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Pride Month 2020: A virtual allyship challenge to celebrate LGBT+ inclusion movement

May 30, 2020 11:17 am

The challenge, which kicks off on June 1, will see a series of 21 mini-challenges spread over a period of 21 days in the month of June, also called the Global Pride Month.

My daughter taught me that motherhood is all about caring: Gauri Sawant

December 29, 2019 3:28 pm

When Gauri Sawant adopted a five-year-old girl in 2008, her only intention was to save her from getting sold into the infamous red-light area of Sonagachi in Kolkata.

To sensitise children, parents need to understand gender issues first

December 11, 2019 8:58 am

The lack of acceptance of gender diversity mainly stems from ignorance. Despite growing awareness, there remain people who continue to condemn homosexuality as a mental illness, while others ridicule anyone who behaves in a way that doesn't conform to gender stereotypes.

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LGBT Pride Month: 'Time to make LGBTQI community nation's pride, not burden'

June 12, 2018 5:41 pm

The law which criminalises any sort of homosexual activity, is not only archaic and unreasonable but a "hangover of post-colonial guilt". Accepting same-sex couples must not be labelled "progressive" as it is a reality that has always existed.

Homophobia seen rising in European countries without gay marriage

Transgender community terms govt's Bill as 'regressive', launches nationwide protest movement

December 09, 2017 9:09 am

Terming the ministry’s Transgender Persons Bill as ‘trans-exclusionary and regressive’, the protests, through social media campaigns, letters to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Social Justice, will culminate in a national protest march at Parliament Street on December 17.

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Gay couple denied baby through surrogate challenges Utah law

September 13, 2017 8:07 am

A gay couple denied the chance to have a baby using a surrogate challenged a Utah law's reference to heterosexual parents, which illustrates the legal complications LGBT couples can face when starting families amid a national patchwork of surrogacy laws.