We walked with rainbow flags at Race Course. There were more number of police personnel to protect us than there were people who marched,” Kalki Subramaniam, a trans activist and artist who founded Coimbatore Pride Festival, told the Times of […]
While institutions in states like Karnataka and Rajashtan are mandating salwar kameez uniforms, a Kerala government primary school has done away with distinctions in uniforms of boys and girls. Girls at Valayanchirangara Government Lower Primary School will now get to […]
Almost a year after the historical revocation of Section 377 from the Indian Penal Code, our society has seen many known personalities including Dutee Chand and lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju come out of the proverbial closet boldly. But […]
“To live your life in such a way that it motivates people, encourages them to never give up and makes them believe that living a life like this is what inspiration truly means.” This quote is right for those people […]
The transgender community in India has its struggles but they make it through their challenges to achieve what they aspire to. Recently Naaz Joshi, a transgender model won ‘Miss World Diversity’, third time in a row and made the country […]
The Indian legal system has started to recognise that gender is different from sex and determination of gender is part of the liberty and dignity of any person, making it an inherent part of a person’s right to privacy. The […]
Freedom is invaluable—and financial independence all the more so. It leads to greater power, more choices and enables greater mobility. This independence day, we spoke to three women driver-partners with Uber and a transgender food delivery driver-partner with UberEATS, who […]
From the ubiquitous biryani to the many stories of Ram, from padukas that hint at Gandhian ideals to songs that hold the promise of a unified melody, this Independence Day, authors, chefs, artists, musicians, theatre artists and illustrators define what […]
The duo, who both underwent sex re-assignment surgeries, have tied the knot in a traditional Bengali ceremony earlier this month, grabbing headlines all across the world. As people across the globe cheered for their life together, within their community in […]
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019, which was passed in the Lok Sabha a few days ago, still needs changes for betterment, feels the LGBT community. The contentious provision which criminalised begging has been removed in the current […]
