Dharun and Ravi: Two Different Worlds
Dharun Ravi and his father Ravi Pazhani are from two different worlds. Is Dharun’s alleged homophobia a result of cultural conflict between these two worlds?
Gay and Guilty?
At a time when the Supreme Court is deciding whether homosexuality is a crime, hate mongers are accusing the gay community of so many things. But are the gays guilty?
Urgent: Information required for 377 Case – Data or Studies on LGBT People in India
Do you know of any published/quickly publishable data or research on Indian LGBT community? People involved with the 377 case need your help. Please spread the word.
Sec 377 Update: British made gay sex crime says SC!
The Supreme Court on Thursday referred to sculptures of Khajuraho to emphasise that gay sex was not an offence before the British enacted the IPC in 1860.
How Is Homosexuality Against Nature? Asks Supreme Court of India
“What is homosexuality? Who is the expert to explain order of nature,” the bench observed when the senior advocate Amrendra Saran submitted that nature does not recognise homosexuality and lesbianism which are against its order.
California Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional, Court rules!
A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage as early as next year.
Why I Do What I Do
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.
A critique of Pride: more responses
“We need to fight all out against all institutionalized oppressions of human right to freedom of choice and self-expression – unabashed, without any compromise and fear” says Anis Ray Chaudhuri, in response to Neel’s “A Critique of Pride”. Read the full post.
A critique of Pride
Gay community’s unfortunate and reckless use of words like “pride”, “choice” and “lifestyle” when talking about themselves reinforces Indian society’s belief that we have chosen this “filthy western lifestyle” and we are even proud of it, says reader Neel. What do you think?
Bangalore’s brush with homophobia on the night of the Gay Pride 2011
“I have been at my wit’s end grappling and struggling to come to terms with a rather unsavoury and a nasty incident that two of my gay friends A and B, my boyfriend and I have had to face and suffer – quite ironically – on the night of the LGBTIQ Pride in Bangalore.”