a huge fan of it. It gives peace and friendly environment to those who are not out. When ever I am feeling sad or unhappy, I open Gaylaxy and it boosts me up. Cute small stories, beautiful poems, personal experiences and the various events, all kind of information is provided over it. I have read very old posts too, when we were suffering from gender stereotypes, orthodox environment, heteronormative society, patriarchy and toxic masculinity. But now, time is changing and so is the thinking too, but still there are miles to go. I love Gaylaxy.
-Sumit
10 साल पहले एक बड़ा सवाल था कि अलग यौनिकता के प्रश्न को आज दरकिनार नही किया जा सकता, उसे मुख्य धारा के विमर्श में लाना ही होगा। आज वो काम Gaylaxy की टीम अनवरत कर रही है। मैं गे नही हूँ, पर पता नही क्यों जब भी गे लोगों से मिलता हूँ प्रेम से भर जाता हूँ। मैं साहित्यिक और सांस्कृतिक और सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता होने के नाते इस पक्ष को और समझना चाहता था। Gaylaxy ने एक सूत्र पकड़ाया और आज मेरे 100 से ऊपर समलिंगी दोस्त हैं जो इन मुद्दों पर अलग शहरों में काम कर रहे हैं और जागरूकता बढ़ा रहे हैं।आगे की यात्रा के लिए शुभकामनाएँ। अभी व्यूह का पहला दरवाज़ा ही हमने तोड़ा है युद्ध जीतना है तो सज्जित औजारों से होना है। बड़ा सफर है मुश्किल रस्ता अभी तो मंज़िल बाकी है …
-विजय शर्मा