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Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud was speaking at a function to mark the fourth anniversary of the landmark Indian Section 377 judgment. 

Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said equality is not just achieved by the decriminalisation of Section 377 of the IPC alone but it must al

In what comes as a landmark moment in the history of Singapore, the country has decided to repeal an archaic law that criminalised gay sex. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made the announcement on Sunday during his annual policy address.  Lee remarked that removing the colonial era Section 377A of the Penal Code was the "right thing to do which most Singaporeans will now accept".  He also added that the repeal of section 377A “will bring the law into line with current social mores, ...

Only government intervention can ensure that members of the queer communities can access basic services like housing, insurance and health care without obscuring their identities.

This past week, Justice Chandrachud authored a bail order highlighting that arrests shouldn’t become a punitive tool, and also frowned upon the targeting of judges by the media.

Members of the LGBTQ+ community are less likely to seek medical help and screening for various issues due to fear of discrimination.

The High Court even pulled up state police for shoddy investigations and asked the Director General of Police (DGP) to strictly view such shoddy probes.

The Bombay High Court recently observed that kissing on lips and touching private parts of a minor would not prima facie amount to unnatural offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

Members from the LGBT community say that RGV is only commercializing his movie with the community tag & has done nothing to represent them

The Bill sought the same marital rights to LGBTQIA+ couples that heterosexual people are entitled to. It proposes to fix marriageable age at 21 years if both partners are male, and 18 years for female partners.