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

Some sunshine for the Indian Rainbow as SC decides to review Section 377

In marked departure from its previous stand, the Supreme...

2017 — The Year Gender Justice Took a Back Seat

While judgements become part of the history of law...

“The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights Bill) 2016 criminalises Transgender Persons”

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights Bill) 2016 poses...

Taste The Rainbow: 10th Queer Pride Celebration, Delhi

Newsclick brings you a glimpse of the vibrant parade...

Samajwadi Party fields transgender Gulshan Bindu as mayor candidate in Ayodhya

Samajwadi Party has declared its list of candidates for...

Egyptian MPs seek to ban gay sex, gay social activities and rainbow flags

Amid the continuing moral panic over homosexuality in Egypt,...

India’s first transgender Sarpanch vows to turn her village into an ideal village

A village in interior Maharashtra creates historyGnyaneshwar Kamble with...

Egypt: Somewhere over the rainbow there are police ready to pounce

Seven people who waved rainbow flags during a music...

Taiwan, 1st Asian Country to Legalize Gay Marriage, Shouldn’t India Follow Suit?

In a landmark judgement delivered on May 23, judges...

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‘Faith Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai’s Christians rise against Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion bill

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