Section 377 verdict: Acceptance of homosexuality more than doubled from 1990 to 2014, reveals survey
Fp Staff • 7 years agoJustification for homosexuality more than doubled in India during 1990-2014 with 58 percent Indians now okay with having a homosexual as their neighbour, up from nine percent seen in 1990, reveals data
BJP's Amit Malviya had tweeted against scrapping of Section 377; raised questions on inheritance, adoption laws for homosexuals
Fp Staff • 7 years agoBJP's National Information and Technology in-charge Amit Malviya found himself in a spot on Thursday after the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexulaity in India in a landmark judgement.
SC calls Section 377 'infrastructure for denying rights', gives hope to LGBTQ community that IPC section may soon be struck down
Fp Staff • 7 years agoObservation made by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the ongoing hearing of curative petitions to quash Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises "consensual acts of adults in private", have given hope to the LGBTQ community.
Section 377 Supreme Court hearing: Centre defers to 'wisdom of court'; Menaka Guruswamy says IPC section violates Article 15
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Centre has put the onus on Supreme Court to decide on the constitutionality of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality in the country. "Centre chooses not to take a stand and rather leave it to the "wisdom of the Court," ASG Mehta was quoted as saying.
How Australian athletes shaped history by campaigning for same-sex marriage as nation voted 'yes'
Snehal Pradhan • 7 years agoDifferent sporting organisations in the country, both local and national, publicly backed the 'yes' campaign and called for equal marriage rights for all Australians.
Thousands celebrate gay rights in Seoul pride parade amid protests by conservative Christians
• 8 years agoThousands of people celebrated gay rights with song, dance and a march in Seoul on Saturday, amid rain and boisterous protests by conservative Christians
Madrid global gay pride parade: Thousands march under tight security
• 8 years agoHundreds of thousands of people marched in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security, and a parade of 52 floats took the festivities through the Spanish capital and into the night
Fat and fabulous: Let’s stop this toxic masculinity once and for all
Aniruddha Mahale • 8 years agoIf you are a human being who wasn't born with a set of six packs to flaunt at the beach, you've probably witnessed it firsthand — every gay man has either been at the receiving or serving end of body shaming
Government to relax new surrogacy bill norms: CNN News18 report
Fp Staff • 9 years agoAfter facing massive uproar over the stringent measures introduced in the Surrogacy Bill, the government has decided to give in and is expected to relax some of the provisions
Homosexuals are much more accepted today in India: Actor Manoj Bajpayee
Dibyojyoti • 9 years agoManoj Bajpayee feels films on homosexuals should be continuously made tp keep the debate going