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Kicking off tonight (Thursday, 28 November) and running tomorrow and all weekend, TILDE, Melbourne’s trans and gender diverse film festival is taking place at the …

The trans rights bill claims to provide protections to trans people in India but it has been widely criticised for being written without consultation with the trans community.

“How much longer must gay Singaporeans live as second class citizens; branded criminals by laws meant to protect all Singaporeans?”

“Any discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violates fundamental rights”

“Walking down the street you can see that Australia is a multicultural country – it’s quite a different view to what you see in Australian film or television, which tends to be fairly whitewashed.”

One of the victims died as a result of the attacks, which were triggered by rumours spread on WhatsApp.

The minister said there are zero lesbians in the school system, despite West Bengal having a population of more than 90 million people.

“Leave it to circuit trash to somehow think dressing gogo boys as Hindu gods Ram and Shiva is okay”

“A country where queer people are free is truly free and everybody can walk with dignity”

An estimated three million trans people live in India, with widespread acceptance and support being vital to protect their rights.