DELHI: In a historic judgement, the Delhi High Court on Thursday decriminalized homosexuality by striking down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.The Section 377 of the IPC as far as it criminalizes gay sex among consenting adults is violation of fundamental rights, said the high court. However, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes homosexuality, will continue for non-consensual...
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Frank Mugisha and other individuals found campaigning for gay rights will face the choice of going to jail or leaving the country if Uganda's recently tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill becomes law.Mugisha heads Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a leading sexual rights advocacy group that could soon be classed a criminal organization."I have never really considered moving out of Uganda. But if I cannot...
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Delhi hospitals have refused blood donations from homosexuals, but are Mumbai and MumbaikarsEven as the gay debate simmers in India, with homosexuals rejoicing at section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (criminalising homosexuality) being abolished, a report in yesterday’s Hindustan Times underlines the sentiment that it is not just the law, but the attitude towards homosexuality that needs to change.The...
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Let's suppose, for a moment, that conservative critics are correct: Gay educators want to "promote homosexuality" in American schools.That's the real question behind the recent attacks on Kevin Jennings, the assistant deputy secretary of education, who heads the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. Fifty-three House Republicans signed a letter Oct. 15 calling on President Obama to fire Jennings, who...
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Life has become a drag act for a TV presenter challenging homophobia in Pakistan.Begum Nawazish Ali, who projects himself as the stately widow of an army colonel, is Pakistan's first television transvestite.Otherwise known as Ali Saleem, Begum Nawazish Ali is a 30-year-old television presenter who has made a name for himself as Pakistan's first open bisexual, a highly transgressive act in a country...
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Kenya is to carry out a census of its gay population in an effort to bolster the fight against HIV/Aids - despite homosexuality being against the law.Nicholas Muraguri, head of Kenya's Aids prevention programme Nascop, told the BBC it was vital that the government reached out to the gay community.But analysts say many gay people will be afraid to come forward in a country where homosexuality can result...
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Report: Homosexuality no factor in abusive priests < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateA preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops to investigate the clergy sex abuse scandal has found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday.The full report by researchers at the John Jay College of...
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While cheering the court"s decision to decriminalise homosexuality, you may have missed one queer fact. There are far less lesbians in the mainstream than gays. Here"s why... Should A sudden spate of Bollywood movies with gay themes have given us an inkling that homosexual relations were getting poised to come out in the open? After all Bollywood mirrors society " and the portrayal of homosexuality...
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It's time for black communities to wake up – and stop ostracising those of us who happen to be homosexualBlack people need to stop treating homosexuality as if it's a white man's disease. We need to embrace the vibrant presence of gays and lesbians in our community and stop siding with bigots and racists.in Liverpool have shocked the gay community. Every anti-gay opinion adds strength to their attackers...
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Life has become a drag act for a TV presenter challenging homophobia in Pakistan.Begum Nawazish Ali, who projects himself as the stately widow of an army colonel, is Pakistan's first television transvestite.Otherwise known as Ali Saleem, Begum Nawazish Ali is a 30-year-old television presenter who has made a name for himself as Pakistan's first open bisexual, a highly transgressive act in a country...
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