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Every Wave Has a Memory: Women, Waters and the Promise of November 5
When the women of the sea rise, the tides will rise with them to recognise and honour the daughters of the oceans. On November 5 this year, fisherwomen across...
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
Kerala High Court Upholds Tribunal’s Order Directing PSC To Provisionally Accept Trans-Woman’s Application For Post Confined To Women Candidates
The Kerala High Court (HC) declined to interfere with...
Man allowed to change his name in service register after gender affirmation surgery: Rajasthan HC
The issue of recognition of transgenders in government and policy making is mired in bureaucracy and an obstructionist attitude
Same-sex marriage an assertion of love, marriage & inclusivity
This piece aims to explicate for the reader the juridical and political position of the institution of marriage. It further locates within these legal and political trends the case for same-sex marriage. The write-up dwells on the various instances where the State has intervened in the institution of marriage and how these interventions, accompanied by the laws and jurisprudence, lay the foundation for the current 18 petitions in the Supreme Court. This short article will also go on to explicate the understanding of same-sex marriage following the expansion of the Special Marriage Act of 1954.
Delhi police file chargesheet against BJP MP Brij Bhushan, submits cancellation report in POCSO Case
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