Manjamma Jogati, Transgender Folk Artiste from Karnataka Conferred with Padma Shri
Manjamma Jogati, a transgender folk artiste from Karnataka, has been conferred with the Padma Shri
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377 Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju, Trans Activist Amrita Sarkar Among Finalists for APCOM’s HERO Awards 2019
While Katju and Guruswamy are nominated for Social Justice Hero Award, Sarkar has been nominated under Transgender Hero award.
Yale University to Honour Late LGBTQ Activist Siddharth Gautam With Brudner Prize
Yale University of USA will be honouring late LGBTQ Activist Siddharth Gautam for his invaluable contribution to the LGBT struggle of India by awarding him the... 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...
KASHISH 2017 Honours Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and Manavendra Singh Gohil as ‘Rainbow Warriors’
India's leading LGBTQ activists Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and Manavendra Singh Gohil were bestowed with the "Rainbow Warrior" Award at the 8th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival.
Gaylaxy Founder and Editor-in-Chief Sukhdeep Singh Awarded the January Marie Lapuz Youth Leadership Award for 2016
Sukhdeep Singh, the founder and editor-in-chief of Gaylaxy, has been awarded the January Marie Lapuz Youth Leadership Award for 2016.
Indian LGBT film ‘Breaking Free’ wins National Award for Best Editing
Breaking Free that highlights the impact and implications of Sec 377 on the LGBT community won the National Award for Best Editing at the 63rd National Awards
Karnataka Govt Honours Trans Activist Akkai with Rajyotsava Award
30-year-old Akkai Padmashali became the first transgender person this Sunday to receive a top state award when she was given the Rajyotsava award, the second-highest civilian honour in Karnataka, for social service.
Sappho For Equality Receives ILGA Award
Go Visbile Award 2012L-R: Ulrike Lunacek, Miles Tanhira, Sutanuka Bhattacharya and Kenita PlacidePhoto: ILGA
Sappho For Equality, an organisation working fo... Read More...
AND THE AWARD GOES TO…
As the year draws to a close, it’s time to reflect. A year that was full of achievements, joys, sorrows, coming out, suicides, and humiliations. But at the end... Read More...