The Calcutta International LGBT Film and Video Festival has just kicked off in Kolkata, promising to bring together artists and activists in a a bid to shed light on the state of sexual rights in the region and beyond.
The Indian federal government has asked the Supreme Court to modify its landmark ruling that accepted transgender people as a socially and economically backward caste eligible to various affirmative action accorded to other marginalized sections of society
Delhi University has officially accepted transgender men and women for their postgraduate programmers this year and have plans to extend this policy to undergraduate courses as well.
An official from the Indian federal government’s ruling party in India’s gay capital city of Mumbai is advocating for a legal decriminalizing of same-sex relations in the country.
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.
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