Posts Tagged ‘ 377 ’

Interview checklist

February 25, 2010
Interview checklist

May be soon, we all should have a video tape of our private moments to get a job.  Dr.Shrinivas Ramachandra Siras, Professor in the Department of Modern Indian languages at Aligarh Muslim University, has been suspended from his job for being gay. The administration says that he was not suspended for being gay but...

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Why India should legalize gay marriage

February 23, 2010
Why India should legalize gay marriage

As we know, until July 02, 2009 homosexuality was a crime in India under section 377. Delhi high court decriminalized sexual intercourse between two consenting adults. On one hand this verdict can be considered as a temporary relief for the gay community in India. The main reason to consider this as temporary is because...

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Those We Don’t Speak of – Queerness

October 6, 2009
Those We Don’t Speak of – Queerness

People whom we always ignore or it wont be wrong if I say we deny the existence of them. When the Delhi High Court decriminalized homosexuality there was mixed reaction. Most media appreciated the move and wrote articles praising the verdict and published positive reactions from across the country. I was surprised to see...

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Some true facts!!!

July 13, 2009
Some true facts!!!

The greatest of all sin is to deny basic rights to a person. Sexual freedoms for LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender) people have been denied for centuries. So, the LGBT community is forced to create underground gathering places for them. Even the heterosexuals will do this if their basic rights are denied. The LGBT...

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