Gender and Sexuality

One woman against a thousand superstitions, Birubala Rabha’s battle against the superstition of ‘Witch-Hunting’

Though this pioneering feminist activist breathed her last on May 13, 2024, her work with the Thakurvilla Mahila Samiti and Missiom Birubala has been recognized internationally and May 13 has been declared Anti-Superstition Day in Assam

Muddled Morality: An Attempt at Criminalising Transgender Community

On Dec 17, 2018, Lok Sabha passed the Government...

Missing Telangana transwoman candidate resurfaces at police station

BLF leaders and activists alleged that people who were...

Lone transwoman contesting Telangana polls goes missing

“We fear for her safety and condemn the lack...

Chandramukhi: the only transwoman contesting the upcoming Telangana polls

32-year-old TV artist and dancer, Chandramukhi Muvvala believes that...

Putting LGBTI issues in the school curriculum goes far beyond ‘political correctness’

Scotland has become the first country in the world...

Web series ‘Still About Section 377’ explores social acceptance of the LGBTQ community

A newly launched web series, Still About Section 377,...

Humsafar Trust recounts how Sec 377 was used to harass, extort and blackmail

Ashok Row Kavi, The Humsafar Trust founder Chairperson, Vivek...

Consensual sex between adults of any sexuality in private no longer a crime under Section 377: SC

In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court of India...

Harish Iyer appointed to NHRC Core Group on LGBTI Issues

Equal Rights activist Harish Iyer has been appointed to...

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Assam Border Police cracks down on residents battling citizenship rights without due process, pushes 145 locals over the border?

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