Section 377

Same-sex marriage: HC takes exception to Centre's affidavit filed with objectionable comments'

The court said the reply vetted by the counsel be placed on record before the next date of hearing on 24 August

'An attempt to strangulate an artiste's voice': Onir opens up on Defence Ministry's objection to his true-life story of a gay Major

"You’re humiliating the queer community by saying that the queer community is not ‘fit enough’ to serve the nation because you’re being judged not by your skillset, but by something that is nobody’s business, which is your sexuality," says Onir.

2021 Queer Roundup: Unassuming gayness of ACP Khan in Aarya over laboured representation in Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui

My hope for queer storytelling as we step into a new year is to be more irreverent, to see more easy queerness, more desire, and more queer authorship as opposed to only queer characters.

Bank refuses to let LGBTQ couple open joint account, backtracks after social media outcry

Axis Bank had launched its ComeAsYouAre charter on 6 September on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s judgment that deemed Section 377 illegal

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.

Explainer: As Madras HC prohibits conversion therapy, a look at history of traumatic 'cures' for queer individuals

It is vital to note the pseudoscientific nature of conversion "treatment", which perceives sexual and gender orientation as a "mental illness" and homosexuality as "abnormal".

Section 377 verdict updates: RSS says homosexuality not crime, but needs social and psychological solutions

Section 377 verdict LIVE updates: A Supreme Court constitution bench on Thursday pronounced a unanimous verdict scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises ‘unnatural sex’. Chief Justice Dipak Misra noted that majoritarian views and popular morality cannot dictate constitutional rights.

The Queer Take: When a community's lives are bigger than the law, celebrating legal 'victories' can feel like settling for 'enough'

If the Law must arbitrate on Life, then it must be bigger than it, or roomy enough to make space for it.

Two years after Section 377 decision, the queer narrative must make space for voices from semi-urban India

'Queer lives in small-town India are not visible enough for anyone to take notice. So, nobody knows what our stories look like.'

Same-sex marriage gets a push in India, but some in queer community feel other rights require more urgent attention

The most prominent criticism against the campaign for the legalisation of same-sex marriage is that it doesn't top the list of priorities for the queer community, as opposed to job reservations or providing shelter to those abandoned by their birth families.