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  Pakistan: Man sent to mental asylum for trying to open gay nightclub, sparks outrage

  World | June 11, 2024 19:00 IST

  Homosexual acts are criminalised in Pakistan under Section 377 and gay sex is punishable by two years in prison. The man's application for a gay club was leaked on social media and sparked outrage among locals and politicians in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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  Same-sex marriage: Homosexuality not solely an urban nor restricted to upper class, says CJI

  India | October 17, 2023 13:11 IST

  Directing the Centre, states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure that the queer community is not discriminated against, the CJI, who is heading the constitution bench, said queer is a natural phenomenon known for ages and is neither urban nor elitist.

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  Marvel Studios denounces controversial 'Don't Say Gay' bill: 'We stand for inclusivity'

  Hollywood | March 16, 2022 11:21 IST

  Marvel Studios has denounced all legislation 'that infringes on the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community' after the controversial passing of the 'Don't Say Gay' bill in the Florida senate. Read their statement here. 

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  'No space for homosexuality, adultery in Indian Army'

  India | October 31, 2019 20:55 IST

  The Indian Army has written to the Ministry of Defence to ensure homosexuality and adultery remains punishable offences, sources said on Thursday. This comes even after the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality and adultery.  

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  Father ends life in Delhi after learning daughter is lesbian

  India | September 12, 2019 19:53 IST

  According to a senior officer, the police control room received a call on Tuesday night regarding the incident, after which an Emergency Response Vehicle was dispatched to the spot.

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  Botswana becomes latest country to decriminalise gay sex

  World | June 11, 2019 16:12 IST

  Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex on Tuesday when the High Court rejected as unconstitutional sections of the penal code that punish same-sex relations with up to seven years in prison.

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  Bhupen Khakhar's painting on homosexuality breaks auction record

  World | June 11, 2019 8:52 IST

  The sale took place at the Sotheby's auction house on Monday. Going under the hammer was the "Coups de Coeur: The Guy and Helen Barbier Family Collection", an offering of 29 artworks from one of the finest collections of 20th century Indian art in private hands.

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  Bigg Boss 12: Rohit Suchanti comes to know about housemates’ ‘homosexual comments’ about him. Here’s how he reacts

  TV | October 27, 2018 17:37 IST

  When Rohit Suchanti entered the Bigg Boss 12 house, housemates including Sreesanth made offensive comments about his sexuality. 

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  Homosexuality not a crime, but same-sex marriages unnatural: RSS

  India | September 06, 2018 17:18 IST

  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.

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  Homosexuality is not a crime: What Supreme Court said in its Section 377 verdict

  India | September 06, 2018 12:45 IST

  A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra termed the part of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which crimiminalises unnatural sex as irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary.

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  Section 377 verdict: What has happened so far in the case

  India | September 06, 2018 12:19 IST

  In a historic verdict, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court ruled that Section 377 of IPC was weapon to harass members of LGBT community, resulting in discrimination.

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  SC to deliver verdict on Constitutional validity of Section 377 today

  India | September 06, 2018 0:01 IST

  Section 377 is one of the few important issues that the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra is expected to deliver its judgment on before his retirement on October 2.

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  SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging constitutional validity of Section 377

  India | July 17, 2018 19:09 IST

  The verdict is likely to be pronounced before October 2 this year as Justice Misra would be retiring as CJI on that day.

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  Section 377 hearing in SC: Having different sexual orientation is not crime, argues petitioner

  India | July 10, 2018 16:36 IST

  Appearing for the petitioners, former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, argued that Section 377 violates one's human rights. "The issue deals only with sexual orientation and it has nothing to do with gender," Rohatgi said.

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  Supreme Court to begin hearing pleas challenging Section 377 today

  India | July 10, 2018 8:35 IST

  A five-judge constitution bench had posted for hearing on Tuesday, the petitions challenging section 377 of the IPC.

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  SC refuses to adjourn hearing on pleas challenging re-criminalisation of homosexuality

  India | July 09, 2018 12:07 IST

  A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra refused to defer the hearing after the Centre sought more time to file its response on PILs on gay sex.

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  SC agrees to hear plea by LGBT IITians seeking decriminalisation of homosexuality

  India | May 17, 2018 15:29 IST

  A group of present and past students of IITs across the country on Monday moved the Supreme Court to challenge the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the IPC that criminalises homosexual activity and other unnatural sex.

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  Supreme Court notice to Centre on plea against criminalisation of homosexuality

  India | April 23, 2018 17:56 IST

  Owing to Section 377 of the IPC continuing on the statute book, various adult and consenting members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Queer) community continue to face the threat of a false prosecution, the plea said.

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  The Lore of Rainbows: This series of poem echoes the sentiments of LGBT community with great vehemence

  Books & Culture | October 06, 2017 15:55 IST

  Through this series, Author Sameer Khan aims to spread equality, harmony, love and social acceptance for all.

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  RSS marks a U-turn, says homosexuality not a crime but 'socially immoral act'

  Politics | March 18, 2016 18:49 IST

  New Delhi: A day after observing that homosexuality was not a crime, RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale today made an apparent shift in stand explaining that homosexuality is a "socially immoral act" which needs