Rangayan opts for crowdfunding for LGBT film
July 2nd, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Filmmaker Sridhar Rangayan Monday launched crowdfunding initiative to raise funds to complete his documentary "Breaking Free", highlighting the woes of the Indian LGBT community. It ... Read more...
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Jackson to make documentary on transgenders
June 6th, 2012 - 6:38 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 6 (IANS) Singer-actor Janet Jackson is set to raise awareness about the transgender community with a documentary.Jackson has signed on as the executive producer of the documentary ... Read more...
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Recognise transgenders as separate gender group: Experts
May 12th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The recognition of transgenders and transsexuals as a distinct gender group is crucial for their emancipation, experts said Saturday at a public tribunal here on ... Read more...
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Thai ‘ladyboy’ flight attendants take flight
December 16th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Bangkok, Dec 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Transsexuals and transgenders are called "katoeys" or "ladyboys" in Thailand. The country seems to have gotten used to the group because almost every cosmetic shop has a ... Read more...
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Sexual minorities fight AIDS with peer group’s help (Feature, Dec 1 is World AIDS Day)
November 30th, 2011 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Belgaum (Karnataka), Nov 30 (IANS) In a dark room in Belgaum district, they sit together looking comfortable. They are in an office and are not even distantly related. But, as ... Read more...
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Indonesia’s first gay medical clinic opens in Bali
November 3rd, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Nov 3 (IANS/AKI) The first medical clinic for gay patients has opened in the Indonesia's tourist destination Bali.The initiative aims to serve gays, lesbians and transgenders that are ... Read more...
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India close to eliminating syphilis: NACO
November 2nd, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) India is close to eradicating syphilis, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) said Wednesday."There has been ... Read more...
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Andhra launches drive for AIDS vulnerable sections
August 18th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 18 (IANS) A special campaign "Mana Suraksha" has been launched in Andhra Pradesh to provide quality health services to populations vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.The vulnerable sections include female sex ... Read more...
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Nepal to mourn Mumbai, Norway attack victims
August 3rd, 2011 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 3 (IANS) Exactly a month after three synchronised explosions in India's business capital Mumbai claimed 24 lives, the dead as well as the nearly 150 people injured will ... Read more...
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Dabur parts ways with Miss Nepal
July 26th, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 26 (IANS) Dogged by controversies and hounded by Maoists, Indian FMCG company Dabur India's joint venture in Nepal has decided to part ways with Miss Nepal, the republic's ... Read more...
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Nepal gay MP dubs Azad sociopath
July 6th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 6 (IANS) The outrage triggered by Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's statement that homosexuality was "unnatural" spread outside India with the founder of the gay rights movement ... Read more...
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Azad’s comments on MSM shocking: Gay community
July 5th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's comment that men having sex with men (MSM) is a "disease" and "unnatural" has drawn flak from the gay community ... Read more...
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MSM is unnatural: Ghulam Nabi Azad
July 4th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Men having sex with men (MSM) is "unnatural", Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Monday, a comment that is likely to raise the hackles ... Read more...
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Rainbow hues in Berlin ahead of gay parade
June 24th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, June 24 (IANS) Discounted flight tickets, special shopping vouchers, rebates in hotels, free drinks and parties -- the stage is set to welcome more than half a million people ... Read more...
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Nepal lesbian wedding inspires Bengal, Kerala
June 22nd, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 22 (IANS) The first public lesbian wedding in Nepal, held this week under the aegis of the republic's gay rights icon Sunil Babu Pant, has inspired the gay ... Read more...
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Transgender held for begging set free by court
June 18th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) After months of detention at a beggars' home, a transgender caught seeking alms in south Delhi was allowed to walk free after the intervention of ... Read more...
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Hate crimes against gays, transgenders on rise: UN
May 18th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, May 18 (IANS) Hate crimes against gays, bisexuals and transgenders are on the rise around the world, said Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, and ... Read more...
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Polling ends in Puducherry
April 13th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Puducherry, April 13 (IANS) Polling ended in union territory of Puducherry Wednesday to elect a 30-member assembly. As of 5.40 p.m., the voter turnout was recorded at 84.13 percent, an ... Read more...
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More than 78 percent polling in Puducherry
April 13th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Puducherry, April 13 (IANS) More than 78 percent of voters exercised their franchise by 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Puducherry assembly polls, officials here said."At 4 p.m. 78.86 percent ... Read more...
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Brisk polling in Puducherry (Lead)
April 13th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Puducherry, April 13 (IANS) There was brisk and peaceful polling in Puducherry Wednesday as voters lined up to elect a new 30-member assembly.Eighteen percent polling was registered at 10 a.m., ... Read more...
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Brisk polling in Tamil Nadu, rival fronts confident (Second Lead)
April 13th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Brisk polling was reported in Tamil Nadu Wednesday to elect 234 members to the 14th state assembly, with the ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK leading the ... Read more...
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Hema Malini supports film on transgenders
April 12th, 2011 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Although certain topics are considered a taboo in the industry even now, director David Atkins has shown courage and has helmed a film on transgenders called ... Read more...
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Eunuch to contest upcoming Tamil Nadu polls
March 6th, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Mar.6 (ANI): Kalki, a eunuch, on the contention of being a woman, has sought the party ticket of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to contest in the upcoming elections in ... Read more...
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Thai airline is world’s first to hire transsexuals as flight attendants
February 11th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 11 (ANI): New Thai airline PC Air has become the first to hire transsexuals as flight attendants, as it aims to set a unique identity for itself from the rest ... Read more...
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Delhi draped in rainbow colours as gay walk for pride
November 28th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Wearing their sexuality on their sleeves, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) brandished rainbow-coloured flags, held banners and swayed to drum beats with pride at the third ... Read more...
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Over 60 or transgender? Get free legal aid in Haryana
October 27th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 27 (IANS) All senior citizens and transgenders in Haryana will now be eligible to get free legal services, an official said here Wednesday.Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HALSA) member-secretary H.S. ... Read more...
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Rome holds gay tennis tournament
October 1st, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 1 (IANS/AKI) Over 250 players from various countries will take part in a tennis tournament for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders, "aimed at equality and fighting homophobia", in the Italian ... Read more...
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Nepal gays start hungerstrike against bias
September 14th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Sep 14 (IANS) Led by Nepal's only openly gay member of parliament Sunil Babu Pant, dozens of homosexuals, lesbians and transgenders began a public demonstration in the capital ... Read more...
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Doraiswamy to Revathi: A Tamil writer-activist’s alternative journey
August 18th, 2010 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Alternative sexuality is no longer a forbidden turf for the working class in smaller towns, though they have to wage fiercer battles than their metro ... Read more...
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India now has seven magazines on gay issues
August 8th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Rohit Vaid
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) After a far-reaching judgment on homosexuality last year, India's publishing world is abuzz with as many as seven magazines on issues of interest and concern ... Read more...
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Each youth should cast vote: Navin Chawla
August 6th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) More youths should come forward and cast their votes as "each vote counts", former chief election commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla said Friday.
"Every single vote counts in an ... Read more...
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First gay marriage in Argentina
July 31st, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, July 30 (IANS/EFE) An actor and his agent sealed Friday their 30-year relationship and many years of struggle to have their rights acknowledged as they became the first same-sex couple ... Read more...
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Indian transgenders demand acceptance in Society
July 3rd, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/Mumbai July 3: (ANI) Transgenders across India celebrated the first anniversary of the Delhi High Court's decision of decriminalization of gay sex.The transgenders in national capital New Delhi were very ... Read more...
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Gay pride parade taken out along Marina Beach in Chennai
June 28th, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, June 28 (ANI): Hundreds of members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community turned out of their shells to hail their existence in the society by taking out the Rainbow ... Read more...
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Homophobia Is A Human Rights Issue
May 18th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by admin
By Shobha Shukla – CNS"In order to prevent and control HIV we must protect and promote the human rights of the homosexuals - the most vulnerable and typically marginalized sections ... Read more...
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