Queer Rights

In US, wave of anti-transgender legislation casts shadow on Pride Month festivities

Amid the disappointment, Pride festivities are proceeding, but many have been subject to downsizing, postponement and – in some cases — controversy.

Japan sees greater push for bill protecting LGBTQ rights as activists use Tokyo Olympics to catalyse change

An increasing number of local governments and private companies are introducing more inclusive policies, and a recent landmark court verdict called the failure to recognise same-sex marriage unconstitutional.

The double lives of gay men in China's Hainan province: Navigating visibility and invisibility in public spaces

How gay men in Hainan understand themselves, build communities and negotiate the pressures to conform to the heterosexual life script of marriage and reproduction.

The Queer Take: Viewing TikTok and Instagram as spaces of love and desire, where queer expression is realised

Why did TikTok feel like a queer space? Because it is.

Books of the week: From Vinu Abraham's The Lost Heroine to Mark Gevisser’s The Pink Line, our picks

Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.

To Harry Potter on his 40th birthday, with best wishes from a fellow millennial

You’re 40 today, which makes you part of the first-ever batch of millennials to hit the big four-oh. This generation grew up with you. And you of all people know that as a generation, we just can’t seem to catch a break.

Indian law invisibilises, discriminates against queer people; one project reimagines legislation to make it more inclusive

A project titled Queering The Law, by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, looks at the ways in which queer people can have better legal representation, in order to be able to better access the law and other civic institutions. It identifies laws that patently discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community, as well as ones that operate on the male-female binary, thereby invisibilising anyone whose identity does not fall within this binary

Pune's 2019 Pride Parade focuses on inclusivity, gratitude for SC's decision on Section 377

Pride Parades held after the Supreme Court’s historical decision in 2018, to strike down parts of Section 377, have seen a massive increase in attendance. The Pune Pride Parade was no different; roaring slogans about inclusivity, gratitude towards the Supreme Court, and considerably fewer covered faces defined the event.

#PrideTalk: 37 People Tell Us What Pride Means to Them in a Post-377 World

From the lack of a need to define queerness to the freedom to express themselves, people talk about what pride means to them, now that same-sex relationships are legal in India

The Law isn't Straight: This manual for LGBTQI individuals helps them navigate Indian legal system

This manual attempts to help LGBTQI individuals by providing information on how they can change their identity documents, as well as guidelines about mental and sexual health