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LGBT rights: There’s a lot Tim Cook could do in the war on Section 377

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s visit to India started with an early morning aarti to the iconic Siddhivinayak Temple; the visit sent a message to the LGBT communities in India that hopefully Ganpati Bappa will...

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LGBT activists move SC to overturn Section 377; petition hearing on Wednesday

A section of the LGBT community in the country has moved the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the colonial-era law of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code The post LGBT activists move SC to overturn...

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Section 377: Supreme Court refers fresh petition on homosexuality to CJI

The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred the fresh PIL seeking to overturn the colonial-era law of Section 377 of the IPC to Chief Justice of India stating that the petition is to be heard along with...

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Section 377: Latest petition is a desperate cry for help by LGBT Indians and...

What marks this Section 377 petition is that for the first time we have faces to the issues that we confront on a daily basis and a factual recounting of the discrimination this so-called “minuscule...

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Independence Day 2016: How free are we after 69 years of freedom?

After nearly sixty-nine years of independence, here are some burning questions we still face as a nation. We put them in context through iconic photographs.  The post Independence Day 2016: How free...

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Mental Health Care Bill prevents discrimination on the basis of sexuality,...

If the nation causes duress with an inhuman, unscientific and insensitive law that is detrimental to mental health through Section 377, and then it offers the same people access to mental health...

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Friends of the LGBTIQ community, we need you to ‘come out’ as our allies

The LGBTIQ community observed National Coming Out Day on 11 October. But here's why we need more people to 'come out' as our allies. The post Friends of the LGBTIQ community, we need you to ‘come out’...

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Delhi Queer Pride Parade: Hundreds march seeking ‘a life without fear’

Draped in rainbow colours, hundreds of people on Sunday marched in the heart of the national capital for the 9th Queer Pride Parade to show solidarity with the LGBTQ community in making a united call...

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Befikre’s ‘gay kiss’ cut: Labon Ka Karobar’s okay for everyone, but not same...

Censor chief Pahlaj Nihalani had a scene featuring a same sex couples kissing cut from the Befikre song 'Labon Ka Karobar' cut, because he thought it would not be acceptable to viewers The post...

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Rainbow Christmas: Meet these Santas from the LGBT community who are making...

Meet these secret santas with rainbow caps who little by little change the world for all. The post Rainbow Christmas: Meet these Santas from the LGBT community who are making the world merrier appeared...

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