The initiative was jointly taken by Adi Ballygunge Sarbojojin Durgostsab Samity, a Durga puja committee of north Kolkata and a 14-year-old organisation that works for the marginalised youth.
Post Supreme Court decision on Section 377, India has been making strides with respect to recognising the rights of the LGBT community.
With Section 377 having been struck down, it is time society and government went into the question of same-sex marriages.
Director Kaushik Ganguly talks about his new release Nagarkirtan which celebrates relationships irrespective of genders
From the right of a common citizen to privacy to that of women to practise religion, from decriminalising homosexuality to legalising passive euthanasia, and from adultery to inter-faith marriages, Supreme Court orders and directions left few sections of the society untouched this year.
According to a study by the World Bank, discrimination against LGBTQ people in India could be costing our economy 32 billion dollars a year!
Uttar Pradesh topped the list in 2016, with 999 such cases, followed by Kerala 207. In Delhi, 183 cases were registered under Section 377 and in Maharashtra 170 such cases were registered.
Even superlatives do not suffice to convey the full import of the Supreme Court’s reading down archaic, draconian, provisions of…
Section 377: We need to cherish this moment of victory. For history has been made in our lifetime, long overdue, and well-earned
Five-judge Constitution Bench decriminalises Section 377 of IPC with regard to consensual gay sex, says it was "irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary", violated fundamental rights to equality, life with dignity, personal liberty, non-discrimination, privacy and expression under Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21 of the Constitution
