Queer
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Centre forms 6-member committee to look into issues faced by queer community
India | Apr 17, 2024, 09:24 AM ISTEarlier in March 2023, the Centre told the SC that a committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary would be constituted to explore administrative steps for addressing some concerns of same-sex couples without going into the issue of legalising their marriage.
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Queer and mental health challenges: Will awareness lead to minimized social stress?
Health | Feb 01, 2022, 11:20 AM ISTMental Health expert explains that the challenges that queer individual's face do not depend on their choice of coming out but on the person that they are. "They make the choice only because they are feeling too much," she says.
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HC asks police to shift LGBTQ couple to safe house, provide security
India | Jul 23, 2021, 02:25 PM ISTJustice Mukta Gupta directed the SHO of Mayur Vihar Phase-I police station to ensure that the couple be taken from the office of an NGO, where they are currently residing, and lodged at the ‘safe house’.
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Same sex marriage: HC seeks Centre's response on plea to allow foreign-origin spouse to apply for OC
India | Jul 06, 2021, 02:55 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response from the Centre and the Consulate General of India, New York, on a petition to allow a foreign-origin spouse of an Overseas Citizen of India cardholder to apply for OCI registration regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
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Swara Bhaskar, Divya Dutta starrer Sheer Qorma world premiere at San Francisco LGBTQ+ film fest
Celebrities | May 26, 2021, 05:42 PM ISTThe short film "Sheer Qorma", starring Swara Bhasker, Divya Dutta and Shabana Azmi, will have its world premiere at the BAFTA Qualifying Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
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Indian artists Sunil Gupta, Balbir Krishan to exhibit at Asia's largest LGBTQ-themed exhibition
Nov 21, 2019, 03:42 PM ISTIndian artists Sunil Gupta and Balbir Krishan, who have been on the forefront of the discourse on the country's queer art, will be among the 59 Southeast Asian artists exhibiting at Asia's largest LGBTQ-themed exhibition here.
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Welcoming rainbows: Delhi set to host its first ever queer literary festival
Nov 20, 2019, 03:37 PM ISTDelhi will host its first-ever queer literary festival on December 7-8 titled- 'The Rainbow Lit Fest - Queer & Inclusive'.
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Wendell Rodricks picks poster for queer film fest
Hollywood | Mar 28, 2013, 01:35 PM ISTPanaji, March 28: Ace Goan fashion designer Wendell Rodricks has picked a Mumbai-based designer's poster as the lead creative for the queer film festival, annually held in the Maximum City.According to a statement issued by