Hues may vary but humanity does not | வண்ணங்கள் வேற்றுமைப் பட்டால் – அதில் மானுடர் வேற்றுமை இல்லை
ByOrinam
A simple yet powerful It Gets Better video by Destiny aka DesiGirl58. In this video Destiny talks about realizing her identity, coming out to her mother, the hatred she faced and how things got better for her.
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Feb 6, 2014: Indian Psychiatric Society official declares homosexuality is not a mental illness, following conflicting public statements by some of its office bearers.
Vikram’s updates on Supreme Court hearings on the Naz Foundation case
Ours is the land that welcomes even strangers with kindness and warmth. Such nation of ours should never discriminate against our transgender sons and daughters. Lets take a solemn promise to treat every Indian with dignity, respect and love.
Both India and Nigeria have seen fundamental retrenchment of LGBTI rights within a month of each other. Chitra Nagarajan reflects on the way forward.
Pramada Menon writes about her 20-year journey into queer activism and breaking the silence around gender and sexuality. The article has been reproduced with permission from TARSHI’s magazine In Plainspeak.
Sex change is my farewell to 23 years of being, trying to be, pretending to be and for days to come, trying to give being a chance.
