Gender and Sexuality

Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework

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

An account of the event that sparked the Gay...

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Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework

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