HST Greatest Hits

It all started in 1990

Three men in a chai-shop decided they needed a support

system for gay men & men who like other

men…

1990 Bombay Dost

The Humsafar Trust was born in the summer of 1994

Much of THE HUMSAFAR TRUST

work involves

Sexuality, Gender, Health and Human rights

December 1994

The Humsafar Trust organized India’s first ever conference of the gay

community

1995Drop-in center was acquired and Friday meetings started

1998The Directorate of Health Services grants Rs. 58,000 for sex mapping of MSM sites in Mumbai

77 active sites identified in 3 months

MSM CIRCLE

Beginning of HIV Interventions- 1999 • Mumbai District AIDS Control Society sanctioned NACO’s first

pilot project in the MSM sector in Mumbai for 1000 populations

• The HST sets up a VCCTC within its premises on 26th June 1999

• The USAID FHI IMPACT Project up scales in 2001

• 6 TIs reaching out to 9000 MSM and TG in 2012

• Clinic and counseling unit

• Support group for MSM and TG living with HIV

Advocacy • Films :68 Pages / Bridges of Hope /Aa Muskuraa • Theatre : No 1, Madhav Baug• Pride Marches : Queer Azaadi Mumbai • Kashish Mumbai International Queer film festival• Project Bolo• LGBT friendly road map • Gay and MSM friendly IEC materials• National Consultations on Sec 377 Way Ahead

Research Unit : 2004

• Fenway Training on Ethics of Research

• Community Based Research

• Registered with NIH with FWA certificate

• IRB in place

Research Initiatives • Mental health study• KABP – 7th Wave• Vaccine preparedness with CIHR• Stigma among MSM and TG

with ICMR• Sensitization of health care

providers on issues of gender and sexuality with University of Cleveland

• Internet Study with University of Minnesota

• Team Grant with CIHR• Developing policies around

stigma and discrimination in health care settings with ICRW

• Male Sex Workers with LSHTM

• Impact of Delhi Court judgement

• Vulnerability of Married MSM with Fenway

• HPV prevalence study with HIV positive MSM

Capacity Building

Global Fund Round 9 : A capacity building project in 5 states ( Maharashtra / Goa / Gujarat

/Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan ) with 53 partner CBOs

HUMSAFARTODAY

…is one

huge family of 266 people working full time and as peers

on 23 projects

GRATITUDE

NACO – MDACSUNDP - UNAIDS

USAID – FHIUSAID – AVERT

BMGF – FHI - FPAIEU-HIVOS

SIDA -RFSUGFATM Round 9 - India HIV AIDS Alliance

Fenway Community HealthUniversity of Minnesota

Baldwin Wallace College-OhioCIHR-University of Toronto

UCSFNIH – ICMRMCC-CMC

NARI – TISS - MGMICRW

LSHTM - Welcome Trust