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Sumukhp • 5 years agoThe Guysexual’s Brutally Honest Review Of Bumble
Aniruddha Mahale • 5 years agoBumble may have started in 2014 as a safe space for women to date, but when have gay men ever let a good thing go to waste? This dating app also has a bonus feature — the option to video-call, which lets you make sure you're not being catfished.
The Queer Take: What LGBTQ coming out stories and superhero origin comics have in common
Joshua Muyiwa • 6 years agoSuperhero origin stories are engineered, made up to create narrative consonance, to act as a step to the next rung in the series. They are constructed, contrived and concocted. Coming out stories from the LGBTQ+ community have a similar style.
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte sparks outrage after claiming 'beautiful women cured him of being gay'
• 6 years agoPhilippines Rodrigo Duterte is notorious for his foul-mouthed speeches that include insults, threats to perceived enemies and references to rape that he casts as jokes.
'Majoritarian views, popular morality cannot dictate constitutional rights': After 157 years, Section 377 is struck down
Indiaspend • 7 years agoThe Supreme Court declared Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to be unconstitutional to the extent that it criminalises consensual sexual acts between adults whether homosexual or heterosexual
Section 377 verdict removes an albatross from many necks, but expect empire of majoritarianism to strike back
Bikram Vohra • 7 years agoAs politicians hedge their bets, align against the minority, echo their regrets and up the ante of mockery and snide bias, the havens will disappear.
SC verdict on Section 377: No celebrations of the historic judgment in this far away Manipur town, here's why
Kumam Davidson • 7 years agoFirstpost reached out to several members of the LGBTQ community for their reaction to the Supreme Court verdict on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
SC verdict on Section 377: LGBTQ community won't be liberated until conversation shifts to legal protection, empowerment
Chandra Moulee • 7 years agoSection 377 took a lot of our time and energy with regard to LGBTQ rights.
Section 377 Verdict Full Text: Constitution cannot be guided by majoritarian view or societal morality, says SC
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Thursday unanimously strike down portion of the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises consensual anal sex, saying it violated the rights to equality. Here's the full text of the four landmark judgments
'Denial of self-expression is akin to inviting death': CJI Dipak Misra's key remarks in Section 377 judgment
Fp Staff • 7 years agoTerming Section 377 as "manifestly arbitrary" when it comes to consensual sex between adults, Chief Justice Dipak Misra, reading on behalf of himself and Justice AM Khanwilkar, said that sexual orientation is part of one's Freedom of Self Expression and "denial of self expression is akin to inviting death"