A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in Britain cleared a major hurdle on Tuesday, as lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposals championed by Prime Minister David Cameron. The vote in the House of Commons - 400 to 175 in support of the proposed legislation - will be followed by more detailed parliamentary debates. The proposals also require the approval of the House of Lords before they become law....
09:52 AM, Feb 06, 2013
President Barack Obama said Sunday that gays should be allowed in the Boy Scouts and women should be allowed in military combat roles, weighing in on two storied American institutions facing proposals to end long-held exclusions. The president's comments in a pre-Super Bowl interview on CBS come ahead of this week's meeting of the Boy Scouts' national executive board. ...
09:32 AM, Feb 04, 2013
The pope made the comments in his Christmas address to the Vatican bureaucracy, one of his most important speeches. ...
01:35 PM, Dec 22, 2012
London: The British government has said it will introduce a bill next year legalising gay marriage but banning the Church of England from conducting same-sex ceremonies. Equalities minister Maria Miller said on Tuesday the bill will authorize same sex civil unions, as well as religious marriages if religions decide to 'opt in'. But she says the legislation will make it unlawful for the Church of England and the Church of...
10:57 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Washington: Same-sex couples in Washington state started saying wedding vows early Sunday morning, just minutes into the first day they could marry after the state's gay marriage law took effect. Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples picked up their marriage licenses as early as 12:01 am Thursday, but because of the state's three-day waiting period, the earliest weddings could take place was just after midnight, early Sunday morning. Some courthouses,...
04:51 PM, Dec 09, 2012
New Delhi: Hundreds of gays, lesbians and transgenders marched on the streets of the capital on Sunday protesting discrimination against them and demanding their right to live a life of dignity. Holding banners and rainbow-coloured flags, around 1,000 people marched from Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar on Sunday afternoon to register their protest against police excesses and forcible marriage by family. With their faces covered with masks, the participants were...
06:40 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Kolkata: Thanks to Indian gay-tour operators, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community across the world is vying for India as the ultimate 'pink' tourist destination. "LGBT tourists want the same things as any traveller: to feel safe and welcome. India is becoming more popular with gay travellers since the high court decriminalized homosexuality in 2009. Feeling welcome is not only a reference to local hospitality, but also to...
12:08 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Kathmandu: Nepal will grant citizenship certificates to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community, recognising their sexual orientation for the first time. Nepal's Home Ministry has issued directives to this effect. Now third-gender people will have separate head as "others" in their citizenship certificates, according to Home Ministry spokesperson Shankar Koirala. "We have already issued directives to the Ministry of Law to add the "others" head in all necessary forms, documents...
05:03 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Pulling up the Centre for its "casual" approach on important issue of decriminalisation of homosexuality, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it needs to be condemned. After going through various affidavits of the Government, a bench of Justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhyay said the Centre has taken this case very casually. "They have taken this case very casually. This practice needs to be condemned and we are...
01:51 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has filed a formal affidavit in the Supreme Court, coming in support of decriminalisation of gay sex among consenting adults saying the decision was taken as early as July 2009 by a GoM comprising Union ministers of Home, Law and Family Welfare. The affidavit comes in the backdrop of the rebuke of the Centre by the apex court on February 28 and earlier hearing...
12:16 PM, Mar 04, 2012
New Delhi: Expressing displeasure for not furnishing details of homosexuals' population, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked for all relevant records from the Centre about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people, including their number and the number of HIV-infected among them. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya said the data which was put before the Delhi High Court has not been placed here and...
01:39 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: In an embarrassing goof-up, the government on Thursday tied itself in knots in the Supreme Court by first disapproving decriminalisation of gay sex terming it as "highly immoral" and later taking a different line, drawing sharp criticism from the bench. In 2009, the gay community celebrated a landmark verdict by Delhi High Court for decriminilising gay sex in the country but three years later the government disapproved of...
10:15 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: The goof-up by the government over hearing on decriminalisation of homosexuality on Thursday has drawn sharp criticism from the Supreme Court. The Home Ministry first told the Supreme Court it opposes the decriminalisation of gay sex in the country by terming it as "highly immoral" and later took a different stand. The government sources said that the Additional Attorney General read out an earlier stand by the government ...
07:28 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Thursday seems to have goofed up in the Supreme Court during the hearing on decriminalization of homosexuality. Government sources said that the Additional Attorney General read out an earlier stand by the government instead of the latest in the apex court. The Home Ministry also later clarified and said that they have not taken any position on homosexuality. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) P...
02:24 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is expected to hear a petition challenging decriminalisation of homosexuality. The apex court has asked anti-gay groups to explain why they believe homosexual acts are against the 'order of nature'. Homosexuality should be seen in the context of changing society as many things which were earlier unacceptable have become acceptable with passage of time, the Supreme Court had observed on February 16. A bench of...
08:59 AM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: Homosexuality should be seen in the context of changing society as many things which were earlier unacceptable have become acceptable with passage of time, the Supreme Court observed on Thursday. A bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya, which is hearing a bunch of appeals filed against decriminalisation of gay sex, said that these things should be seen in the light of changing times where phenomena of...
08:51 AM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: Donning rainbow-coloured scarves and attire and gyrating to drumbeats, hundreds of people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community created a carnival-like atmosphere on Sunday at central Delhi's business and shopping hub of Connaught Place as they marched in the fourth edition of the Delhi Queer Pride Parade. The parade that commenced from Barakambha Road and culminated at Jantar Mantar caused a major stir as passers-by...
01:20 PM, Nov 28, 2011
The first same sex marriage in New York has taken place and 764 others grabbed their marriage licences in a lottery. ...
10:21 AM, Jul 25, 2011
New Delhi: Google is marking the Gay and Lesbian Pride Month with an easter egg on its search results page. For search results for terms such as "gay", "lesbian", "transgender" and "lgbt", Google displays a rainbow, signifying the rainbow flag of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) movement at the end of the search bar. Google is known for slipping in hidden features and occasionally jokes, also known as...
08:28 AM, Jun 21, 2011
