The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) is the largest annual LGBT solidarity action and will take place on May 17th 2014. This years theme is 'Free Expression', and there's loads of events in the region, so find one near you to join.
A public service video campaign using transgender women to get motorists to use their seat belts while driving on Indian roads has gone viral on the Internet.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights April 30 has launched a Bollywood-style music video to promote its Free & Equal campaign for LGBT people.
The western Indian state of Gujarat held its first ever gay pride parade last Sunday following in the steps of other Indian cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata.
Following a tip-off, the police raided a gay party held in a bungalow in northern Mumbai early on Sunday and detained 133 people – including several celebrities – on the charge of indecent behaviour, two party organisers for not having the requisite liquor licence, and the DJ for not having the licence to play music beyond permissible hours.
About 2,000 people took to the streets of Mumbai on Sunday for the city's annual and second Pride parade, the first pride parade held in India after the Delhi High Court in July ruled that outlawing gay sex acts was discriminatory and a "violation of fundamental rights."
India's Supreme Court has refused to temporarily suspend a lower court's verdict legalising gay sex among consenting adults while it hears two petitions seeking to have the high court's decision overturned.
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