Gender and Sexuality

Kerala High Court: First wife must be heard before registering Muslim man’s second marriage

Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan reasserts constitutional and gender equality, procedural fairness, and the emotional agency of Muslim women in a landmark judgment

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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Govt leaves Sec 377 decision to the Supreme Court

Although ASG Mehta requested the court to restrain itself...

SC set to hear appeals against its own ruling on Section 377, Hearings Begin Today

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Stonewall Uprising: A Rainbow Rebellion, Not a Riot

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