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Anti-Gay Law In Kenya Could Cost Country $7.8 Billion Annually: Report
A proposed anti-gay law in Kenya could cost the country up to $7.8 billion per year, a charity said Wednesday in a report on the economic impact of discrimination in East Africa.
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Top OTT Releases This Week: Murder in Mahim, Doctor Who Season 14, and More
The Great Indian Kapil Show’s episode with the star cast of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar will drop on May 11
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Murder in Mahim Review: JioCinema Original Examines Homophobia Through the Lens of a Crime Drama
The show is set in Mumbai of 2013, when Article 377 was still in the picture and homosexuality was criminalised.
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Gay Sex, Adultery Won't Be Crimes: Government Clears New Criminal Laws
The Union Cabinet has given the go-ahead to Home Minister Amit Shah to introduce the criminal law amendment bills, which are set to replace old pre-colonial criminal laws, people familiar with the matter said.
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5 Malaysians Sentenced To Caning For Attempting To Have Gay Sex: Reports
Five Malaysian men were sentenced to jail and caning on Thursday by an Islamic court for attempting to have gay sex, reports and an activist said.
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After Backlash, Sultan Of Brunei Rolls Back Death Penalty For Gay Sex
Brunei's sultan has announced death by stoning for gay sex and adultery will not be enforced after a global backlash, but critics today called for harsh sharia laws to be abandoned entirely. gay sex death
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Odisha's First Transgender Civil Servant Plans Marriage After 377 Order
Bolstered by the Supreme court ruling that consensual gay sex is not a crime, Odisha's first gazetted government officer from the transgender community plans to marry her live-in partner.
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For Men Arrested Under Anti-Gay Law, Hope After Supreme Court Verdict
The Supreme Court verdict decriminalising gay sex has finally given some concrete hope to those arrested under the colonial-era Section 377 in India. In some of these instances, court cases have dragged on for close to three decades. Latest crime figures from UP show the state had the maximum number of arrests under the archaic law in 2016 - a mass...
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India Joins The List Of Countries Where Homosexuality Is Not A Crime
The LGBT community in India has been fighting for their rights since decades and the Supreme Court verdict of decriminalising gay sex comes as a big relief for them.
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"Homosexuality Not A Crime, But It's Not Natural": RSS On Verdict
As millions celebrated a historic Supreme Court verdict ending the ban on consensual gay sex between adults, the RSS said it does not support "this kind of relationship".
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Section 377 Was Being Used As "Weapon Of Discrimination": Chief Justice
India's top court has legalized gay sex in the world's second-most populous country in a landmark decision that partially struck down a 158-year-old colonial-era law. After a decades-long legal battle, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India has diluted Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which was first enacted in 1860 and ranks gay sex...
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"Take Me As I Am," Says Chief Justice, Reading Out Landmark 377 Verdict
Section 377: Delivering a landmark judgement decriminalising gay consensual sex, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said: "I am what I am. So take me as I am." Homosexuality is not an offence in India, four Supreme Court judges today ruled in a concurrent judgement.
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Love, Equally: Homosexuality No Longer A Crime, Says Supreme Court
Homosexuality is not a crime in India anymore and it is not a mental disorder, five Supreme Court judges declared on Thursday in a spectacular leap for gay rights in the country and a rainbow moment in its history. The Supreme Court overruled its own 2013 decision and partially struck down Section 377, a controversial British-era law that banned co...
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The 5 Men And Women Who Challenged Ban On Homosexuality
The Supreme Court today has said homosexuality is not a crime in India. The top court pronounced its verdict on petitions challenging the colonial-era Section 377 that criminalises consensual gay sex. In 2013, the Supreme Court had cancelled a Delhi high court order that had decriminalized homosexuality, by overturning the outdated law, saying it w...
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Section 377 Verdict In Supreme Court Today: A Timeline Of The Case
Section 377 case timeline: The Supreme Court will today decide whether homosexuality will remain a crime in India.
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Anti-Gay Law In Kenya Could Cost Country $7.8 Billion Annually: Report
A proposed anti-gay law in Kenya could cost the country up to $7.8 billion per year, a charity said Wednesday in a report on the economic impact of discrimination in East Africa.
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Top OTT Releases This Week: Murder in Mahim, Doctor Who Season 14, and More
The Great Indian Kapil Show’s episode with the star cast of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar will drop on May 11
-
Murder in Mahim Review: JioCinema Original Examines Homophobia Through the Lens of a Crime Drama
The show is set in Mumbai of 2013, when Article 377 was still in the picture and homosexuality was criminalised.
-
Gay Sex, Adultery Won't Be Crimes: Government Clears New Criminal Laws
The Union Cabinet has given the go-ahead to Home Minister Amit Shah to introduce the criminal law amendment bills, which are set to replace old pre-colonial criminal laws, people familiar with the matter said.
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5 Malaysians Sentenced To Caning For Attempting To Have Gay Sex: Reports
Five Malaysian men were sentenced to jail and caning on Thursday by an Islamic court for attempting to have gay sex, reports and an activist said.
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After Backlash, Sultan Of Brunei Rolls Back Death Penalty For Gay Sex
Brunei's sultan has announced death by stoning for gay sex and adultery will not be enforced after a global backlash, but critics today called for harsh sharia laws to be abandoned entirely. gay sex death
-
Odisha's First Transgender Civil Servant Plans Marriage After 377 Order
Bolstered by the Supreme court ruling that consensual gay sex is not a crime, Odisha's first gazetted government officer from the transgender community plans to marry her live-in partner.
-
For Men Arrested Under Anti-Gay Law, Hope After Supreme Court Verdict
The Supreme Court verdict decriminalising gay sex has finally given some concrete hope to those arrested under the colonial-era Section 377 in India. In some of these instances, court cases have dragged on for close to three decades. Latest crime figures from UP show the state had the maximum number of arrests under the archaic law in 2016 - a mass...
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India Joins The List Of Countries Where Homosexuality Is Not A Crime
The LGBT community in India has been fighting for their rights since decades and the Supreme Court verdict of decriminalising gay sex comes as a big relief for them.
-
"Homosexuality Not A Crime, But It's Not Natural": RSS On Verdict
As millions celebrated a historic Supreme Court verdict ending the ban on consensual gay sex between adults, the RSS said it does not support "this kind of relationship".
-
Section 377 Was Being Used As "Weapon Of Discrimination": Chief Justice
India's top court has legalized gay sex in the world's second-most populous country in a landmark decision that partially struck down a 158-year-old colonial-era law. After a decades-long legal battle, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India has diluted Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which was first enacted in 1860 and ranks gay sex...
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"Take Me As I Am," Says Chief Justice, Reading Out Landmark 377 Verdict
Section 377: Delivering a landmark judgement decriminalising gay consensual sex, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said: "I am what I am. So take me as I am." Homosexuality is not an offence in India, four Supreme Court judges today ruled in a concurrent judgement.
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Love, Equally: Homosexuality No Longer A Crime, Says Supreme Court
Homosexuality is not a crime in India anymore and it is not a mental disorder, five Supreme Court judges declared on Thursday in a spectacular leap for gay rights in the country and a rainbow moment in its history. The Supreme Court overruled its own 2013 decision and partially struck down Section 377, a controversial British-era law that banned co...
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The 5 Men And Women Who Challenged Ban On Homosexuality
The Supreme Court today has said homosexuality is not a crime in India. The top court pronounced its verdict on petitions challenging the colonial-era Section 377 that criminalises consensual gay sex. In 2013, the Supreme Court had cancelled a Delhi high court order that had decriminalized homosexuality, by overturning the outdated law, saying it w...
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Section 377 Verdict In Supreme Court Today: A Timeline Of The Case
Section 377 case timeline: The Supreme Court will today decide whether homosexuality will remain a crime in India.
