The coronavirus is giving the opportunity to regimes and politicians around the world to roll back the clock on LGBTQ rights, with little challenge. And in India, the coronavirus crisis is far from ...
When the Delhi High Court read down Section 377 in 2009, I was in high school, and busy telling myself that my girl crushes were just me wanting to be "best friends" with them. I found out about the ...
Section 377 has been challenged anew by a bevy of LGBT persons across ages, caste, incomes and religion. What does this imply for the community? July 8, 2001 is burnt into Arif Jafar’s mind. The ...
BILASPUR, India — If you had told Ayesha Kapur 10 years ago that she would help lead the fight against one of the world’s oldest laws criminalizing gay sex, she would never have believed you. For most ...
A study spanning 19 states in 2016 found strong views against homosexuality, but revealed some interesting trends: 61% of the respondents thought love between two men or two women was wrong. Only a ...
The verdict was greeted with scenes of jubilation across the country. The world's largest democracy just struck down a ban on gay sex. On Thursday, India's top court declared parts of Section 377 ...
LGBT rights activists hold a wet flag as they celebrate amid heavy downpour after the country’s top court struck down a colonial-era law that made homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in ...