Pope permits blessings for same-gender Catholic couples
Reflections on the Pope’s announcement by Ruby Almeida, Indian-origin queer activist, and chair of LGBT+ Catholics, Westminster, UK.
Deed of Familial Association impleaded in Sushma case, Madras High Court
Responding to Prasanna’s petition, Madras High Court has asked for the Tamil Nadu government to consider the proposal for a Deed of Family Association to protect the rights of LGBTQIA+ couples.
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Transgender men: an explainer for policy makers [English and தமிழ்]
We urge community members, service providers (health, education, livelihood, legal) and policy professionals to understand the issues specific to trans men as well as cross-cutting issues, in order to ensure truly inclusive services and policies. We urge that diverse community representation be ensured in consultations for policy development.
Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2023
ELEVENTH EDITION OF REEL DESIRES: CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL, SHOWCASES DIVERSE GENDER AND SEXUALITIES AUGUST 18-20, 2023 MEDIA RELEASE:…
Indian Psychiatry’s Continuing Fascination with treating Homosexuality
Dr. Anirudh Kala’s reflections on Indian psychiatry’s chequered relationship with homosexuality and conversion therapies.
Marriage Equality: Letter to Tamil Nadu Government from LGBTQIA+ Communities
Points from LGBTQIA+ community discussion [Chennai April 23, 2023] on Marriage Equality shared with the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Our Own Hurt Us the Most: Centering Familial Violence in the lives of Queer and Trans Persons in the Marriage Equality Debates
This report is about the families that are assigned to us and those that often are the biggest road blocks to being able to live the way we want to. The families that are supposed to be spaces of nurture, care and support, turn against their own children (often at very young ages), treat them with utter disregard and violence, and force them to conform to socially accepted ideas of what is “normal” without any regard to the individual’s dignity or personhood.
Queer relationships and Natal Family Violence: WP 260 of 2023
Besides marriage equality, we are also asking the SC to remove the SMA notice period, recognise that those of us who choose to be / are single, or do not wish to marry, and also need the right to appoint person/s of choice who can act on our behalf when the need arises.
Akkai Padmashali’s letter to MP Sushil Modi
Akkai Padmashali’s open letter to Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Sushil Kumar Modi who has gone on record saying same-sex marriages are against Indian culture.
Tamil Nadu gazette publishes LGBTQIA+ glossary, Aug 2022
The latest glossary largely adopts the community-preferred glossary developed by Queer Chennai Chronicles, Orinam and The News Minute, with some differences.