Lgbt

Advising committee member resigns after NASA refuses to change telescope named after homophobic former administrator

The telescope was originally named just ‘Next Generation Space Telescope,’ but in 2002, then NASA boss Sean O’Keefe renamed it to honour Webb, who had served the US space agency during the Apollo era.

Voters say yes to same-sex marriage in Switzerland

Around 64.1 percent of voters in the wealthy Alpine nation supported the move, on a 52 percent turnout.

Images: How India Inc is raising its voice against Sec 377

In a rare show of solidarity some of India's largest companies expressed their support for gay rights on Facebook and Twitter by releasing online advertisements. Take a look at them here.

Schitt’s Creek, the town 'where everyone fits in' and LGBT-phobia does not

Open minds, large hearts and small towns are not mutually exclusive. Over and above everything else that this fantastic series does, it echoes this lesson I learnt as a child from my mother.

Demi Lovato comes out as non-binary; says decision was reached after ‘a lot of healing, self reflective work’

Demi Lovato will be adopting they/them pronouns, announced the singer-actor in a video message on Twitter.

Thai LGBT activists raise pride flag in youth protests demanding its military govt to step down

Several youth-led demonstrations have sprung up across Thailand since last week, when thousands of activists defied a coronavirus ban on gatherings and staged one of the largest street rallies since a 2014 military coup

Megan Schutt upset with Australian cricketers Marcus Stoinis, James Pattionson's homophobic slurs

A fine swing bowler for Australia's women's cricket team and a champion of same-sex marriage, Megan Schutt is upset with her male counterparts James Pattinson and Marcus Stoinis' recent homophobic slurs.

FIFA Club World Cup 2019: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he's not the right person to answer questions about politics in Qatar

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, in Qatar for the Club World Cup, said that it is wrong that managers and players are asked to make judgments on the suitability of a country for hosting global tournaments.

Arundhati Katju: Section 377 was never only about sex, it was actually about right to citizenship

It’s easy to think that maybe this [scrapping of Section 377] is just the onward march of history, that rights are inevitable and that we live in a world where rights will keep progressing – but that isn’t actually the case.

Watch: Ahead of Independence Day, Pride-themed National Anthem unveiled, featuring Onir, Apurva Asrani

The Humsafar Trust has released a Pride-themed rendition of the National Anthem To commemorate the first year of Independence that does not criminalise homosexuality,