National Award Winning Director Rituparno Ghosh Dies Of Heart Attack
Rituparno Ghosh
Renowned Bengali director and actor Rituparno Ghosh died of a heart attack at 7:30am at his residence in Kolkata today. Winner of 12 Nation... Read More...
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France Registers Its First Same-Sex Marriage
Vincent Autin (left) and Bruno Boileau after their marriage
Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau have become the first gay couple to be married in France after s... Read More...
Kashish Foundation to hold AIDS meet on June 1st at Thapar University, Patiala
Ek Jung, HIV/AIDS Ke Khilaf
The Kashish Foundation, Patiala is organizing a day long event on June 1 on AIDS awareness among the MSM, Transgender and Hijra ... Read More...
Taan- A New Glee Like TV Series In Pakistan Set To Tackle Social Taboos, Including Homosexuality
A scene from the TV series TAAN
Lahore: Amidst the rise of religious extremism and violence, leaving little or no space for liberal and progressive individu... Read More...
Hindi Daily from Indore “bursts” Gay Party, calls attendees “Bad Boys”
In a piece of sensationalist and homophobic journalism, Dainik Dabang Duniya -a Hindi Daily from Madhya Pradesh- reported about the bursting of a gay party in t... Read More...
Indian Politician Subramanian Swamy Tweets ‘Being Gay is a Mental Disorder’
Subramanian Swamy
May 27, 2013: Subramanian Swamy, the president of Janata Party, raked up controversy over twitter by tweeting that being gay is a mental d... Read More...
Pakistani Film Wins Best Documentary Feature Award at Kashish 2013
A scene from the movie Morgan
Morgan directed by Michael Akers from the USA won the Best Narrative Feature Film at the 4th KASHISH Mumbai International Quee... Read More...
Trikone announces DesiQ 2013 for South Asia’s LGBT people
In a significant shot in the arm for the queer community of South Asia, the fourth DesiQ conference will be held in San Francisco, California from July 4-6, 201... Read More...
India Votes in Favour of Lesbian Medical Organisation getting Special Consultative Status
In a historic vote in the UN today, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations recommended special consultative status to an Australian Lesbian medical org... Read More...
Anupam Kher to Sponsor Top Awards at KASHISH 2013
Anupam Kher in Kashish 2012
Internationally acclaimed National Award winning actor Anupam Kher and his acting school 'Actor Prepares' will sponsor the t... Read More...
Star Studded Announcement of Kashish 2013
Noted filmmaker Aruna Raje, Bollywood actor and model Simone Singh, theater director Quasar Thakore Padamsee, Manavendra Singh Gohil, Roy Wadia of Heroes Proje... Read More...
LGBT Rights are Human Rights, asserts UN in a new anti-homophobia video
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
In a video supporting LGBT rights released just days before International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), the UN has assert... Read More...