Petition Filed in Supreme Court Seeking Equal Protection For Trans People Against Sexual Crimes
A petition in Supreme Court has been filed by advocate Reepak Kansal for equal protection of the transgender community against sexual crimes
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377 से आज़ादी के एक साल – क्या सच में कुछ बदला?
आज़ादी के एक साल पूरे हुए। अब देखना ये है कि इस एक साल में एलजीबीटी+ समुदाय का जीवन कितना सुधरा ? बेशक हम ये कह सकते हैं कि हमारे ऊपर से 'कानूनी मुजरिम' होने क... Read More...
India May Soon Get an Openly Gay Judge, But SC Collegium Deferring Decision
While the Supreme Court may have delivered the judgement decriminalising homosexuality once and for all, the Court seems to be finding it difficult to be progr... Read More...
Lawyers Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy, Who Fought the 377 Case, in Time’s List of 100 Most Influential People
Supreme Court Lawyers Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy, who fought the Section 377 case last year, have been named among the 100 Most Influential Persons i... Read More...
Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Civil Rights for LGBTQ in India
A review petition filed in the Supreme Court seeking various civil rights for LGBTQ people of the country, including same-sex marriage, adoption and surrogacy ... Read More...
Movie Review : 377 Ab Normal
Section 377 was read down once and for all by the Supreme Court in September 2018, and while it is too early to say what effect it has had on ground and how ha... Read More...
Tracing the Journey and Struggles of ABVA – The Organisation that Laid the Foundation of LGBT Rights in India
As the Supreme Court of India has decriminalized adult consensual homosexual sex in India, an attempt to capture ABVA’s struggle for gay rights in India in the ... Read More...
Poem: How You Misused 377
I so wished that I could drag you to courts of law
For the threats you gave and the fears I saw
An Open Letter by ABVA To Indian Parliamentarians To Get Section 377, IPC Repealed In Toto
On the recent Supreme Court judgement we urge you to immediately bring – as a first step – an Ordinance ordaining that the whole of Section 377, IPC stands repealed.
How ready is India to Provide Inclusive Healthcare and Legal Aid with Queer Citizens being Decriminalized by the Supreme Court?
The need of the hour is to ensure access to inclusive health services to enable the LGBTIQA+ communities to recuperate and also prevent future discrimination.
Love is Possible
On Thursday 6th September 2018, I woke up in a hotel room in Verona, Italy, in the city of Romeo and Juliet. The trip was a gift from my mother. There are many ... Read More...
I’m a lesbian, a Kashmiri lesbian
I wasn’t tortured physically for who I am. However, my soul has been tortured by the people around me including myself. Hence, I say, miles to go before we celebrate our individualities in Kashmir.