Purposes of Incorporation

The purposes for which the GALVA-108 corporation is organized are:

1. To inform and educate all people about the Vedic concept of a natural third sex or gender known as “tritiya-prakriti.”
   
2. To inspire and encourage people of this third gender (i.e. gay males, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, the intersexed, etc.) to study, follow and embrace the Gaudiya Vaishnava teachings of Lord Caitanya as enunciated by the six Goswamis.
   
3. To promote the spirit and practice of all-inclusiveness within each and every Gaudiya Vaishnava mission, so that all people are genuinely welcome to visit, participate in, and join Lord Caitanya’s movement regardless of sex, gender, race, class, position, etc.
   
4. To open up dialog and improve relations between third-gender Vaishnavas and their heterosexual peers, and to identify and correct any instances of discrimination or unfair treatment towards the former within any Gaudiya Vaishnava mission.
   
5. To encourage and provide communication, contact, support, association, friendship, fellowship, etc. among third-gender Vaishnavas.
   
6. To spread and to share Lord Caitanya’s sankirtana movement with everyone, and especially in regard to other third-gender communities, through the public chanting of “Hare Krishna,” distributing literature, books and prasada (sanctified foodstuffs), establishing centers, temples, etc.
   
7. To offer practical guidance and help concerning celibacy, householder life and it’s third-gender equivalent, physical and mental health, and other issues relevant to the gay, lesbian and third-gender devotee community.