SamiYoni

SamiYoni (sometimes spelled Sami Yoni) was a Canadian magazine for lesbians of South Asian descent, published between 1993–1994.

[1][2] According to a description in The Rainbow Book, "SamiYoni is a journal for Lesbians of South Asian descent.

It was 38 pages long, and included work from 18 South Asian Canadian lesbians, many from the Toronto area.

[9][10][11] She described the origin of the publication in an editorial in the first issue:[12][13]In the summer of 1992, a young South Asian lesbian came to me at the Toronto women's bookstore and asked, "Neesha, are there any books, anthologies, anything written by lesbians of South Asian descent?"

I called all the South Asian lesbians that I know here, in Toronto, got together names and numbers of others in Canada, and started bugging their asses for submissions.