Gender and Sexuality

MP: Beautiful woman ‘distracts, rape may follow’ says Cong MLA, outrage follows

Intemperate and insensitive remarks by Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya on women, rape and women from Dalit and Adivasi communities have left the Congress shame-faced on the eve of LoP Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state

Two young Dalit girls attacked, where is the outrage?

Dalit woman abducted and killed, allegedly by "upper caste" men in Bihar; Dalit teen molested in UP

Girls should know when to draw the line: JNU ICC on preventing sexual harassment

The ICC said it will educate students about sexual harassment and its impact on their career

Maharashtra: Woman Sarpanch killed in Raigad

The deceased was identified as a 48-year-old sarpanch of a local gram panchayat, though her identity has been kept confidential so far

Repeated murder attempts, another example of police negligence: Bindu Ammini

Sabarimala activist blames Kerala police for failing to protect her from repeated murder attempts

Scrap the move to raise the age of marriage of girls to 21: AIDWA

According to the group of activists, this move is a diversionary tactic from a government which hasn’t given adequate resources towards nutritional programs

No more teenage girls to be forced into marriage in India?

The Union Cabinet’s clearance to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years has set social media abuzz

Madras HC expresses “dismay and anguish” as NCERT removes report on gender non-conforming, transgender children

Titled 'Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmap', the report was taken down from website within hours of its publishing, allegedly owing to ‘external pressure’

Muzaffarnagar horror: Two school principals drug and molest 17 girl students!

Under the pretense of practical exams, two principals kept 17 girls overnight in a private school

SC Collegium recommends elevation of first openly gay judge to Delhi HC

Saurabh Kirpal has been recommended and deferred four time prior to this, purportedly on the flimsy grounds that his partner is a foreign national

Hyderabad-based techie arrested for threating Virat Kohli’s infant with rape

Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathinihad reportedly changed his Twitter handle and pretended to be a Pakistani user

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