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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: Gay rights

Urban Elite vs Union of India—what went behind the scenes of SC judgment on same-sex marriage

On 17 October 2023, the Supreme Court rejected the plea for queer persons' right to marry. A year later, a discussion on lawyer Rohin Bhatt’s book discloses what went wrong.

Pakistani man lands in asylum after he tries opening a gay club, given shock treatments

Mehrub Moiz Awan, a transgender politician and rights activist in Pakistan told ThePrint the country was seeing the weaponisation of homosexuality by Right-wing groups.

Indian woman who was head of ‘all gays in New York’—Urvashi Vaid changed American activism

Urvashi Vaid was ‘the most prolific LGBTQ organiser in history’; her peers describe her as a prophet of the LGBTQ movement. It all began at an anti-Vietnam War rally she attended at 11.

53% of Indians are accepting of same-sex marriage, finds global survey by Pew Research

It's 'developed, Western European countries' that show highest acceptance of legalising same-sex marriage, but India is among exceptions, finds survey.

‘Love is love’ vs ‘assault on family’: Constitution bench takes up pleas on same-sex marriage today

Court will take up 12 pleas — 2 filed in the SC, and 10 others in high courts — that seek legal recognition for same-sex marriage. Modi govt has opposed demand as ‘elitist view’.

SC walks the talk on LGBTQIA+ inclusivity, sets up gender-neutral loos, revamps online portal for advocates

SC considering broadening scope of Gender Sensitization & Internal Complaints Committee. Changes come after lawyer Rohin Bhatt wrote to CJI to end 'discrimination against queer community'.

No political posters, no ‘bhakt’ bashing — queer group’s rules for Mumbai pride parade

Mumbai’s Color Positive Foundation is holding its first pride march on 28 January. But other top LGBTQI+ organisations like Humsafar Trust and Azaadi Mumbai have kept a distance.

SubscriberWrites: Sushil Modi’s stance on same-sex marriage is not supported by facts

The Hindu religion based on which his party runs its political business, acknowledges not just same sex relationships but also marriage, writes Raj Gopinathan.

SC transfers all pending pleas before different high courts on same-sex marriages to itself

The bench asked the counsel for the Centre to ensure that no petitioner is left out and details of all the petitions are incorporated in the compilations to be made.

Delhi University is the new battleground for queer students—stigma, suppression and suicide

At Hindu College, Zakir Husain College, Jesus and Mary College, and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, the demands of students for a queer collective are met with resistance, ignorance, indifference, and even threats by authorities.

On Camera

From ‘Jai Kisan’ to CVC, Shastri walked the talk. But corruption proved harder to root out

Set up by Lal bahadur Shastri, the Santhanam Committee's key concern was that corruption, once limited to the lower rungs of the bureaucracy, had now infected the All India Services and political leadership.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.