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In West Bengal, Kanchrapara College Builds Separate Toilet for Transgender Students

November 18, 2017

Kanchrapara College in West Bengal, has become the first educational institution in the state to have built a separate toilet for Transgender students in its premises.

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Bengaluru’s Queer community comes together to celebrate with People With Disability

November 9, 2017

Individuals from the LGBTQIA and PwD community had gathered to attend the ‘See The World Through Touch’ event organised by Namma Pride 2017 in collaboration with Giftabled Foundation on Saturday, 4th Nov, at Koramangala

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Transgender Beauty Pageant, Panel Discussions, Film Screenings and More at 5 Day Transgender Festival to be held in Bengaluru in Dec

October 28, 2017

The 5 days will be a confluence of cultural & artistic performances, intellectual discussions and personal conversations, through series of events such as – the Leadership program, Social Beauty Pageant, Inspirational Talks, Open Forum and Film Screenings.

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Indian Gay Film ‘Any Other Day’ wins the Asia Pacific Award for Best Queer Film

October 26, 2017

Indian gay film ‘Any Other Day’ directed by Vikrant Dhote and Srikant Ananthkrishnan won the APQFFA Award for Best Asia Pacific Short Film with a cash award of AUD 2000 and a trophy.

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Expert Committee Recommends Amending IPC To Punish Hate Speech Directed Towards Sexual Minorities

October 23, 2017

An expert committee constituted by the NDA government has recommended to amend the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to criminalise hate speech of various kinds, including those against sexual minorities.

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Meet Maharashtra’s First Transgender Sarpanch

October 18, 2017

Forty year old Dnyaneshwar Kamble has become the first transgender in Maharashtra to be elected as a village Sarpanch.

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Season 2 of Web-Series ‘All About Sec 377’ Coming Soon

October 16, 2017

The popular web-series "All About Section 377" is returning with another season in January 2018

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Draft of Uniform Civil Code by Civil Society Suggests Legalising Same-Sex Marriages in India

October 12, 2017

The draft, defines marriage as “a legal union” between straight and gay couples

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India’s First Transgender Sailor Discharged From Service by Indian Navy

October 10, 2017

Indian Navy has discharged a transgender sailor who had undergone sex-change operation last year

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KASHISH Forward – India’s Travelling Campus LGBTQ Film Festival – will travel to six cities in October

October 7, 2017

With screenings lined up at IIT Bombay on Oct 5th, O.P.Jindal University, Sonepat on Oct 10th, IIT Delhi on Oct 11th , IIM Bangalore on Oct 14th and IIT Kharagpur on Oct 15th; this campus festival is aiming to raise awareness about LGBTQ issues among students and staff members.

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Anti-Gay Hate Crime in Delhi : Class 12 Student Called as Gay and Beaten Up

October 5, 2017

A Class 12 student was beaten up by a group of men in Delhi who called him gay.

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Delhi’s First Transmen Collective is launching on 23rd September

September 21, 2017

The collective aims at providing information about transmen community (both preoperative and post-operative trans men) and sensitize the masses to be an ally and stand for transrights.

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