Supreme Court reserves judgement on Section 377 as hearing challenging archaic law ends

During the hearing on Tuesday, the court said it would strike down the law if it is convinced that it violates fundamental rights.

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· Jul 17, 2018 · 01:24 pm

Attorney General KK Venugopal recuses himself from Supreme Court hearing on Section 377

He said he decided to step aside because he had represented one of the petitioners when a curative petition was filed in the matter.

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· Jul 10, 2018 · 10:52 pm

Indian Psychiatric Society supports decriminalisation of homosexuality, says it’s not a disorder

The society’s statements came days before the Supreme Court will begin hearing petitions against Section 377, which criminalises ‘unnatural sex’.

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· Jul 08, 2018 · 11:07 am

United Kingdom to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’ as part of LGBT equality plan

Prime Minister Theresa May said nobody should ever ‘have to hide who they are’.

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· Jul 04, 2018 · 03:56 pm

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea filed by IIT alumni, students to decriminalise gay sex

The petitioners said the top court should settle the matter as the government and Parliament had been reluctant to intervene.

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· May 17, 2018 · 07:28 pm

Prime Minister Theresa May regrets homophobic laws UK left behind in former colonies

She urged the Commonwealth nations to overhaul outdated, colonial-era laws against homosexual relationships.

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· Apr 17, 2018 · 11:02 pm

Transgender activist Vidya Kamble becomes member of National Lok Adalat in Nagpur

She questioned the ostracism of transgender babies.

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· Feb 11, 2018 · 12:25 pm

Bermuda bans same-sex marriage, allows domestic partnerships instead

These partnerships give same-sex couples ‘rights equivalent to those enjoyed by heterosexual married couples’, the home minister said.

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· Feb 08, 2018 · 05:51 pm

Indonesia: Police cut hair, force transgender women to wear men’s clothes in Aceh

The police said they were ‘coaching’ them to behave like ‘real men’.

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· Jan 30, 2018 · 09:45 am

Karnataka registers first transgender marriage in state

Transgender rights activist Akkai Padmashali had married Vasudev V on January 20, 2017.

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· Jan 24, 2018 · 07:56 pm

How India’s battle to decriminalise gay sex could end up mirroring US struggle for abortion rights

At the heart of both debates lies the right to privacy.

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· Jan 09, 2018 · 08:00 am

United States military to enlist transgender people from January 1

Federal appeals courts had rejected the Donald Trump administration’s request not to allow their recruitment.

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· Dec 30, 2017 · 06:30 pm