Social Justice Minister Ramdas Athawale believes transgender people should not wear saris

He was at a workshop on sensitising people towards the community when he decided to offer this piece of sartorial advice.

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· Aug 01, 2017 · 09:26 am

Germany legalises same-sex marriage, Chancellor Angela Merkel votes against the Bill

The Bill grants full marital rights, including child adoption, to gay and lesbian couples.

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· Jun 30, 2017 · 02:22 pm

From gay Nazis to ‘we’re here, we’re queer’: A century of arguing about gay pride

Pride exploded old worries about discretion when it arrived in cities around the world in the 1970s. Pride revelled in gaudy accessories.

Laurie Marhoefer, The Conversation

· Jun 25, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Bangladesh crackdown on gay men is another gesture of capitulation to Islamist extremists

Homosexuality is outlawed in the country and demands for persecution of the LGBT community are commonplace.

Shakhawat Hossain Rajeeb

· May 29, 2017 · 10:30 am

Ben & Jerry’s won’t serve two scoops of the same flavour till Australia legalises same-sex marriage

The ice-cream company said it was time the country’s leaders stood up for fair and equal rights.

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· May 25, 2017 · 03:27 pm

Taiwan to become first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage after top court’s landmark ruling

The bench said disallowing such a union went against the constitutional provisions of freedom of marriage and equality.

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· May 24, 2017 · 02:56 pm

Watch (and laugh with) this stand-up comedian on coming out as gay in India

‘Navin, you are not gay, you are normal.’

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· May 19, 2017 · 05:00 pm

Watch: This Tamil lesbian anthem is a challenge to all those who are illiberal about love

This song is part of a documentary on love, life and suicide among lesbians.

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· Apr 07, 2017 · 10:00 am

Russian MP wants Disney film ‘Beauty and the Beast’ banned because ‘it propagates homosexuality’

The film is an ‘obvious, barefaced, unscrupulous propaganda of sin and perverted sexual relations’, Vitaly Milonov said.

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· Mar 06, 2017 · 10:36 am

Cabinet clears Bill empowering transgender persons, lists punishable offences against them

The legislation provides up to two years imprisonment for atrocities against members of the community.

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· Jul 21, 2016 · 10:44 am

Only transgender people – not gays, lesbians or bisexuals – are the third gender: Supreme Court

The apex court refused to alter its order from 2014 while hearing a petition filed by the Centre, in which it challenged the definition of ‘transgender’.

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· Jun 30, 2016 · 01:07 pm

Supreme Court refuses to hear fresh plea challenging Section 377

The matter has been forwarded to the chief justice of India to decide whether to hear it along with the other curative petitions pending in the case.

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· Jun 29, 2016 · 11:56 am