Homosexuality

“Being in the closet oppresses you, it suppresses you, and you can’t be the person you are,” says filmmaker and now podcast host Mozez Singh read more

Saudi Arabia’s security agency said the video contained “many mistakes” and suggested that those behind it would face a formal investigation, according to a statement posted late Tuesday by the official Saudi Press Agency. read more

The sources also said the Army Act had a provision under which its personnel can be charged for homosexuality and adultery, but now it will be under another provision of the same Act. read more

During the meeting, while the syllabi of all other courses were passed without objections, the syllabus of English department faced criticism. read more

These steps will be gradual and will vary in many places and settings, and many will be slow to adopt these new attitudes, says The Danish Girl author David Ebershoff. read more

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s statement urging parliament to tackle schools expelling students on the basis of their sexuality issue received support from the Labour party. read more

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), as many as 2,195 gay sex cases were registered under Section 377 in 2016, 1,347 in 2015 and 1,148 cases in 2014. read more

Same-sex desire is around us everywhere. We need an ocean of words to express its diverse forms read more

Gay sex among consenting adults is not an offence, the Supreme Court ordered on Thursday, reading down a British-era section 377 of the penal code that penalises people for their sexual orientation. read more

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 fourth of the respondents approved of a relationship... read more

The Union health ministry, which has previously backed decriminalising homosexuality and said Section 377 acted as an impediment in making high-risk groups such as men-having-sex-with-men (MSM) come forward to access services, said it is expecting a... read more

The comments came on a day the Supreme Court unanimously decriminalised part of Section 377, which criminalises consensual unnatural sex, saying it violated the rights to equality. read more

The LGBT community in Kerala, the first state to formulate a transgender policy three years ago, hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict scrapping the colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday and took out victory processions in many parts of the state including... read more

The United Nations welcomed the landmark ruling on Section 377 by the Supreme Court . read more

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalises homosexuality. read more