Lesbians

Chinese app for lesbians shuts down, website and social media accounts also go offline

A popular Chinese dating app for lesbians called Rela has been shut down, along with its website and main social media account.

From lesbian experiences to reliable wives: What Indian men want to know about women on Quora

Here are some questions Indian men asked about women on Quora

Section 377 makes criminals out of Pandian, Kokila and 2.5 mn LGBTs for their very existence, that’s why SC must revisit it

Section 377 has real repercussions on real people. People like you and I. People who have friends and families

Rainbow at end of the tunnel? Curative petition on Section 377, a last legal remedy to toss draconian law out

In their bid to decriminalise Section 377, The LGBTQI groups have mobilised themselves, hundreds of gay men and women came out to their families, friends and to the world — because the personal is political.

Guess who Bipasha Basu is 'petrified' of? Lesbians

Are you a lesbian? Be petrified of Bipasha Basu, because she is petrified of you. This, she has said in an interview to Stardust magazine, for which, she is now facing flak all over social media.

Horror parents: US legalises gay marriage; India yet to acknowledge corrective rape in families

This cruel form of ‘corrective rape’ has its moorings, as per the available records, in South Africa, where it was perpetrated by the family members of lesbians or gays. The goal is to punish the “abnormal” behaviour.

India bans 'Un-Freedom', a film on homosexuality and liberal Muslims

Florida-based director Raj Amit Kumar's debut film "Un-Freedom", starring Adil Hussain and Victor Banerjee in key roles espousing homosexuality, has been banned in India.

Russia dismantles memorial to Steve Jobs' after Tim Cook comes out

Promoting "traditional values", President Vladimir Putin last year signed a law prohibiting the spread of "gay propaganda" among minors.

Aamir Khan issued legal notice for promoting homosexuality on TV show

Admitting the petition by advocate Mandeep Kaur, the court of civil judge Jaswinder Singh had on Friday issued a notice to Aamir Khan to file his reply by 19 December.

Booked under Section 377: Bangalore techie's story gets extra punch thanks to outdated law

A repeal or reading down of Section 377 will not miraculously remove the social stigma around homosexuality and what consenting adults do in their bedrooms. But it certainly plays its part in giving a sort of official stamp of approval on that stigma.