‘Girls of Mumbaistan’ is a new addition to the Mumbaistan series by acclaimed film director and novelist Piyush Jha. Like ‘Mumbaistan’, this book is made of three novellas. Two have female protagonists and the last one has a transgender protagonist, […]
In July 2009, Delhi High Court decriminalized section 377 and said it was violative of Articles 21, 14, and 15 of the Constitution. This not only secured the right to existence, but existence with dignity, liberty and life. In the […]
Chennai: When the parents of two students insisted on meeting school counsellor *Sujatha, she thought it had something to do with their grades. But she soon found herself out of her depth. Both sets of parents were worried as their […]
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi LGBT Activist How’s life after Section 377? In 2018, many nations made landmark decisions to change discriminatory laws and bills. The same year, the Supreme Court struck down Section 377, which criminalized same-sex relations. This was a […]
The transition is difficult. What will be your reaction if a male office colleague suddenly decides to become a woman? Some may not believe it, and others may think it weird. But, for the one who makes the transformation, it […]
Tormented by discrimination after abandoning her gender assigned at birth and becoming a woman, Mara Gomez was on the brink of taking her own life. Then, she found soccer. For years she played in the local women’s soccer league before […]
This was an India where few public figures were out as gay. Section 377 was law. Among other LGBTQ events in 2002, Queer Ink lists “Police harassment of Sangama organisation in Bangalore”, “Lovers Geethalakshmi and Sumathi commit suicide in Tamil […]
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The approval of the Transgender policy by Assam Cabinet will help in the upliftment of the community, said Swati Bidhan Baruah, the first judge from the community in the state.”This has come after a […]
NEW DELHI: The government has set in motion the ground work to implement the law that came into effect on January 10 to protect the rights of transgender persons. The ministry of social justice and empowerment has set March 31 […]
Dozens of trophies, balls and cups sit on two worn, wooden shelves in the small home in a Buenos Aires suburb of Mara Gómez, who is poised to become the first transgender woman to play professional soccer in Argentina. Tall […]
