‘Same-sex couples can be equally good parents’: Delhi child rights body tells Supreme Court

The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has filed an application backing the legalisation of same-sex marriages in India.

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· Apr 07, 2023 · 09:03 pm

‘Against personal laws of all religions’: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind opposes same-sex marriage

In an application before the Supreme Court, the Muslim body said that the concept of same-sex marriage is an assault on the family system.

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· Apr 02, 2023 · 12:04 pm

SC refers petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriages to Constitution Bench

In its affidavit, the Centre had opposed giving the legal recognition, saying they are ‘not comparable with the Indian family unit concept’.

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· Mar 13, 2023 · 05:20 pm

Centre opposes same-sex marriage petitions, says it can’t be compared to ‘Indian family unit’

The Supreme Court had asked the government to respond to a batch of pleas seeking to legalise marriage of homosexual couples.

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· Mar 12, 2023 · 05:51 pm

Saudi Arabia: Officials seize rainbow-coloured toys, claim they promote homosexuality

The confiscated items ‘contradict the Islamic faith and public morals, and promote homosexual colours targeting the younger generation’, an official said.

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· Jun 16, 2022 · 10:58 am

Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ Bill will lead to a disaster, just as Britain’s section 28 did

The Bill bars teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in the classroom.

Catherine Lee, The Conversation

· Feb 22, 2022 · 11:30 pm

With Superman coming out as bisexual, the suppression of queer superheroes has finally ended

Queer representation has moved from the periphery to become just another component of a superhero’s identity.

Jason Bainbridge, The Conversation

· Oct 15, 2021 · 09:30 pm

BJP’s opposition to gay marriage reflects Vatican’s puritanical position

To this way of thinking, marriage is a sacrosanct institution. Letting it pass into the hands of the ‘perverse’ will only serve to defile the institution.

R Raj Rao

· Mar 07, 2021 · 07:30 am

Supreme Court refuses to adjourn hearing of petitions to decriminalise homosexual activity

A five-judge Constitution bench is scheduled to begin hearing the pleas on Tuesday.

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· Jul 09, 2018 · 12:46 pm

‘Don’t think something is wrong with you’: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to man who faced abuse for being gay

The spiritual leader said that one’s sexual orientation is not a permanent thing and might change, while answering a question at a lecture at JNU.

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· Nov 14, 2017 · 08:13 am

When art used the term ‘macaroni’ to refer to homosexuality

Long before the Oscar Wilde trials of the 19th century, the idea of the homosexual man had started to get visibility.

Dominic Janes

· Jul 28, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Indonesia: Sharia court in Aceh sentences two men to 85 lashes each for being gay

This was reportedly the first conviction of its kind.

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· May 18, 2017 · 02:03 pm