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{{Short description|Indian LGBTQ support and social group}}
{{about|the support and social group|the song|Good as You}}
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{{Infobox organization
|name = Good As You
|logo = Good_As_You_Blr_Logo.jpg
|type =Self-funded support group
|founded_date = 1994
|founder = [[LGBTQ]] rights activists from Bangalore
|location = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
|origins = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
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|area_served = India
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|focus = Equal rights for sexual and gender minorities in India
|method = Using support groups, discussions, etc
|revenue =Self funded
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|homepage = http://www.oocities.org/goodasyoubangalore
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'''Good As You''' is a support and social group for [[LGBTQ]] people and others questioning their gender and sexuality in [[Bangalore]]. It started in 1994 and is one of the longest surviving groups that advocates equal rights for [[homosexuals]] and other gender and [[sexual minorities]] in Bangalore.<ref>{{cite news|title=As good as it can get|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/as-good-as-it-can-get/article1693899.ece|work=The Hindu|date=13 April 2011|accessdate=19 July 2014|last1=Chandran|first1=Vinay}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Peter |first1=Jeff |title=LGBT Culture in Bangalore |url=https://er-sucht-ihn.de/magazin/lgbt-bewegung/ |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>

==History==
In 1994, a few LGBT rights activists gathered at a local restaurant and decided to have a discussion forum for the sexual minorities at Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pravallika: A transgender's death is not sexy enough for us |url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/pravallika-a-transgenders-death-is-not-sexy-enough-for-us-lgbtq-hyderabad-1691 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.dailyo.in |language=en}}</ref> Within a week, it was decided that the group name would be ''Good As You'', and meetings started taking place weekly.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-09-07 |title=Bengaluru has always been at the forefront of LGBTQ rights |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-has-always-been-at-the-forefront-of-lgbtq-rights/articleshow/65713951.cms |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Samraksha, an AIDS counselling center, provided their office space for the meetups.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us page of Good As You|url=http://www.oocities.org/goodasyoubangalore/aboutus.htm|website=oocities.org/goodasyoubangalore|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref>

Currently the weekly meetups happen at Swabhava office. Since Covid-19 Pandemic, the meetings happen both [https://www.instagram.com/goodasyou.blr/ online] and offline.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Niranjan |first=Spoorthi |date=2024-02-20 |title=Pride And The City: Creating Queer Third Spaces In Bengaluru |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2024/02/20/pride-and-the-city-creating-queer-third-spaces-in-bengaluru/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Feminism in India |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohandas |first=Poornima |date=22 May 2008 |title=It might be illegal and disputed but Bangalore embraces its gays |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/zebCIqmxpVEoy3YLMZrGDJ/It-might-be-illegal-and-disputed-but-Bangalore-embraces-its.html |access-date=8 July 2024 |website=Live Mint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maya The Drag Queen Talks About 5 LGBTQAI+ Pro Collectives {{!}} LBB |url=https://lbb.in/bangalore/five-pro-lgbtqai-collectives/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=LBB, Bangalore |language=en}}</ref>

==Activities==

# Good As You is patron to an LGBT newsletter called Sangha Mitra (now Sangamithra, ಸಂಗಮಿತ್ರ) which is published from Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dore |first=Bhavya |date=2015-11-08 |title=For LGBT community, the internet can't quite replace magazine culture |url=http://scroll.in/article/764889/for-lgbt-community-the-internet-cant-quite-replace-magazine-culture |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> 9 issues have been printed so far since 1998. A new edition marking the 30th Anniversary of the Group is in the offing with the theme 'An Ode to the Past, a Nod to the Future!' 'ನೆನ್ನೆಯ ನೆನೆಯುತ್ತ ನಾಳಿನತ್ತ ನಡಿಗೆ’.
# Good As You helped students of National Law School of India, University to organise the country's first Gay Rights Seminar in 1997.
# Good As You also co-sponsored "Emerging Gay Spaces in Bangalore" (a bi-lingual public lecture in English and Kannada, co-sponsored with Sabrang) in 1998.
# Various picnics and social meetings have been organised by members of Good As You on different occasions bringing the community closer together.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramani |first=Priya |date=7 November 2015 |title=A guide to talking to your parents |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/dBcN1Dzc3r3ZNeATRFq73K/A-guide-to-talking-to-your-parents.html |access-date=8 July 2024 |website=Live Mint}}</ref>
# 30 November 2000. Presentation by Dr. Shekhar Seshadri on child abuse.
# 17 December 2000. Manish leads the first bakery workshop.
# 1 July 2001, Good As You members took part in the public meeting 'Breaking the Silence: Sexuality Minorities Speak Out', organised by the Coalition for Sexuality Minority Rights.
# [[Bangalore Queer Film Festival]] : The annual queer film festival in [[Bangalore]] that happens in Feb every year was initially organized by Vinay Chandran with Good As You along with other collectives in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-16 |title=Keeping it short but potent |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2011/Dec/15/keeping-it-short-but-potent-320648.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=T. N. M. |date=2016-02-24 |title=Bangalore Queer Film Festival: Here's the full list of movies that will be screened |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/bangalore-queer-film-festival-heres-full-list-movies-will-be-screened-39305 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>
# Queer friendly poetry readings at Urban Solace on Tuesday nights
# Queer Bowling League: Wednesdays 8.30pm at Amoeba, Church Street
# Good As You meetings: Thursdays 7pm-9pm at Swabhava. They discuss various topics that effect Queer people in India, from Sec.377 to cultural prejudice against unmarried people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/|title=Good as You Bangalore|website=goodasyoublr.blogspot.in|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>
# Pink Divas dance workshops: Swabhava on Friday evenings
# "Married & Queer" sub-group of Goodasyou has queer people entangled in heterosexual marriages.
# Film screenings at Swabhava every Saturday 6PM onwards.<ref>http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/2014/11/goodasyou-support-group-counselors.html {{User-generated source|date=August 2022}}</ref>
# Gay Runners & Brunch: Sundays Cubbon Park 9:30; Airlines 10:30 - 12:30
# In June/July 2015, Members of Goodasyou organized free hugs and missed call campaigns<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://queercollectiveindia.blogspot.in/|title=QueerCollectiveIndia|website=queercollectiveindia.blogspot.in|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>

==Support==
Good As You provides mental health, legal and moral support. The space has also ground for creations of many other groups including Queer Campus and Queer Reads Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Niranjan |first=Spoorthi |date=2024-02-20 |title=Pride And The City: Creating Queer Third Spaces In Bengaluru |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2024/02/20/pride-and-the-city-creating-queer-third-spaces-in-bengaluru/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Feminism in India |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Counselling is provided for LGBT people and other sexual minorities as well as HIV infected people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/|title=Good as You Bangalore|website=goodasyoublr.blogspot.in|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India|LGBTQ}}
* [[LGBT culture in Bangalore]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://goodasyoublr.blogspot.in/ GoodAsYou blog]

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[[Category:LGBTQ organisations based in India]]

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