LGBT
Still a long walk to equal rights for LGBTQ in India
February 27, 2021
Armit Puri and Gagan Das’s love story is like anyone else’s. Based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, both engineers met at work, fell in love and have been living together for four years now. But as a same-sex couple in India, their relationship was a crime until a 2018 ruling by the Su...
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The Right to Pee
April 7, 2017
In an iconic move to end discrimination against the third gender, the Centre has issued guidelines to ensure that the third gender or transgender community is allowed access to public and community toilets of their choice. The circular issued on April 3, entitles the so called â€...
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Frieda Pinto’s food drive at the Oscars
March 8, 2017
Indian actress of Hollywood fame, Frieda Pinto took a food drive in her stride at the Oscars and fed around 800 homeless people by saving and utilising the food from post-event parties.
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LGBTQ travel in India
July 27, 2016
In an attempt to reach larger markets and target niches, travel agencies are offering tailor made tours and travel packages that cater to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer(or LGBTQ) community, offering queer friendly establishments
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India refrains to vote at the UN LGBT resolution
July 2, 2016
While the United Nations took a historic stand to curb the violence and discrimination against alternate sexual preferences, India abstained from voting.
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LGBT celebrities in India appeal to Supreme Court to decriminalise homosexuality
June 28, 2016
The Supreme Court of India had twice refused to hear pleas for the cease of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Court (IPC), which criminalises homosexuality in the country. However, well-known personalities from the LGBT community in India have now moved the Supreme Court (SC) to he...
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Delhi Diplomats send gay message
June 20, 2016
LGBT diplomats posted in India are familiar with the challenges Indian law poses. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Privileges extends diplomatic immunity - from Indian law - to spouses and legally recognised partners of foreign diplomats posted in a UN member country.
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