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Feb 04, 2019
Mumbai Pride 2019: First march post-Section 377 verdict sees city's queer community, allies celebrate
Mumbai witnessed its 14th Pride Parade on Saturday, 2 February 2019. It was the city's largest pride march yet, also its first after the September 2018 judgment decriminalising homosexuality. -
Sep 26, 2018
UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet cites Indian Supreme Court's ruling on homosexuality, urges more countries to amend laws
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, during the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual and Intersex (LGBTI) Core Group event — 'Violence against LGBTI Individuals: Extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions' — on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly here on Tuesday, said that change is happening around the world. -
Sep 12, 2018
After Section 377 verdict in India, Singapore DJ files court challenge against law banning gay sex
Buoyed by the recent landmark ruling on homosexuality in India, a Singaporean DJ filed a court challenge against a law in the city state banning gay sex. -
Sep 09, 2018
Uttar Pradesh and Kerala top list of cases registered under Section 377 of Indian Penal Code
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), as many as 2,195 gay sex cases were registered under Section 377 in 2016, 1,347 in 2015 and 1,148 cases in 2014. -
Sep 06, 2018
Section 377 verdict: SC restores inclusiveness, liberates LGBTQ community from 'societal pariah and dereliction'
While the 2009 judgment should be lauded for ensuring the ‘inclusiveness’, it is Thursday’s judgment by the highest court of the land that established individual liberty as the bulwark of democracy and made the widest possible interpretation of ‘morality’ and ‘freedom’. -
Sep 06, 2018
Section 377 verdict: Country's first transgender college principal calls it a 'new dawn' for LGBTQ community
The Section 377 judgment would enable every community member to claim his/her rightful place in the society, she told PTI. -
Sep 06, 2018
Sec 377 hearing in Supreme Court: Long battle for individual freedom, mainstream discussion nears conclusion
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra will pronounce on Thursday the verdict on a batch of petitions seeking decriminalisation of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1861. -
Jul 13, 2018
Section 377 hearing Day 3: SC says stigma linked to LGBTQ community will go when homosexuality is decriminalised
Chief Justice Dipak Misra also rejected a proposal of lawyers, seeking retention of section 377, that public opinion should be elicited on the matter. -
Mar 15, 2018
West Bengal education minister claims he has 'never' heard of lesbians in the state, says it's against Bengal's 'ethos'
Reacting to media reports claiming that a school in Kolkata had arm-twisted students in to signing a written "confession" stating that they are lesbians, West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee said, on Wednesday, that lesbianism is "against the ethos" of the state, according to a NDTV report -
Jan 09, 2018
SC to review Section 377 of IPC: How world has changed since apex court's 2013 verdict on homosexuality
The world has also changed a lot since 2013. There are now over 25 countries around the world which allow homosexuality.
