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

Equal Rights Activist Harish Iyer joins Congress

Internationally acclaimed activist Harish Iyer who has advocated passionately...

NIT Calicut administration denies permission for LGBTQ lecture

On 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India...

Is Bangladesh on the cusp of electing its first transgender MP?

The MPs elected to the parliament during the polls...

When the roads of Mumbai were painted pink

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Thousands gather to protest the Transgender persons (Protection of Rights) bill, 2018 at Jantar Mantar

Thousands of transgender, intersex and gender non confirming people...

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’

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