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Of queerness and Dhamma

Why are queer individuals often made to feel as though they are straying from the path of Dhamma simply because of their identity? Is the cis-heterosexual norm the only Dharmic norm, asks Kanav Narayan Sahgal

27 October 2024, 02:54 IST

Of queerness and Dhamma

Of queerness and Dhamma

Of queerness and Dhamma

27 October 2024, 02:54 IST

70-yr-old Indian man fined $1,168 in Malaysia over clothes reflecting 'support' for LGBTQ

The garment allegedly showed his buttocks while he was running in the race.

07 October 2024, 12:53 IST

70-yr-old Indian man fined $1,168 in Malaysia over clothes reflecting 'support' for LGBTQ

70-yr-old Indian man fined $1,168 in Malaysia over clothes reflecting 'support' for LGBTQ

70-yr-old Indian man fined $1,168 in Malaysia over clothes reflecting 'support' for LGBTQ

07 October 2024, 12:53 IST

Delhi HC asks Centre to decide plea against exclusion of penal provision for unnatural sex offence in BNS

The court was hearing a PIL by Gantavya Gulati, a lawyer who was appearing in person, seeking to address the 'exigent legal lacuna' resulting from the enactment of the BNS which has also led to the repeal of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

28 August 2024, 09:37 IST

Delhi HC asks Centre to decide plea against exclusion of penal provision for unnatural sex offence in BNS

Delhi HC asks Centre to decide plea against exclusion of penal provision for unnatural sex offence in BNS

Delhi HC asks Centre to decide plea against exclusion of penal provision for unnatural sex offence in BNS

28 August 2024, 09:37 IST

Madras HC flags 'misuse' of LGBTQ dating app Grindr

The court suggested blocking of the app.

21 August 2024, 10:59 IST

Madras HC flags 'misuse' of LGBTQ dating app Grindr

Madras HC flags 'misuse' of LGBTQ dating app Grindr

Madras HC flags 'misuse' of LGBTQ dating app Grindr

21 August 2024, 10:59 IST

Transgender tricked into 'conversion therapy' in Russia made to castrate pig: Report

'It was only when a parcel of warm clothes arrived two weeks later that I realised that I wasn't just there for a fortnight or a month,' Ada recalled stating that she was forced to take testosterone, pray and do manual labour.

28 July 2024, 13:31 IST

Transgender tricked into 'conversion therapy' in Russia made to castrate pig: Report

Transgender tricked into 'conversion therapy' in Russia made to castrate pig: Report

Transgender tricked into 'conversion therapy' in Russia made to castrate pig: Report

28 July 2024, 13:31 IST

Heartening to see greater representation of queer people on screen, says filmmaker Kiran Rao

Rao said the representation of queer people in films and web series has increased but more needs to be done.

09 May 2024, 09:13 IST

Heartening to see greater representation of queer people on screen, says filmmaker Kiran Rao

Heartening to see greater representation of queer people on screen, says filmmaker Kiran Rao

Heartening to see greater representation of queer people on screen, says filmmaker Kiran Rao

09 May 2024, 09:13 IST

Trumpism is emptying churches

In a single decade, from 2013 to 2023, the percentage of Americans saying that religion is the most important thing, or among the most important things, in their life plummeted to 53 per cent from 72 per cent. The MAGA-Christian merger has produced a gusher of political power, directing state force against disfavored minorities.

08 April 2024, 03:19 IST

Trumpism is emptying churches

Trumpism is emptying churches

Trumpism is emptying churches

08 April 2024, 03:19 IST

Settlement allows Florida teachers to 'say gay' in classroom

While leaving the law in place, the settlement reached through the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals establishes guidelines to be used by state and local educators, freeing students and teachers to more openly discuss sex and gender topics and refer to gay and transgender people in the classroom.

12 March 2024, 04:14 IST

Settlement allows Florida teachers to 'say gay' in classroom

Settlement allows Florida teachers to 'say gay' in classroom

Settlement allows Florida teachers to 'say gay' in classroom

12 March 2024, 04:14 IST

Ghana LGBTQ activist says friends in hiding after crackdown bill passes

Lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously passed the legislation that will intensify a crackdown on the rights of LGBTQ people and those accused of promoting lesbian, gay or other minority sexual or gender identities in the West African country.

01 March 2024, 12:49 IST

Ghana LGBTQ activist says friends in hiding after crackdown bill passes

Ghana LGBTQ activist says friends in hiding after crackdown bill passes

Ghana LGBTQ activist says friends in hiding after crackdown bill passes

01 March 2024, 12:49 IST

Does your god approve of homophobia?

In the 20th century, arguments against same sex were about nature. In the 21st century, the argument is cultural. Culture is based on myth, a cultural truth that makes rational sense to the in-group, not the out-group

03 January 2024, 05:29 IST

Does your god approve of homophobia?

Does your god approve of homophobia?

Does your god approve of homophobia?

03 January 2024, 05:29 IST