India

Global News

Added on: 03/12/2024
In yet another novel initiative, the GT Hospital has become the first state-run facility in the city to offer voice change surgery to transgender persons who have…

Global News

Added on: 03/02/2024
Lucknow: The state capital hosted India’s first-ever transgender literary and cultural programme on Friday. The event served as a platform for members of the transgender community to…

Global News

Added on: 02/20/2024
In the last few years, potentially due to the pandemic-caused confinement at home, the topic of third places has gained prominence in popular discourse. They can be…

Global News

Added on: 02/14/2024
02/13/2024
In 2016, when Roshni Singh was in Class 9, Reliance Jio launched an offer wherein it provided customers with free SIM cards, along with 1 gigabyte of…

Global News

Added on: 02/02/2024
Mumbai: After a hiatus of four years, the city’s official LGBTQIA+ pride parade is back, this time, the organisers say, it will be bigger than the previous…

Global News

Added on: 02/01/2024
01/31/2024
The suicide of a 16-year-old Indian boy who hit a wall of online abuse after posting selfies in saris and makeup has galavanised calls for social media…

Global News

Added on: 01/11/2024
01/10/2024
An asylum seeker forced into an exorcism for being gay has begged the Government to reconsider plans to designate India and Georgia as “safe states” as part…

Global News

Added on: 12/27/2023
12/26/2023
Thousands of transgender people in India are reportedly waiting months to obtain a certificate that will allow them to receive gender-affirming care. Statistics reported by the country’s…

Global News

Added on: 12/23/2023
12/22/2023
Even as Mammootty’s Kaathal-The Core is gearing up for an OTT release, the Malayalam movie is still running successfully in 60 theatres across Kerala. Though it was…

Global News

Added on: 12/18/2023
12/17/2023
Justice SR Krishna Kumar recently shed light on the historical nuances of queer identities in the Indian subcontinent, challenging the narrative that deems queer love as ‘non-indigenous.’ Referring…

Global News

Added on: 12/11/2023
12/10/2023
“Rest in pi** brother. You won’t be missed”. This was among the many similar comments on a post by Pranshu, a 16-year-old self-taught Instagram beauty influencer who was…

Global News

Added on: 11/27/2023
NEW DLEHI: The Madras high court order aimed at providing minimum protection from harassment and discrimination to LGBTQIA+ couples by suggesting to the Tamil Nadu government to consider adopting a “deed…

Global News

Added on: 11/26/2023
11/25/2023
More than 2,000 people took part in a gay pride event in New Delhi, waving rainbow flags and multicolored balloons as they celebrated sexual diversity in India…

Global News

Added on: 11/25/2023
11/24/2023
I’ll never forget my first drag show. After years of tuning into RuPaul’s Drag Race and reblogging gifs of Sasha Velour on Tumblr, I found myself surrounded…

Global News

Added on: 11/21/2023
The Indian military is considering hiring transgender individuals to fill a variety of defense roles, according to a recent report by Indian Express. Sources said a joint…

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2023
11/16/2023
NEW DELHI — The recent judgment of the Indian Supreme Court on marriage equality was, without a doubt, a disappointment for India’s queer community. With a 3:2 majority, the…

Global News

Added on: 11/15/2023
11/14/2023
To pave the way for the employment of transgender persons in defence roles, the Indian Armed Forces are looking at possible employment opportunities for them and the…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2023
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  The Kerala Pradesh Transgender Congress (KPTC), which serves as the feeder organisation for the state Congress, underwent a recent overhaul. Despite the state’s pioneering efforts in 2015…

Global News

Added on: 10/30/2023
10/29/2023
“We have been fighting for long and will keep doing so,” said Anjali Gopalan, one of the petitioners after a five-judge bench threw out the appeals. “This…

Global News

Added on: 10/27/2023
10/26/2023
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee is likely to recommend re-criminalisation of the adultery law and criminalisation of non-consensual sex between men, women and/or trans members, as part of an…

Global News

Added on: 10/26/2023
10/24/2023
New Delhi, India – In the summer of 2018, three bodies were recovered from the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, a sprawling city in western India’s Gujarat state….

Global News

Added on: 10/24/2023
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Monday said he stands by his minority judgement in favour of civil unions of queer couples, as sometimes it…

Global News

Added on: 10/21/2023
10/20/2023
India will consider giving equal financial rights and legal protection to the LGBTQ community but legalising same-sex marriage is not on the agenda despite the Supreme Court…

Global News

Added on: 10/20/2023
10/17/2023
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Oct 17 (Openly) – LGBTQ+ Indians pledged on Tuesday to keep fighting for marriage equality after the Supreme Court declined to legalise same-sex weddings, but said…

Global News

Added on: 10/19/2023
10/18/2023
India’s top court has declined to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages, drawing criticism from LGBTQ rights activists, who dubbed the verdict “regressive”. “The court has failed its…

Global News

Added on: 10/18/2023
10/17/2023
India’s top court on Tuesday refused to legalize same-sex marriages, passing the responsibility back to Parliament in a ruling that disappointed campaigners for LGBTQ+ rights in the…

Global News

Added on: 10/16/2023
10/15/2023
It wasn’t love at first sight when Aditi Anand met Susan Dias at a book club in Mumbai. “We didn’t get along with each other at all,”…

Global News

Added on: 10/04/2023
10/03/2023
When his mother fell ill, Karan, a 25-year-old gay man from New Delhi, hurried to donate blood. But as he filled out the mandatory form for donors,…

Global News

Added on: 10/02/2023
CHENNAI: Two transwomen have been creating a silent revolution in their classrooms by opening the eyes of their students about the dangers of untouchability. The two of…

Global News

Added on: 09/18/2023
09/17/2023
Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital opened up India’s first transgender Outpatient Department (OPD) on Sunday inching towards an inclusive and easily accessible healthcare system in the country. Professor…