The government is working on additional guidelines to address the mental health and well-being of the queer community, as well as medical interventions for intersex infants and children.
A clarification about opening bank accounts for LGBTQ people was earlier issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to all the scheduled commercial banks on August 21, 2024, the advisory by the Department of Financial Services under the finance ministry said.
At least 130 out of 152 members of Thailand's Senate voted in favour of the marriage equality bill, with four voting against and 18 abstaining. Thailand has a significant LGBTQ population but activists have spent two decades for this landmark step in the historically conservative culture.
On Tuesday, during his meeting with Roman priests, Francis reiterated his stance, expressing that "there seems to be a prevalent atmosphere in the Vatican," suggesting it would be preferable for young men with homosexual inclinations to refrain from entering the seminary.
Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT community, did not intend to use homophobic language and apologises to anyone offended by it, the Vatican said.
The 87-year-old Pope Francis used the term 'frociaggine', a vulgar Italian term roughly translated as "faggotness" while reiterating that gay people should not be allowed to become priests. Francis has been a leading voice in the Roman Catholic Church for a welcoming approach to the LGBT community.
Earlier in March 2023, the Centre told the SC that a committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary would be constituted to explore administrative steps for addressing some concerns of same-sex couples without going into the issue of legalising their marriage.
Assam has 414 third-gender voters, including the highest in Nagaon with 86, followed by Tinsukia (36), Kamrup (Metro) at 34, Kamrup (Rural) at 29, Sonitpur (24) and Barpeta (21), according to official data.
The Sapporo High Court ruling said that not allowing same-sex couples to marry and enjoy the same benefits as straight couples violates their "fundamental right to have a family". A lower court issued a similar ruling earlier Thursday.
Although members of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' centre-right New Democracy party abstained or voted against the bill, it gained enough support from the leftist opposition in a rare show of cross-party unity despite a tense debate.
Same-sex marriage: CJI DY Chandrachud, while pronouncing the verdict, said it is incorrect to state that marriage is a static and unchanging institution and the reforms in marriage have been brought about by Acts of the legislature.
Celina Jaitley said people from the LGBTQIA community themselves did not want to be associated with her.
Indian-American LGBTQ members on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support the equal rights of the LGBTQ community in India.
It is worth noting that homosexuality was already illegal in Uganda under a colonial-era law criminalizing sexual activity “against the order of nature.”
The Special Marriage Act, 1954 provides a legal framework for the marriage of people belonging to different religions or castes. It governs a civil marriage where the state sanctions the marriage rather than the religion.
The Center has filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court saying that it is not in favor of giving legal recognition to gay marriage. A hearing is to be held today in the Supreme Court on the petitions filed for the recognition of same-sex marriage.
Mental Health expert explains that the challenges that queer individual's face do not depend on their choice of coming out but on the person that they are. "They make the choice only because they are feeling too much," she says.
Booksellers in Hungary were ordered by the Government to place children’s books that depict homosexuality in “closed packaging,”.
Justice Mukta Gupta directed the SHO of Mayur Vihar Phase-I police station to ensure that the couple be taken from the office of an NGO, where they are currently residing, and lodged at the ‘safe house’.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response from the Centre and the Consulate General of India, New York, on a petition to allow a foreign-origin spouse of an Overseas Citizen of India cardholder to apply for OCI registration regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
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