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Topic: LGBTQ community

Offences against LQBT community rose 13% in France in 2023, 70% victims men, shows govt data

8 out of 10 offenders were men, data shows. Last week France witnessed massive protests against proposed bill to ban medical gender transitions for minors, calling it 'transphobic'.

Bhupen Khakar came out through his paintings. He called them iconography of homosexual love

Bhupen Khakhar’s contributions as an artist and his advocacy for LGBTQ+ visibility have left an enduring imprint on the art world.

Japan passes much-contested LGBT bill to promote understanding of community amid criticism

Initial draft stipulated that discrimination on basis of sexual orientation, gender identity should ‘not be tolerated’ but was changed to ‘there should be no unfair discrimination.’

Quiz on gender, talks on same-sex marriage & adoption rights: IIT-B to hold its 1st queer fest this weekend

Following in footsteps of its Delhi & Chennai counterparts, IIT-Bombay to organise 'Rangavali', an effort to make campus 'a safe space for students of all genders & sexual identities'.

In a first, RSS affiliate invites transgenders to Holi Milan, welcomes ‘Shikhandi bhai, behene’

Presence of transgenders in Sunday's event, organised by social welfare organisation Sewa Bharati, comes amid fear of 'conversion to Islam by community members for social acceptance'.

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.

Monkeypox spreads with close physical contact, not limited to gay sex, clarifies WHO

In an earlier statement, WHO said a few cases were reported in clinics located in LGBTQ communities, triggering panic.

‘Rights are paper tigers unless given teeth by courts’: Full text of Justice Chandrachud speech

Speaking at an event in King's College, London, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud discussed the Supreme Court's role in the protection of human rights for various sections of India.

Netflix’s Cobalt Blue isn’t flawless. But its queer heart beats the shortcomings

Cobalt Blue talks of a world where loving a person of the same gender was still a crime. It's a poignant portrayal of love and sexual awakening.

How Covid spelled doom for LGBTQI+ characters on TV

The GLAAD organisation, which includes creators like Shonda Shonda Rhimes, says Covid-19 may be partly to blame for the declining LGBTQI+ presence on TV.

On Camera

Jamaat sweeps Bangladesh students’ polls, wants Pakistan as an ally. India must worry

Banned only a year before when Hasina was still the PM, the student wing secured 14 top ranks at the educational institution.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Attack on one is attack on both’—As Pakistan & Saudi Arabia sign pact, a look at their ties since 1967

Building on long-standing ties & Islamic solidarity, Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement comes at a time of heightened regional tensions especially after Israeli attack on Doha.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.