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TopicLGBTQ rights

Topic: LGBTQ rights

Lawyers can’t lead the queer movement. Involve grassroots activists, community organisers

In 'The Urban Elite v. Union of India', queer lawyer Rohin Bhatt offers an insider's view of the marriage equality hearings.

LGBT+ people hide at work, can’t claim queer spaces easily either. Bengaluru fest is freeing

Bengaluru queer festival Maya Bazaar featured a panel discussion on inclusion in corporate spaces. Companies are reluctant to move beyond performative gestures, panellists said.

Landmark court orders to 1st same-sex marriage — 2-decade struggle that led to Nepal scripting history

The country registered its first same-sex union earlier this week, five months after its Supreme Court issued an interim order allowing registration of same-sex marriages.

Can Parliament be trusted with LGBTQ rights? Star lawyers Sai Deepak, Saurabh Kirpal debate

J Sai Deepak said conservative voices like his had no place before 2014. Saurabh Kirpal agreed but added that other voices can’t be pushed out now.

US to consider visa restrictions on Uganda over anti-LGBTQ laws that include death penalty

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he has instructed the State Department to update travel guidance to US citizens and businesses over travel to Uganda.

‘To create a space for ourselves’: Art, identity & hope at IIT Bombay’s first queer fest

The festival was organised on campus over Friday, Saturday and Sunday by the institute’s queer resource group, Saathi, and had ‘40-50 people present at every programme’.

Supreme Court refers plea to legalise same-sex marriage to five-judge bench

Next date of hearing is 18 April, proceedings will be live-streamed on court’s YouTube channel.

South Korean same-sex couple who were granted health benefits sees court win as breakthrough for equality

The decision was hailed by human rights group Amnesty International as a ‘step towards marriage equality.’

Judge lays down rules for LGBTQ protection after counselling to get ‘woke’ on same-sex couples

Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court took up counselling sessions as he heard a case pertaining to a lesbian couple from TN who sought protection from their families.

‘Same-sex marriage not a part of our culture’, says top govt lawyer, opposes plea in Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court is hearing a PIL that seeks marriage rights for the gay community under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955.

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India and Indonesia finalise BrahMos deal, contract to be signed early next fiscal

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Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.