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

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...

I am proud of my gay brother

As SC reads down Sec 377, a law student...

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

Pleas to decriminalise consensual sex in private between adults...

Stonewall Uprising: A Rainbow Rebellion, Not a Riot

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