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After US Verdict on Same-Sex Marriages, Union Law Minister hints at scrapping Section 377

June 30, 2015

Union Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has hinted that India too could move towards abolishing Sec 377 which criminalises "unnatural sex", according to a repor... Read More...

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India gets its first Transgender Banker from Patna

June 5, 2015

Monica Das, a 24 year old transgender from Patna, has become India's first transgender banker. According to a report in Live Hindustan, Monica is employed wit... Read More...

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A Token Initiative?

May 28, 2015

After expressing its absolute solidarity to the LGBTQ community in the country through its breakthrough episode on alternate sexualities in its fourth seaso... Read More...

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India set to get first Transgender College Principal

May 27, 2015

India is set to get its first transgender college principal on June 9 when Manabi Bandopadhyay takes charge of Krishnagar Women's College in West Bengal’s Nad... Read More...

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Opinion: State Interference in dealing with Homo- and Trans-Phobia

May 7, 2015

(Photograph by Raj k Raj/Hindustan Times) While discussions, protests and movements around the queer spectrum are happening all around the world, what is inte... Read More...

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Rajya Sabha passes Transgender Rights Bill

April 25, 2015

In a historic move, the upper house of the Indian Parliament has passed the "Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014" that promises equal rights for transgen... Read More...

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Kolkata’s prestigious Presidency University to introduce ‘Others’ section in Admission Forms

April 3, 2015

The new admission form of Kolkata’s Presidency University, supposed to roll out in the month of June this year, will contain an 'others' section under the 'Ge... Read More...

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Panjab University recognizes Third Gender for admission to its courses

March 29, 2015

Panjab University (PU) introduced the third gender option across its application forms, becoming the first university in the region to do so. The University a... Read More...

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Poem: How I wish she raised me

March 20, 2015

Oh how I wish she raised me, As her daughter. How I wished she named me, My mother's only wish would have come true, like most other mothers,... Read More...

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West Bengal becomes 1st Indian state to form a Transgender Development Board

March 19, 2015

West Bengal will soon become the first state in the country to have a Transgender Development Board to help the 30,000 strong community, with state women and ... Read More...

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Rajya Sabha debates Transgender Bill

March 13, 2015

Cutting across party lines, Rajya Sabha Members called upon the government to implement policies for the upliftment of the transgender community in India. D... Read More...

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telangana and hyderabad pride 2015 by Sasanjeev sampath

In Pics: Telangana’s 1st Queer Pride March (and Hyderabad’s 3rd)

February 10, 2015

The third edition of Hyderabad Queer Pride and the first one in the newly divided state of Telangana took place on the 8th of Feb with much pomp and show.... Read More...

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