Bhutan Parliament votes to decriminalize homosexuality
On Thursday (December 10), Bhutan's Parliament decriminalized same sex relations and homosexuality, following a joint sitting of both houses voted to amend two articles...
NCTP South Representative Calls TN Govt’s LGBTQIA Glossary As Anti-Hindu
Gopi Shankar Madurai, the South Regional Representative of the National Council for Transgender Persons, has strongly condemned and rejected the glossary published by the...
Delhi HC to hear petition on rights of SOGIESC community to marry under Hindu...
A petition has been filed at the Delhi High Court seeking the recognition of the right of SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression,...
DMK MP Kanimozhi hosts NCTP South Representative and Intersex activist Gopi Shankar Madurai
Thoothukudi MP and DMK women's wing secretary Kanimozhi Karunanidhi met the South Representative of the National Commission for Transgender Persons, Gopi Shankar Madurai, in...
Catholic bishops and Islamic clerics oppose same-sex marriage
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India while commenting on the recent petition filed at the Delhi High Court about the marriage of SOGIESC community...
Transgender person appointed as member of Executive Committee of National Culture Fund
For the first time, the Ministry of Culture, Government of India has appointed a transgender person and activist, as the Member of the Council...
TN police officer demands gender certificate from athlete, NCTP takes cognizance
G Harikumar, DSP of G1 Vepperi Police Station had allegedly asked well-known athlet Santhi Soundarajan to provide a certificate saying that she was a...
What does intersex mean? How are they different from LGBTQ? Here is the UNFE...
Intersex people are are individuals who are born with sex characteristics that does not fit the binary definitions of male and female anatomy. These...
Intersex activist Gopi Shankar Madurai appointed to National Council for Transgender Persons
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has appointed Gopi Shankar Madurai, an intersex activist, as one of the five representatives of transgender community...
Karnataka becomes first state to give reservation for transgender community in govt services
In a positive development for the transgender community in Karnataka, the state government has become the first state in the country to provide one...
