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This is the first in a series of pieces on the Supreme Court’s marriage equality judgment. This week, the Supreme Court delivered its judgement in Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty v. Union of India, accepting the existence of the manifold disadvantages faced by non-heterosexual couples, while simultaneously refusing to express such disadvantages in the language of constitutional […]
While the Delhi High Court prepares to hear a series of petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriages on 3rd December, many affluent gay Indians are flying abroad to get married. The favourite destinations seem to be London and New York, though a number of other countries also offer marriage services to tourists. These marriages are […]
Gandhinagar is set to host its annual LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) Pride March on Sunday, 25 March. The three-kilometer march will start from Satyagraha Chavni in Sector 6 at 9 am and conclude at Suryajot Lake in Sector 1. “We expect at least 1,000 people to be there for the march,” says Kunthu Banthia, a member of […]
Gender stereotypes and years of conditioning, don’t really leave a choice for children in India, to choose their ‘true’ gender beneath their skin. A gender more acceptable to their soul than the society they breathe in. Take the case of a distant friend, who I took to be a lesbian, recently informed me that he […]
