Gender and Sexuality

Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other

The selectiveness of medieval Muslim or medieval Rajput history in contestation is not just deliberate effort to alienate these two communities but is also a Brahmanical viewpoint that refuses to subject Peshwa or Maratha history to a similar brand of selectivity

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’

Scotland has become the first country in the world...

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...

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