A 36-yr old man in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, was gangraped by 5 men on Monday night when he stopped for a cigarette while returning home, reports Indian Express. Th... Read More...
29 year old constable Lalit Kumar Salve (as he is known now), attached to the Beed district police had recently sought permission from his seniors to undergo a Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) and was denied the same.
India celebrated the 70th year of freedom, but I want to ask, are we gays really free? We have to live in our own country and city under constant fear.
Queer people undergo enough repression in their daily lives by straight people, society, government and police, let them not face more repression and policing of their bodies and desires at pride marches.
The detainees were stripped naked and photographed, and then police disseminated those photos to the point of virality be it by messages, social media or the news media.
More than 140 men have been detained after police in Indonesia raided a club in the city of Jakarta that they described as "gay prostitution ring being run out of an entertainment venue"
What both law enforcement and the media have forgotten is that they are complicit in upholding the colonial legacy of criminalizing and stigmatizing diverse sexual and gender identities and expressions.
The 60-paged report “Unnatural Offences”: Obstacles to Justice in India Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity documents the challenges queer persons in India face while trying to access justice system