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Congress, Sharad Pawar's NCP Name LGBTQ Activists For Key Posts
The Congress this week set up a new internal group to promote LGBTQ rights while Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar has named a person from the community as its spokesperson, in the first such political recognition after many setbacks.
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Ensure Equal Rights For LGBTQ+ Community In Jail: Centre Writes To States
The Union Government has written a letter to States and Union Territories and asked them to ensure that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) get equal rights in prison and there is no discrimination in access to goods and services.
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More Than Half of Indians Support Legalising Same-Sex Marriages: Pew Research
A recent survey by Pew Research Centre, reveals that a majority of Indians support the legalisation of same-sex marriages in the country
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Indian-American LGBTQ Members Urge PM To Support Equal Rights In India
Indian-American LGBTQ members on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support the equal rights of the LGBTQ community in India.
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Gay Couple Goes To Supreme Court, Seeks Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriage
They stressed that the top court has also expressly held that members of the LGBTQ+ community have the same human, fundamental, and constitutional rights as other citizens.
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Marsha P Johnson, The Iconic LGBTQ+ Rights Activist
Marsha P Johnson Google Doodle: A pioneering figure in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, she is being celebrated for her unrelenting battle for respecting all lives. Google Doodle on June 30, closed Pride Month by paying respect to the icon.
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Review Plea Filed In Supreme Court For Civil Rights Of Homosexuals
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of an order by which a plea for various civil rights, such as same-sex marriage, adoption and surrogacy for the LGBTQ community was dismissed.
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LGBTQ Communities To Protest In Front Of Parliament Today Against Bill
Unless the police put a complete stop to it, New Delhi's Sansad Marg may see angry protests today by the transgender, intersex, gender queer, gender fluid and gender non-conforming communities -- all protesting against a bill that they threatens their rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Supreme Court in 2014. The Transgender Person's (Protection ...
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"I'm A Criminal," Said Indian Transgender Activist. Barack Obama's Response
In New Delhi for a town hall, former US President Barack Obama today had no dearth of tricky questions to answer. About forty-minutes into the event, a transgender rights activist's wringer about discrimination against the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community put the retired US commander-in-chief especially close to the line of...
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Union Minister Ramdas Athawale In Favour Of Reservation For Transgenders
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has batted for reservation for transgenders in government jobs on the lines of quota fixed for disabled people.
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If Centre Wants, It Can Use Majority to Decriminalise Homosexuality: LGBTQ Activists
The Centre has a majority that it can use to decriminalise homosexuality and enable social cover for members of the LGBTQ community if it has the will, activists said on Thursday, the anniversary of the Delhi High Court's landmark 2009 order that effectively decriminalised homosexuality.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Private Bill to Protect Rights of Transgenders
In a rare legislative action, a private member's Bill seeking to protect the rights of transgenders was passed unanimously by voice vote in Rajya Sabha today.
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Transgenders Entitled to Head of Household Status: Allahabad High Court
In yet another significant decision for transgenders, the Allahabad High Court has ruled that they are entitled to the status of head of a household which will allow them to avail food security benefit through ration card.
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Congress, Sharad Pawar's NCP Name LGBTQ Activists For Key Posts
The Congress this week set up a new internal group to promote LGBTQ rights while Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar has named a person from the community as its spokesperson, in the first such political recognition after many setbacks.
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Ensure Equal Rights For LGBTQ+ Community In Jail: Centre Writes To States
The Union Government has written a letter to States and Union Territories and asked them to ensure that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) get equal rights in prison and there is no discrimination in access to goods and services.
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More Than Half of Indians Support Legalising Same-Sex Marriages: Pew Research
A recent survey by Pew Research Centre, reveals that a majority of Indians support the legalisation of same-sex marriages in the country
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Indian-American LGBTQ Members Urge PM To Support Equal Rights In India
Indian-American LGBTQ members on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support the equal rights of the LGBTQ community in India.
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Gay Couple Goes To Supreme Court, Seeks Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriage
They stressed that the top court has also expressly held that members of the LGBTQ+ community have the same human, fundamental, and constitutional rights as other citizens.
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Marsha P Johnson, The Iconic LGBTQ+ Rights Activist
Marsha P Johnson Google Doodle: A pioneering figure in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, she is being celebrated for her unrelenting battle for respecting all lives. Google Doodle on June 30, closed Pride Month by paying respect to the icon.
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Review Plea Filed In Supreme Court For Civil Rights Of Homosexuals
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of an order by which a plea for various civil rights, such as same-sex marriage, adoption and surrogacy for the LGBTQ community was dismissed.
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LGBTQ Communities To Protest In Front Of Parliament Today Against Bill
Unless the police put a complete stop to it, New Delhi's Sansad Marg may see angry protests today by the transgender, intersex, gender queer, gender fluid and gender non-conforming communities -- all protesting against a bill that they threatens their rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Supreme Court in 2014. The Transgender Person's (Protection ...
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"I'm A Criminal," Said Indian Transgender Activist. Barack Obama's Response
In New Delhi for a town hall, former US President Barack Obama today had no dearth of tricky questions to answer. About forty-minutes into the event, a transgender rights activist's wringer about discrimination against the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community put the retired US commander-in-chief especially close to the line of...
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Union Minister Ramdas Athawale In Favour Of Reservation For Transgenders
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has batted for reservation for transgenders in government jobs on the lines of quota fixed for disabled people.
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If Centre Wants, It Can Use Majority to Decriminalise Homosexuality: LGBTQ Activists
The Centre has a majority that it can use to decriminalise homosexuality and enable social cover for members of the LGBTQ community if it has the will, activists said on Thursday, the anniversary of the Delhi High Court's landmark 2009 order that effectively decriminalised homosexuality.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Private Bill to Protect Rights of Transgenders
In a rare legislative action, a private member's Bill seeking to protect the rights of transgenders was passed unanimously by voice vote in Rajya Sabha today.
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Transgenders Entitled to Head of Household Status: Allahabad High Court
In yet another significant decision for transgenders, the Allahabad High Court has ruled that they are entitled to the status of head of a household which will allow them to avail food security benefit through ration card.
