NEW DELHI: In the face of right wing conservatives who would sacrifice human rights at the altar of tradition, two top leaders of BJP and Congress on Saturday came out in support of LGBT rights, saying that the Supreme Court must reconsider its decision upholding Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. Speaking at the […]
While India keeps patting its own back claiming we are a ‘tolerant’ nation, small sister Nepal is the trail-blazer when it comes to protection of ‘minuscule minorities.’ It has firmly rooted for the legal rights of LGBTI people in South Asia. In 2007, Nepal was the first (and so far only) country in South Asia to decriminalise […]
For a decade, Orthodox priest Artyom Vechelkovsky taught at a religious seminary in the city of Samara. He says that his colleagues knew that he was gay, but accepted him and valued his work. But in the current climate of rising antigay sentiment in Russia, church officials suddenly decided to dismiss him, according to a […]
NAGPUR: Some street cops here are having a gala time indulging in blatant illegal extortion of young men, while the top brass hide behind the smoke-screen of ‘complaints are not registered’. All the cops need to do is to find two men together in quiet places, pounce on them, accuse them of being ‘gay’ and […]
A Solidarity Event called ‘Miniscule and Powerful! : Acceptance of LGBT community among the youth was held on Saturday evening in Patna. Patna Law College students discussed the rights of transgenders and MTH people at a special three hour seminar organized by Pehchan North Region Office. MTH means MSM, Transgender, Hijra. Some 80 students attended […]
Over the weekend one attended a ‘Hijra Habba’ at Patna, organized by an organization working on the HIV/AIDS platform providing technical assistance to for the MTH interventions of Bihar state AIDS Control Society. Commendable job, talking about mainstreaming, and getting a government minister to pitch in, bolstered by a reps from few government and non-government […]
Bihar Food and civil supplies minister Shyam Rajak on Friday said that it is high time that society accords the third gender (TG) opportunities for mainstreaming. He announced that his ministry would give preference to applications from eligible TG and Hijra residents who wish to open PDS shops. The minister was among a slew of […]
‘“Miniscule” & Powerful!’- that was the theme of a national consultation for ‘drawing a collective roadmap for MSM and other gay men in India’ held at New Delhi this day last week. Representatives of the Gay and transgender communities from all over India reflected on the main issues that impacted their lives and rights. Ever […]
Good Heavens! Its near nauseating the way the chakka chaps and desi dykes on facebook are waving their garishly painted fingernails and going ohh and aah over the Supreme Court in the US of A giving same sex couples the right to marry. Don’t get Auntie wrong, my darlings. I’m really happy for all the […]
So we’ve seen the first ever International Yoga Day in India. No doubt there were many fags, queens, kothis, cross dressers, transmen, dikes and assorted queers who rummaged in their collective closets, brought out their yoga mats and happily joined in. Now, now ,my darlings! All of us love a great party, and here was […]
Gay men or MSMs are prevented from donating blood in England, even though a ‘lifetime ban’ on Gay men donating blood was lifted in 2011. In Northern Ireland, gay men may be also to get married, but they still cannot donate blood to their significant other! The National Health Service had recently indicated that blood […]
Ever since NDTV and other media picked up on what they call India’s ‘first’ lesbian themed ad, everyone seems to have an opinion. Here’s a piece written by a student of Mass Media, second year BMC, St. Xavier’s College, Patna. Has law failed to match the pace with which Indian society is changing? While the […]
