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HOMOSEXUALITY IN INDIA NEWS

This is why straight women, including me, are obsessed with ‘Heated Rivalry’

February 26, 2026 3:14 pm

It is cathartic to watch two men painstakingly learn the language of feeling. It is about witnessing masculinity unarmoured. The show offers a fantasy of reciprocity that many straight women desire and want from their partners

Same-sex marriage: All that is needed is a small change in the Special Marriage Act

March 17, 2023 9:00 am

Same-sex marriage is not a matter of policy, introducing it will change personal laws minimally, and traditional values are irrelevant in matters of determination of rights

Two years post-377 verdict: Fired from Kolkata school, a gay teacher finds a supportive workplace

September 08, 2020 8:43 am

Meet corporate professional Avijit Kundu who shares his experience of working in a corporate vs traditional academic set-up, and how discrimination over one's orientation needs a serious re-look.

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga: When this photographer told her father she is gay

February 01, 2019 3:08 pm

"(Parents) should do a thorough research if they are not familiar with the concept, consult an authorised psychologist to analyse the situation and make the child feel accepted. I request that parents not be their child's bully."

Section 377 is Victorian morality, strike it down: petitions in SC

July 11, 2018 11:28 am

CJI Dipak Misra observed “you only have to impress on us that if Section 377 was to be enacted today, it would be struck down for violating fundamental rights” while his colleague Justice D Y Chandrachud, remarked that one’s choice of “partner would include same sex partner too”.

India needs a gay icon to stand up for the entire LGBT community, here is why

January 12, 2017 9:01 pm

George Michael and Ellen Degeneres altered the perception of homosexuals in the UK and US. Unfortunately, India is yet to find its own homegrown icon with considerable clout, who can initiate a dialogue towards changing the perception of the LGBT community here.

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