19 Year Old Male Student Gang-Raped by 5 Men In Benaras Hindu University
A 19 year old male MA Hindi student of BHU was gang raped by five men inside a car in the Benaras Hindu University campus on August 13.
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Surrogacy Bill Passed by Cabinet Bars Homosexual Couples, Single Parents From Having Kids Via Surrogacy
The surrogacy bill bans foreigners, overseas Indians, single parents, homosexual couples and live-in couples from opting for altruistic surrogacy.
Tamil Nadu Becomes The First State To Allow Transgender People To Serve In Police Force
According to the government order issued for appointment of 13,137 police constables, transgender personnel will be able to apply under the category of male, female, or third gender.
Reel Desires, International Queer Film Festival, Held in Chennai
Held from July 29 to 31, the Reel Desires Chennai International Queer Film festival – 2016 was the next in the series of the festival held yearly
Transgender People to be Jail Warders in Odisha
The Odisha government has decided to recruit people from the transgender community as Jail Warders
Indian Tricolour To Fly High At Montreal Pride With Filmmaker Sridhar Rangayan As Grand Marshal
Sridhar Rangayan, the founder and festival director of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, will lead the Pride parade, along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Rajya Sabha Passes Transgender Persons Bill
The Upper House of Parliament today passed The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016
Film On Indian LGBT Community Wins International Human Rights Award
Filmmaker and activist Sridhar Rangayan’s pathbreaking film on Indian LGBT community has been awarded the Barbara Gittings International Human Rights Award at the recently concluded qFLIX Philadelphia film festival in USA.
First Vishakapatnam Pride To Be Held on 17th July
The Vishakapatnam Pride parade is being held on 17th July (Sunday) at RK Beach (tentative venue) and will bear witness to an amalgamation of passionate people and determined activists from all sects of society from across the city and many other states
India Had Voted In Favour Of Amendments Moved by Pakistan to Dilute the SOGI Resolution in UN
Although India abstained from voting for the SOGI resolution at UN, India voted in favour of various amendments that were aimed at diluting or nullifying the resolution
UN Passes Resolution for Formation of LGBTI Independent Expert, India Abstains from Voting
In a historic move, a resolution on the creation of an Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was passed despite stiff opposition from some countries. India abstained from voting for the resolution
Supreme Court Clarifies NALSA Judgement, Says Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals Not Part of Third Gender
Only transgender people are to be classified under third gender and Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals are not part of third gender, clarified the Supreme Court