Gay Rights

A talk on LGBTQ issues by filmmaker and gay rights activist Onir Dhar at the ongoing Bhopal Lit Fest (BLF) was cancelled as a group threatened to stage a protest, a member of the organizing team said on Saturday.

France's Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera wore a sweater with rainbow-coloured sleeves to France's World Cup quarter-final in Qatar on Saturday in a message of support for gay rights

In his first month in office, Justice D Y Chandrachud has taken several key judicial decisions having a far-reaching impact such as examining the right to marriage of gay couples and ordering protection of an area in Varanasi's Gyanvapi complex.

Singapore's parliament on Tuesday decriminalised sex between men, but, in a blow to the LGBT community, also amended the constitution to prevent court challenges that in other countries have led to the legalisation of same-sex marriage.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the central government to separate pleas by two gay couples seeking enforcement of their right to marry and a direction to the authorities to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act.

They stressed that the top court has also expressly held that members of the LGBTQ+ community have the same human, fundamental, and constitutional rights as other citizens.

FIFA media chief Bryan Swanson, who is gay, insisted that all would be welcome at the Qatar World Cup

Religious and far-right politicians, who have compared gay people to animals and demanded an end to Pride rallies, are poised to enter the next Israeli government sparking fear among the LGBTQ community.

Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.

Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday.

The Singaporean government plans to decriminalise gay sex but upholds the traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.

Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has frequently spoken out against discrimination of the LGBT community, stepped into the debate over a controversial education bill in Florida that reportedly targets the LGBTQ youth.

One of the first openly gay politicians in the United States, who was assassinated four decades ago, will have a ship named after him this weekend, as the US military looks to keep step with modern-day social attitudes.

In the country that first legalised gay marriage, the Dutch crown princess has the right to marry a person of any gender without giving up her right to the throne, the prime minister said on Tuesday.

A talk on LGBTQ issues by filmmaker and gay rights activist Onir Dhar at the ongoing Bhopal Lit Fest (BLF) was cancelled as a group threatened to stage a protest, a member of the organizing team said on Saturday.

France's Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera wore a sweater with rainbow-coloured sleeves to France's World Cup quarter-final in Qatar on Saturday in a message of support for gay rights

In his first month in office, Justice D Y Chandrachud has taken several key judicial decisions having a far-reaching impact such as examining the right to marriage of gay couples and ordering protection of an area in Varanasi's Gyanvapi complex.

Singapore's parliament on Tuesday decriminalised sex between men, but, in a blow to the LGBT community, also amended the constitution to prevent court challenges that in other countries have led to the legalisation of same-sex marriage.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the central government to separate pleas by two gay couples seeking enforcement of their right to marry and a direction to the authorities to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act.

They stressed that the top court has also expressly held that members of the LGBTQ+ community have the same human, fundamental, and constitutional rights as other citizens.

FIFA media chief Bryan Swanson, who is gay, insisted that all would be welcome at the Qatar World Cup

Religious and far-right politicians, who have compared gay people to animals and demanded an end to Pride rallies, are poised to enter the next Israeli government sparking fear among the LGBTQ community.

Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.

Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday.

The Singaporean government plans to decriminalise gay sex but upholds the traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.

Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has frequently spoken out against discrimination of the LGBT community, stepped into the debate over a controversial education bill in Florida that reportedly targets the LGBTQ youth.

One of the first openly gay politicians in the United States, who was assassinated four decades ago, will have a ship named after him this weekend, as the US military looks to keep step with modern-day social attitudes.

In the country that first legalised gay marriage, the Dutch crown princess has the right to marry a person of any gender without giving up her right to the throne, the prime minister said on Tuesday.