Un On Gay Rights

The UN's top human rights official cited the "landmark" decision by India's Supreme Court decriminalising consensual gay sex and urged more countries to bring their laws and practices in line with the fundamental equality of all their people.

Human Rights Watch on Friday hailed the UN's "historic" decision to create a new post tasked with fighting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

India has abstained at the UN Human Rights Council voting in Geneva to appoint an independent expert to look into cases of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a resolution which was passed by a narrow margin.

UN Security Council members on Monday heard Syrian and Iraqi gays tell of their escape from terror under the Islamic State, in the first-ever council meeting on LGBT rights.

The US Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on Tuesday on whether the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage, but pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to inch cautiously towards legalizing gay nuptials nationwide.

India was among 43 countries that voted on Tuesday against benefits for same sex couples working for the UN by backing a Russian-drafted resolution. The foreign ministry today justified India's stand saying countries were "not consulted" on the plan.

A Bollywood-style United Nations (UN) music video on gay rights, featuring Indian actress Celina Jaitly, has become one of the organization's most watched videos ever with over a million views online, the UN said.

India is violating the human rights of its gay minority and undermining a battle against HIV/AIDS by holding on to a puritan colonial-era law that bans homosexuality.

The UN's top human rights official cited the "landmark" decision by India's Supreme Court decriminalising consensual gay sex and urged more countries to bring their laws and practices in line with the fundamental equality of all their people.

Human Rights Watch on Friday hailed the UN's "historic" decision to create a new post tasked with fighting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

India has abstained at the UN Human Rights Council voting in Geneva to appoint an independent expert to look into cases of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a resolution which was passed by a narrow margin.

UN Security Council members on Monday heard Syrian and Iraqi gays tell of their escape from terror under the Islamic State, in the first-ever council meeting on LGBT rights.

The US Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on Tuesday on whether the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage, but pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to inch cautiously towards legalizing gay nuptials nationwide.

India was among 43 countries that voted on Tuesday against benefits for same sex couples working for the UN by backing a Russian-drafted resolution. The foreign ministry today justified India's stand saying countries were "not consulted" on the plan.

A Bollywood-style United Nations (UN) music video on gay rights, featuring Indian actress Celina Jaitly, has become one of the organization's most watched videos ever with over a million views online, the UN said.

India is violating the human rights of its gay minority and undermining a battle against HIV/AIDS by holding on to a puritan colonial-era law that bans homosexuality.