Iraq criminalises same-sex relations with 10-15 years’ jail term
Iraq’s parliament passed a bill on April 27 criminalising same-sex relations, which will receive a s...
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Catch Nandita Das and Deepa Mehta at Kashish Pride Film Festival
Nearly two-and-a-half decades ago, Fire (1998), a film about homosexual relations between two women ...
Pope uses gay slur in Italian in private meeting with bishops: reports
The alleged incident is said to have happened on May 20, when the Italian Bishops Conference opened ...
The truth about India’s LGBTQ+ voices on screen
Last week, The Shameless, which centres on a forbidden love between two female sex workers in North ...
Pride Month 2024 | ‘Valentine @ 3’: A tale of gay love and life in Chennai
A gay boy rejected by his best friend being consoled by his supportive mother, a couple ruminating a...
Pride Month 2024: A glimpse into the Out & Loud Pune International Queer Film Festival
“Love is not a sin.” These are words that Sitara, Swara Bhasker’s character in Sheer Qorma, wanted t...
LGBTQIA+ soldiers in Ukraine rally for partnership rights
Several hundred LGBTQ Ukrainian servicemen and their supporters marched in central Kyiv Sunday to de...
Thailand passes marriage equality bill, a first in Southeast Asia
Thailand's Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on June 18 , paving the way fo...
Pride Month 2024 | Queer artistes on the stories they want to see on-screen
For long, the plea from the LGBTQIA+ community to storytellers has been this: “Let us tell our stori...
‘Rainbow Rishta’ filmmaker Jaydeep Sarkar: ‘I hate the word representation’
Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit in the 90s defined queer. As someone recently told me, the best definition...
In landmark verdict, South Korea’s top court recognizes some rights for same-sex couples
South Korea’s top court ruled on July 18 that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same heal...
Australia's census to include sexual orientation, gender questions for first time
Australia will include questions on sexual orientation and gender in its census for the first time, ...
Georgian Parliament approves law curbing LGBT rights
Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday (September 17, 2024) approved the third and final reading of a law on ...
Taiwan recognises same-sex marriages between Chinese, Taiwanese
Same-sex Taiwanese-Chinese couples are now legally able to register their marriages in Taiwan, Taipe...
Thai king signs same-sex marriage into law
The Thai king has signed same-sex marriage into law, the official Royal Gazette announced on Tuesday...
Georgian parliament speaker signs anti-LGBTQ law after president refuses to sign it
The speaker of the Georgian parliament signed into a law Thursday (October 3, 2024) a bill that seve...
