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 ...

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 ...

Paul Boyce has received funding from the ESRC. Aniruddha Dutta has received research grants from the University of Minnesota to work with queer and trans-gender people in Eastern India as part of her ...

Menaka Guruswamy, senior Supreme Court advocate and LGBTQ+ activist, played a key role in decriminalising Section 377 and, if elected, would become India’s first openly queer MP., People, Times Now ...

New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) Non consensual sex between same gender adults will invite penal liability under Section 377 of the IPC, the Supreme Court said Thursday while striking down a part of it which ...

Quick takes, analyses and macro-level views on all contemporary economic, financial and political events. The decision by the Supreme Court to review its 2013 judgment setting aside the Delhi High ...

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Tuesday said it will examine the correctness of its 2013 verdict setting aside the Delhi HC judgement decriminalising gay sex ...

When the rest of the world commemorated the anniversary of the Stonewall Inn movement in late-June with pride marches through the week (and the month), India was not left behind. While some cities ...

In the hit Indian film Kal Ho Na Ho, a housekeeper finds her charge and his male buddy horsing around and — assuming that they are in a relationship — faints with shock. Despite several serious ...