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Kolkata's US Consulate hosts conclave to promote inclusion, equity, accessibility for LGBTQI+ community

Apr 25, 2024, at 05:43 am

The US Consulate in Kolkata collaborated with U.S.-based non-profit StoryCenter to host the "Voices of Diversity – Action for Inclusion" final advocacy conclave on Wednesday to mark a significant milestone in increasing inclusion, equity, and accessibility for the LGBTQI+ community across seven states in East and Northeast India.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat defends LGBT rights as biological truth, says Hindu society accepts it without fuss

Jan 11, 2023, at 05:19 pm

Nagpur/IBNS: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has come out in defending the rights of the LGBTQ community, holding that the Hindu tradition always accepts this biological truth without the present hullabaloo around it.

Kashmiri Youth Movement's proposed pride march in support of LGBTQ earns threats from conservatives

Jun 04, 2020, at 12:47 pm

Srinagar: Pride Kashmir, a social advocacy group working for the equality of LGBTQA+ community in India's Jammu and Kashmir, recently earned the wrath of the conservatives in the region for their proposed Pride March.

Our work starts from today, the road is long: Activist says after India decriminalises gay sex

Sep 06, 2018, at 04:30 pm

Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): On a historic day when the LGBTQ community in India is celebrating a new lease of life, following the apex court verdict which decriminalises gay sex in the country, a prominent activist has warned the people against getting complacent.

Malta to legalise same-sex marriages

Jul 03, 2017, at 07:30 pm

Valletta, Jul 3 (IBNS): A leader in gay rights in Europe, Malta, a Catholic major nation, is about to legalise same-sex marriages in the country, reports said.

Germany legalises same-sex marriage, allows couples to adopt children

Jun 30, 2017, at 11:20 pm

Berlin, Jun 30 (IBNS): The LGBTQ community in Germany took to the streets to celebrate a landmark ruling in their favour as the country legalised same-sex marriages and also bestowed them with the right to adopt children, reports said.

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