Posts tagged India

Two transgender women have won 2020 local village elections, also known as gram panchayat elections, in India. On December 30, Devika Akka, one of the …

Bollywood has made headlines after its first major romantic comedy featuring a lead gay character hit Indian cinemas on Friday and won multiple five-star reviews. …

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”