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A mini-controversy has ensued following news of a Singaporean law professor, who is probably best known for her graphic speech describing the ills of “gay sex” in parliament, slated to teach a “Human Rights in Asia” course at New York University’s School of Law.

Homosexuality is a disease curable through yoga, says guru Baba Ramdev who has filed a Supreme Court appeal following the recent Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising sexual relationship between two consenting adults in private.

The Times of India – the world's largest-selling English broadsheet newspaper – and numerous other media outlets in the country hail the Delhi High Court's verdict which legalised sexual relations among gay men.

In a historic and eagerly anticipated judgment following an 8-year legal battle, the Delhi High Court on Thursday legalised gay sex among consenting adults by ruling in favour of a petition which sought a 'reading down' of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

The Delhi High Court is due to deliver its much-awaited verdict on a petition seeking decriminalisation of same-sex relations at 10.30am IST (Indian Standard Time / GMT +5:30 hours).

As LGBTs in several Indian cities take to the streets last weekend for the second year running, it has been revealed that a multi-ministry review of its colonial-era Section 377 is underway as the home ministry, which has been constantly opposed to any change, now appears to have changed its stand.

A video, which shows a 16-year-old teenager writhing on the floor at a Connecticut church, has caused outrage among gay rights advocates and gay netizens.

Although Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest mocumentary Bruno has not hit the big screens, the movie has come under fire from US gay groups who warn that the movie may further encourage gay stereotypes than to dispel them.

The Health Ministry on Tuesday posted a 5-page document - believed to be the first of its kind - on its website to regulate gender reassignment surgery.

‘’The more visibility there is, the more likely we're going to see backlash…” said the executive director of a US watchdog group that recorded 29 bias-related killings last year, along with an increase in the severity of violence perpetuated towards LGBTs.