Two judges cannot decide on same-sex marriage, needs debate in Parliament, says BJP MP Sushil Modi

The BJP leader said some ‘left-liberal people’ are pursuing western culture and trying to bring in a law for recognition of same-sex marriage in India.

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· Dec 19, 2022 · 03:30 pm

Bill to legalise same-sex marriage introduced in Parliament by NCP MP Supriya Sule

LGBTQIA+ persons are still ‘unable to marry and start their own families’ that heterosexual people are entitled to, the Bill said.

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· Apr 02, 2022 · 05:53 pm

Film on homosexual soldier not given NOC as it would show Army in ‘poor light’, Centre tells LS

Filmmaker Onir had wanted to make the movie on the life of Major J Suresh, who quit the Army on account of his sexual orientation.

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· Feb 12, 2022 · 10:43 am

Dabur ad withdrawal shows that the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India amounts to nothing

The company retracted the spot featuring a lesbian couple and apologised ‘for unintentionally hurting people’s sentiments’.

R Raj Rao

· Oct 26, 2021 · 04:00 pm

Continuous effort needed to remove prejudices against LGBTQIA+ persons: Madras High Court

The court was hearing a petition filed by a lesbian couple seeking protection against harassment from the police and their families.

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· Oct 05, 2021 · 01:00 pm

Medical courses in India reaffirm ‘queerphobia’, says Madras HC, advises change in curriculum

The High Court noted that the forensic medical curriculum described sodomy, lesbianism and oral sex as sexual offences.

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· Sep 01, 2021 · 07:39 pm

Madras HC bans ‘cure’ of sexual orientation, issues guidelines to police to handle LGBTQ cases

Justice Anand Venkatesh ordered strict action against those found to be indulging in attempts to ‘cure or change’ sexual orientation by health professionals.

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· Jun 07, 2021 · 05:28 pm

‘Juno’ actor Elliot Page comes out as transgender; support pours in from Hollywood, LGBTQ groups

Page, who most recently starred in Netflix’s ‘Umbrella Academy’, came out as gay in 2014.

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· Dec 02, 2020 · 01:40 pm

Is there one ‘gay gene’? No, we found there are many

A study of almost half a million people shows that many parts of our genetic code seem to influence same-sex sexual behaviour.

Brendan Zietsch, The Conversation

· Aug 30, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Pow! How comics are helping queer men reclaim their own bodies

Common cultural narratives on what so-called perfect bodies should look like often lead to eating disorders, isolation and mental health issues.

Phillip Joy, Matthew Numer, Megan Aston and Stephanie Gauvin, The Conversation

· Jul 27, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Brunei makes homosexuality a crime punishable by stoning to death

The new laws introduced in the Muslim-majority country also specify penalties for several other crimes including amputation for theft.

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· Apr 03, 2019 · 01:25 pm

Scotland: In a first, all state schools to teach rights of LGBT people

Students will learn, among other things, terminology used by the queer community. It is aimed at tackling homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, said a minister.

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· Nov 09, 2018 · 05:57 pm