Same-sex couples in Thailand to tie the knot starting January as marriage equality bill becomes lawThailand has officially legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the third place in Asia to do so. The law, endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongko...
24 Sep, 2024, 08.39 PM IST
Chinese University introduces new degree programme on marriageChina's Civil Affairs University launched an undergraduate marriage program to boost the marriage industry and culture, as marriage and bir...
02 Aug, 2024, 03.26 PM IST
Thailand's Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize marriage equalityThailand's Senate approved a marriage equality bill, making it the first in Southeast Asia. The bill awaits King Maha Vajiralongkorn's endo...
18 Jun, 2024, 01.53 PM IST
Thai homoerotic BL dramas has Asia in a chock hold!The boys' love genre, which features same-sex male romances, began as a strand of Japanese manga comics in the 1960s known as "yaoi" but ha...
10 Jun, 2024, 11.21 PM IST
Thai parliament passes historic same-sex marriage billThailand's parliament passed a historic same-sex marriage bill, making it the first Southeast Asian nation to recognize LGBTQ marriage equa...
27 Mar, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
India's LGBTQ+ community holds pride march, raises concerns over country's restrictive lawsOver 2,000 people participated in a gay pride event in New Delhi, celebrating sexual diversity in India while highlighting concerns about t...
26 Nov, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
Warts & all, marriage as choice for allThe Supreme Court in India has stated that it is not the role of the judiciary to expand the definition of marriage to include same-sex cou...
17 Oct, 2023, 11.24 PM IST
Activists, petitioners call for legislative action in same-sex marriage matter after SC rulingThe Supreme Court of India declined to legalize same-sex marriage but recognized equal rights for queer people and called for sensitization...
17 Oct, 2023, 08.20 PM IST
Same-sex marriage verdict: What LGBTQ community got and what it didn'tThe Supreme Court of India has ruled against legalizing same-sex marriage in a 3:2 verdict. The court refused to strike down provisions of ...
17 Oct, 2023, 03.32 PM IST
SC in 3:2 majority refuses to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriage, says it is up to the governmentThe Supreme Court of India has ruled in a 3:2 majority that the law does not recognize the right to marry or have civil unions for same-sex...
17 Oct, 2023, 01.27 PM IST
SCBA condemns BCI statement opposing hearing of same-sex marriageThe Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has criticised the Bar Council of India's (BCI) pressure against the marriage equality hearing bef...
28 Apr, 2023, 03.58 PM IST
Consider leaving questions raised in same sex marriage pleas to Parliament: Centre to SCThe Centre has requested the Supreme Court to consider leaving questions raised in the pleas seeking legal sanction for same sex marriages ...
26 Apr, 2023, 05.49 PM IST
SC seeks Centre's response to plea on recognition of same sex marriageA division bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli directed the Centre and the AG R Venkatramani to ...
25 Nov, 2022, 11.57 PM IST
Parliament panel recommendation on adoption raises bigger question of recognising same-sex union: ExpertsHomosexuality in India was decriminalised in 2018 but same-sex marriages are still not recognised. Also under the Juvenile Justice Act, eit...
09 Aug, 2022, 05.02 PM IST
Tulsi Gabbard apologizes for her past statement on LGBTQAn Iraq war veteran, Gabbard was recently re-elected for her fourth consecutive term to the House of Representatives from the State of Hawa...
18 Jan, 2019, 12.49 PM IST
Court's duty to strike down law if it violates fundamental right: SCCourts are not in obligation to wait and would act if any violation of fundamental right was brought before it: SC
17 Jul, 2018, 02.29 PM IST
Once criminality of Sec 377 goes, stigma against LGBTQ also will: SCSC said LGBTQ community faced stigma because of the criminality attached to consensual same-sex relationship.
12 Jul, 2018, 08.04 PM IST