Lgbt Community

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.

Euro 2020: UEFA refuses to light Allianz Arena in rainbow colours for Germany-Hungary match

The mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter, had wanted the stadium in rainbow colours for the crucial Group F match to "send a visible sign of solidarity" with Hungary's LGBT community.

Allahabad HC reinstates home guard fired in UP's Bulandshahr due to his sexual orientation

The high court quoted an SC court order that had held that the sexual orientation of a person is an individual choice and any act of treating it as an offence interfered with the person’s right to privacy

Thailand's first transgender MP, Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, dismissed from Parliament

Her Future Forward Party was dissolved in February this year, a move that fuelled pro-democracy activists to demand that the government step down

Delhi HC dismisses petition seeking recognition of LGBT relationships, rights to marriage, adoption and divorce

Delhi HC dismissed a petition seeking directions to make rules, regulation to recognise LGBT community members' relationships including marriage, adoption, divorce. The petition was filed by Tajinder Singh sought to constitute an LGBT commission in Delhi for upliftment and welfare of members of the community.

Lok Sabha Election 2019: CPM calls for scrapping of sedition law, urban job guarantee in its poll manifesto

The CPM is in favour of halting privatisation of public sector enterprises and rolling back privatisation in defence, energy and railways and basic services.

Living and loving in Queer India: Aarti Singh, Jake Naughton look on 'both sides of the veil'

The exhibition Both sides of the Veil, which features images, audio and visual installations, explores what it is to be queer in post-377 India

Bills in Lok Sabha seek ban on non-vegetarian food at govt meetings, equal rights for LGBT community to serve in armed forces

Over 85 private members' bills were introduced in Lok Sabha Friday on various issues, including seeking a ban on serving non-vegetarian food in government meetings and functions and grant of equal rights to LGBT community to serve in the armed forces.

Section 377 SC hearing Day 4: Concept of consent absent in current law but any change should be left to Parliament, apex court told

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday held hearing on Section 377 for the fourth and final day. Here is what the counsel argued on:

Grindr, the world's largest gay dating app, will now send users notifications to get regular HIV tests

Grindr will send men who opt into the service a reminder every three to six months and simultaneously point them to the nearest testing site