The scrapping of Section 377 is a huge victory for the LGBTQA+ community. their voices have been heard On Thursday morning, India woke up to one of the most historic, pragmatic verdicts the country’s apex court ever passed. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra unanimously struck down the […]

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A culmination to protracted legal and social struggle, homosexuality may be decriminalised as the Modi government has no objection and has left the matter to ‘the wisdom of the Supreme Court’ It goes to the credit of Narendra Modi government, of ‘Hindu Nationalist Party’ as described by the western media, to not object to decriminalising […]

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Homosexuals in india are mistreated and are not allowed to live life their way. here’s how… For a homosexual man, I’ve had a fairly privileged life, or so I think. After I accepted that I was gay, I never had any qualms about being in the closet. For most people in my circle, I am […]

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I came out when I was in college. Some of my friends said, ‘No, you can’t be gay’, ‘This a mental illness’ or ‘Check with a doctor’. Some even said, ‘Have sex with a girl, you might change’. It took a lot of time for me to convince them or for them to understand that […]

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In a country often plagued with a dangerously dichotomous society, the occasional splash of rainbow colours is a welcome change. International Pride month is here, and India is by no means behind in championing the fight for the LGBTQIA community to be heard The Patriot spoke to some proud members of the Pride community in […]

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