Locked Down in the Time of COVID-19: Safety and Self-Care for Queer and Trans Persons
Some coping tips from community members, peer counselors and therapists for LGBTIQA+ folks staying home in isolation and/or in abusive family situations
Archive for the tag India
Response to Law Commission of India on Uniform Civil Code
Response to the Law Commission's 2018 call for input on the UCC from queer feminist lesbian and bi women and trans persons.
Transgender-Affirming Guidelines for Indian Workplaces
Orinam in Chennai and Diversity Dialogues in Bangalore have launched a guide for employers who seek to make workplaces inclusive and welcoming of transgender employees, and support employees who are choosing to come out as transgender.
art: The Complete Independence
When all citizens are freed from the shackles of prejudice and oppression, then we will truly have reason to celebrate independence.
Experiences of Queer Students During their School Life in India
Based on a qualitative study of school experiences of young queer people in Delhi, Surabhi Shukla has developed a website with online resources and a model 'Sexual Rights and Anti- Discrimination Policy' for schools in India.
Queering the Red: Asmita Sarkar, Jadavpur University
Asmita Sarkar represents LGBTIQ+ issues as a candidate for student elections at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal.
LGBT-inclusion in the National Education Policy, 2016
SIgn on to these recommendations for making India's National Education Policy LGBT+-inclusive.
Employers’ Guide to Making Indian Workplaces LGBTIQ+ inclusive launched
A concise guide, launched in July, 2016, assists Indian employers in developing LGBTIQ+ inclusive workplaces.
India vigils in memory of Orlando shooting victims
Protests and vigils in memory of the Orlando shooting victims are planned in nearly 17 Indian cities.
The missing ‘T’ in the Employee Resource Groups
The socio-legal and politico-economic conditions of transgender people in India are at a very strange juncture. India has recriminalized homosexuality through the Kaushal judgement on the one side and upheld the right to choose one's gender identity vide NALSA vs. Union of India on the other.
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