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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
May 26, 2016 5:53 pm
Sonam Kapoor extended her long-continuing support to the LGBT community at the inaugural event of the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival.
February 23, 2015 2:48 am
Orders police probe after complaint that e-commerce sites may be violating law, seeks status report by March 21.
December 08, 2014 12:05 am
A new report finds India has improved its online freedom ranking. But self-congratulation is not in order.
December 05, 2014 5:49 pm
Thanks to certain babas, some controversial political outfits and of course the notorious section 377, Being Gay is not an easy thing in India.