Plea cites rights violations under Articles 14 & 15 and seeks legal recognition of same-sex couples' right to act as medical representatives for each other, calling their exclusion discriminatory.
Rohit Bal’s stepbrothers and stepsisters are raising questions about both the will’s validity and the depth of Bal’s relationship with his ‘soulmate’ Lalit Tehlan.
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.
The law, which aims to 'protect Iraqi society from moral depravity and the calls for homosexuality that have overtaken the world', was backed mainly by conservative Shi’ite Muslim parties.
The draft says it shall be obligatory for ‘partners’ in a live-in relationship to submit a statement of it to district officials, failing which they may be penalised by a cash fine and a prison term.
Punjab & Haryana HC notes multiple pleas being listed of runaway couples seeking protection, asks for procedures that can be put in place for law enforcement agencies to deal with cases.
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.
Survey of 2,611 Indian adults part of analysis across 32 countries in North America, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Africa & Asia-Pacific region. Report published this week.
Petition filed by four members of queer community lays out arguments against SC’s 17 October verdict which held that right to marry was not fundamental.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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