Dharun and Ravi: Two Different Worlds
Dharun Ravi and his father Ravi Pazhani are from two different worlds. Is Dharun’s alleged homophobia a result of cultural conflict between these two worlds?
Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi
Ian Parker, writing for the New Yorker, has an absolutely must read story that goes in depth into the tragic…
California Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional, Court rules!
A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage as early as next year.
Fundraiser faces Fundie: a report of homophobia in Mumbai
Ed: This report by Pallav describes an incident at the Friday Jan 13, 2012, fundraiser for Mumbai’s Queer Azaadi March….
without any window of His own: a video from Bangladesh
This video describes the issues and concerns of the gay community in Bangladesh, including the colonial law Section 377 it shares with India.
Media Release: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanetham Pillay Publishes Groundbreaking Report On Violence Against LGBTI People
Historic United Nations report documents widespread discrimination and violence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people worldwide, and calls on countries to apply the international legal framework to end these human rights violations.
Afsana, Bina, Mukti, Sangita, Sunita: our heroes too!
Forced marriages of LGBT people are as unethical as child marriage, and resisting such marriages requires precisely the sort of courage that these girls from Purulia demonstrated.
Hillary Clinton cites Naz judgement in historic UN Human Rights address, announces global equality fund for LGBTs
United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made reference to the Naz judgement and the tenet of inclusiveness as an underlying theme of the Indian constitution in her historic address on LGBT rights at the United Nations.
Bangalore’s brush with homophobia on the night of the Gay Pride 2011
“I have been at my wit’s end grappling and struggling to come to terms with a rather unsavoury and a nasty incident that two of my gay friends A and B, my boyfriend and I have had to face and suffer – quite ironically – on the night of the LGBTIQ Pride in Bangalore.”
Homophobia: An experience at Hotel Accord, Chennai
MP list member Srivath’s personal account – Homophobia: An experience at Hotel Accord, Chennai