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It's about their lives Companions on a journey are in the process of compiling and publishing an anthology of queer writings from Sri Lanka with the aim of putting together writings on queer sexuality from life based experiences as well as conceptual viewpoints on the subject. Once published this anthology will serve as a testimony of everyday personal and political struggles of gay/lesbian/transgendered, bi-sexual people of Sri Lankan society. It could also serve as a personal reflection on leading a queer life in Sri Lanka, which can be construed as a daily political resistance of a personal kind. Companions invite submissions on any topic, be it love, sex, heartbreak, homophobia, marriage, family, social spaces, friendships, spirituality, resistance, violence, coming out, betrayals, bitching or cat fighting, anything that makes the writer's experience unique, as who he or she is, but request that the artiste should deal with queerness and non-heterosexual orientation. "There are no literary pretensions about this anthology project. Our aim is to put out something on the bookshelves, which Sri Lankans can read, relate and understand easily," says Sherman de Rosa, who adds that as there are no pre-established accepted ways of writing, one does not need be a previously published writer to submit entries. "Frankly, it doesn't matter whether your writing is good or bad, has we know that there exists lot of variations in between these two poles of being good or bad or even being mediocre", Rosa explains. Submissions can be made by Sri Lankans living in Sri Lanka or residing abroad and the artistes can be in English, Sinhalese or Tamil. One can use a pseudonym or a pen name if he or she is not comfortable in writing under his/her own name. Interested people could submit their essays, letters, prose, poetry, songs, verses, drama skits, cartoons, line drawings, short stories or whatever to Companions on a journey before October 15. For more information and to submit entries for the anthology project contact - [email protected] |
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