Gender and Sexuality

India’s Gender-Based Violence Crisis 2025: Facts must drive change

The fight against gender-based violence in India, now halfway through 2025, is marked by harrowing numbers, persistent systemic failures, and—unequivocally—the resilience of survivors. What stands out most about this...

Courts take forward steps for India’s LGBTQIA+ community

Verdicts that have enabled and equal and humane environment for India’s LGBTQUIA+ community

Karnataka: Gruha Shakti scheme offers free travel to women, increasing footfall and revenue dramatically

Step to empower gender minorities by Congress Govt termed as “game-changer”, generated revenue and recruitment, resurgence in daily ridership

इंक़लाब, इश्क़ है, Love is rebellion

Exploring the tapestry of love and rebellion, this article unveils stories of unconventional unions, inter-religious marriages, and parenting as acts of resistance, in times of hate. Through the lens of diverse individuals, we witness the transformative power of love, the subtle rebellion in nurturing hearts, and the unyielding pursuit of a better world.

Long way to go before promises are kept to India’s LGBTQIA+ communities

The legal win for decriminalising homosexuality in India is just the beginning of the ongoing struggle for LGBTQIA+ rights.

Pride Month 2023: One-of-a-kind events, parades throughout urban and rural India to celebrate diversity and inclusivity

'This home is for you, me, him, her, they, them'’- LGBTQIA+ community celebrating pride month across in India

Mumbai court reiterates SC stand that sex work is not illegal; paves way for dignity of sex workers

The apex court continues to monitor protection of rights of sex workers and this Sessions Court is right following the top court’s foot steps.

Why the case for same-sex adoptions is both moral and legal

After de-criminalising homosexuality finally in 2018, with the Navtej Singh Johar, the Indian Courts are now being compelled to legalise marriage and adoption

Pew Research Centre: 53% of Adults in India Support Legalisation of Same-Sex Marriages

The survey also examined how attitudes of people vary by geography, demographic factors, political ideology and religion

Its live-in and gay ties whip up cyclones like Biparjoy: HJS, Goa

From calling for an economic boycott of all Muslims, to demanding a film on Portuguese “atrocities” the HJS now, says that natural calamities like cyclone Biparjoy are caused by the “immorality” of live-in and gay couples

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