The Madras High Court judge who banned gay conversion therapy spoke of fighting his own biases

Judge Anand Venkatesh described his quest to tackle his ‘ignorance and prejudice’ about same-sex relationships.

Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jun 10, 2021 · 07:30 pm

China has a Three No’s policy on homosexuality: No approval, no disapproval and no promotion

While gay sex has been legal in the country since 1997, couples aren’t allowed to marry. Now, the LGBTQ+ community is ‘marrying’ using a legal loophole.

Xu Chen and Wilfred Wang, The Conversation

· Oct 07, 2019 · 11:30 pm

How a cake came to be at the centre of a legal row over gay rights in UK

The UK Supreme Court recently ruled in a case filed by a man whose request to have ‘support gay marriage’ written on a cake was turned down.

Jonathan Seglow, The Conversation

· Oct 13, 2018 · 08:30 pm

In Ahmedabad, two women are giving the queer community a safe space where they can ask questions

QueerAbad, founded by Anahita Sarabhai and Shamini Kothari, aims to create an empathetic, engaged queer space in a conservative city.

Shreya Ila Anasuya

· Aug 22, 2018 · 03:30 pm

‘Macaroni’ scandal of 1772: The homosexuality trial that rocked England a decade before Oscar Wilde

In the 18th century, a Captain Jones was convicted at the Old Bailey for sodomising a 13-year-old boy.

Dominic Janes, The Conversation

· Jul 16, 2018 · 09:30 pm

As India’s top court decides on Section 377, Kochi art show helps understand same-sex intimacy

‘Homomorphism-II’, which goes on display in Kochi, aims to shine more light on issues important to the queer community.

TA Ameerudheen

· Jul 11, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Section 377 hearing: Centre says it does not contest the right to choose a partner

The 19th-Century law criminalises ‘unnatural sex, against the order of nature’, which is punishable with life imprisonment.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 11, 2018 · 12:00 pm

Supreme Court to begin hearing pleas challenging law that criminalises homosexuality

The court will hear six petitions and interventions filed by NGO Naz Foundation, parents of queer people and Voices Against 377.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 10, 2018 · 08:06 am

Cricket Australia among 15 sporting organisations to sign open letter supporting same-sex marriage

Football Federation Australia, Basketball Australia, the National Rugby League and several Aussie Rules clubs have given their approval.

AFP

· Sep 12, 2017 · 11:22 am

Supreme Court’s Right to Privacy judgment opens door to gay sex being decriminalised in India

‘The right to privacy and the protection of sexual orientation lie at the core of the fundamental rights,’ the court said.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Aug 24, 2017 · 01:42 pm

Buggery, bribery and a committee: How homosexuality was decriminalised in Britain

The legacy of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which partially decriminalised male homosexuality 50 years ago.

Chris Ashford, The Conversation

· Jul 26, 2017 · 08:30 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges Vladimir Putin to protect gay rights

‘Torture is going on with electric shocks, beatings with cables,’ she told the BBC.

Scroll Staff

· May 02, 2017 · 08:46 pm