No Gay Adoption in India

In January, 2010, a committee appointed by the Bombay High Court to regulate adoption of Indian children by foreign nationals has prepared its draft guidelines that will determine when a single parent would be able to adopt, but not a same-sex couple. Read more

Pushing the Envelope

ride parades in all metros, the historic Delhi High Court’s verdict on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, relaunch of India’s first gay magazine Bombay Dost, the Indian Election Commission’s decision to recognize transgender as a separate category. Read more

India Decriminalizes Homosexuality

A petition 8 years in the making finally resulted in the High Court of Delhi legalizing consensual sexual relations between gay couples. Read more

The Queers Come Marching In-dia

“Section 377 Quit India!” was on of the chants shouted at Delhi’s first Queer Pride Parade on Jun 29, alluding to the ‘Quit India movement’ launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942, five years before India’s independence from the United Kingdom. Read more