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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.

Russia may ban surgery to change gender under draft bill, reports TASS

The bill would prohibit medical workers from 'performing medical interventions designed to change the sex of a person', TASS said, but exempts surgery to treat congenital anomalies in children.

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.’

Take strict action against forced conversion of LGBTIQ community members: HC to Kerala govt

The court was hearing a plea by Queerala an Organisation for Malayali LGBTIQ Community and a 'transman' who claims to be a victim of forced conversion therapy.

On Camera

Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

Why do people who complain that our municipalities are incapable of offering proper shelter to dogs not worry about the pathetic shelter offered to refugees and victims of political persecution?

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.