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Mother Teresa’s charity: Better children be homeless than adopted by a gay person
“What if the single parent who we give our baby [to] turns out to be gay or lesbian?” asked Sister Amala of Missionaries of Charity.
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Family tries to “fix” their trangender son by tricking him into an arranged marriage
A trans man says he was tricked by his parents into going to India where they arranged a sham marriage in an effort to “fix” him.
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India appoints first transgender individual as college principal
Manabi Banerjee, a transgender woman, will head the Krishnagar Women’s College in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, said Dipak K. Kar, chairman of an education panel that selects college principals in the state.
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Central India city elects country’s first transgender mayor
Just nine months after a court in India ruled that transgender individuals could be recognized as a legal third gender, a city in central India has elected the country’s first transgender mayor.
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Gay rights activists march in New Delhi to demand an end to discrimination
NEW DELHI — Nearly a thousand gay rights activists marched through central New Delhi on Sunday to demand an end to discrimination against gays in India’s deeply conservative society. Holding balloons, flags and placards, activists and their supporters sang songs and danced to the beat of …
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United Nations goes ‘Bollywood’ in latest effort to promote LGBT rights
MUMBAI — The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday launched the latest phase of its global fight against homophobia: a Bollywood-style video called “The Welcome,” accompanied by an appeal from the U.N. Secretary-General to end the prejudice that forces millions of LGBT people to live in fear or hide in shame.
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India Supreme Court to hear curative plea on law criminalizing gay sex
NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea by gay rights activists to reconsider its controversial decision to reinstate a 153-year-old law that criminalizes same-sex sexual activity.
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India’s supreme court recognizes transgender people as third gender
NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Tuesday issued a landmark verdict recognizing transgender rights as human rights, saying people can identify themselves as a third gender on official documents.
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Mumbai sees record turnout for gay pride after India court re-criminalizes gay sex
MUMBAI, India — A record crowd estimated at over 5,000 participants turned out for gay pride in Mumbai on Saturday, the first pride event since the country’s supreme court reinstated a colonial-era law that criminalizes gay sex.
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India Supreme Court refuses to review verdict that criminalizes homosexuality
NEW DELHI – India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request to reconsider its controversial decision to reinstate a 153-year-old law that criminalizes homosexuality.