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Friday, November 1, 2024
TopicHomosexuality

Topic: Homosexuality

Supreme Court to hear tomorrow pleas seeking to decriminalise homosexuality

The bench is going to hear two pleas filed by six noted personalities seeking to quash the criminalizing homosexuality.

Educational qualification of Indian politicians should matter, not sexual orientation

The only thing that will help our society accept a queer politician is awareness and time.

The homophobic, anti-abortion preacher making the rounds of South India’s science colleges

Abhishek Clifford, who heads the NGO Rescue 108 is believed to be of British origin and claims to be known by many names.

Meet the Gujarati woman helping gay couples live the arranged marriage dream

While homosexuality is criminalised, it turns out that there is no law in India regarding marriage between people of the same sex.

How Ranveer Singh conquered the nepotistic world of Bollywood

From being an outsider in the film industry to being excited to see who his on-screen bisexual lover will be, actor Ranveer Singh talks about it all.

I only wish homosexuals across India would be able to come out: Vikram Seth

Author hails SC judgment on the right to privacy, especially the part that says sexual orientation is an essential attribute of privacy.

Why don’t Indians have a problem when heterosexuals have oral sex—even though 377 bans it?

Remember that Section 377 doesn’t criminalise ‘gay sex’ — it is the product of a homophobic mindset that targets queer people.

In Parliament, Shashi Tharoor’s valiant fight to change section 377

The Congress MP had tried to slip in a change through an amendment to the government’s bill to repeal 104 old laws, but Lok Sabha rejected it in winter session.

Supreme Court had decided to revisit section 377 two years ago as well

A bench headed by then chief justice T.S. Thakur had also agreed to hear a curative writ petition in June 2016, seeking to decriminalise homosexuality.

GLOBAL PULSE: Macron turns protectionist, China’s Orwellian crackdown in Xinjiang and Israeli women won’t have to give up their seats

MACRON WANTS PROTECTION Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron wants to revive an old French ambition, namely to protect French companies from cross-border takeovers on the grounds of “vital strategic interests”.

On Camera

Iran’s real fantasy is to take over Muslim world. Palestine is just a façade

Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.