Jamshedpur Holds 2nd Pride Parade
Steel City Jamshedpur successfully held its 2nd pride parade on Sunday, 7th April. The march, which was attended by over 50 people, started in the afternoon fr... Read More...
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Word ‘Gay’ Deleted from Picture from LGBT Protest used in Congress’ Election Campaign Video #AbHogaNyay
Congress President Rahul Gandhi released the campaign video of the party over twitter. The campaign is titled Ab Hoga NYAY, building up on the NYAY scheme anno... Read More...
BJP’s Manifesto Makes No Mention of LGBTQI Rights, Only Vague Statements For Empowering Trans People
The Bhartiya Janta Party released its manifesto for Lok Sabha elections 2019. The 45 page manifesto, which was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, makes ... Read More...
Congress Manifesto Promises a new Transgender Bill, makes only Vague Statements for LGBTQ Rights
The Indian National Congress released its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on 2nd April. The manifesto, which created quite a buzz for promising a lo... Read More...
AAP fields Kinnar Akhada’s Chirpi Bhawani From Prayagraj For Lok Sabha Elections
Aam Aadmi Party has fielded a transgender person for the Prayagraj (Allahabad) constituency for upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Announcing the decision, AAP twee... Read More...
15 Trans Women Get Married in a Mass Wedding in Chattisgarh, Chief Minister attends the wedding too
15 Transgender women got married at a mass wedding ceremony that was held in Raipur, Chattisgarh on 30th March. The wedding was organised by Maati, an organisa... Read More...
CPI(M) Manifesto Promises Same-sex Marriage Law, Anti-Discrimination Law and Reservation for Transgender People in India
With just 2 weeks left for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, political parties have started coming out with their manifesto. The CPI(M) released its mani... Read More...
President of India confers Padma Shri Award to Trans Bharathanatyam Dancer Dr Narthaki Nataraj
Dr Narthaki Nataraj, a well known Bharathanatyam dancer, became the first transgender person to be awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest Civilian Awar... Read More...
Pride Circle to Conduct Webinars on LGBTI Inclusion at Workplace
Pride Circle, an initiative to build a community of passionate individuals working in the space of LGBT+ inclusion at the workplaces in India, is starting a se... Read More...
Dravidar Kazhagam Calls to Extend Civil Rights to Queer Individuals in its Dravidian Manifesto
The Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) has released its Dravidian Manifesto in the State conference that was conducted in Thanjavur on 23rd February 2019. A special meetin... Read More...
Queer Focussed Event in Chennai’s Mainstream Film Festival Puts the Spotlight on Queer Issues
The Independent Film Festival of Chennai (IFFC), 2019 organized by Tamizh Studio, opened on the eve of February 8 and came to its close on February 10. This ye... Read More...
Transgender Rights Bill and Surrogacy Bill Lapse as Rajya Sabha adjourns Sine Die
With Rajya Sabha being adjourned sine die, and the last Parliament Session of the 16th Lok Sabha coming to an end, many of the bad Bills that the Modi Govt. pa... Read More...