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Annabelle Steffes-Halmer
Stella Nyanzi: Uganda's Radical Activist
08 Mar 2022
Nyanzi's fight for free speech, women's rights and LGBTQ rights has landed her in high-security prison — twice. But she remains critical of President Yoweri Museveni, even while exiled in Germany.
The Leaflet
Tamil Nadu Becomes the First State to Punish Cops for Harassing LGBTQIA+ Community
19 Feb 2022
The amendment followed the Madras High Court judgment delivered in June last year, directing the state government to amend the police conduct rules by including a provision for punishment if any…
Sarah Hucal
Greece’s First Queer Opera Pays Homage to Deceased LGTBQ Activist
30 Jan 2022
The 2018 brutal beating and death of activist Zak Kostopoulos aka Zackie Oh in Athens brought homophobia in Greece into the spotlight. The opera film 'ORFEAS2021' examines a political struggle.
Sonia Phalnikar
From Bhutan to Botswana, LGBTQ Rights Advanced in Unexpected Places in 2021
28 Dec 2021
From accepting a transgender mayor in Bangladesh, restoring gay rights in the US to decriminalizing homosexuality in Botswana, several countries have offered glimmers of hope this year in advancing…
Kashif Kakvi
On Bhopal Gas Tragedy's 37th Anniversary, UK-based LGBT+ Activist Urges Dow Chemical's Head to Correct Injustice
02 Dec 2021
LGBTQ+ activist Peter Tatchell urged Dow Chemical head Jim Fitterling, a gay man, to send his subsidiary Union Carbide to court.
Sabrang India
Booked for Sedition at LGBTQ Rally, Two Former TISS Students Get Protection from Arrest
10 Sep 2021
They were apprehended for allegedly shouting slogans in support of JNU student Sharjeel Imam at an LGBTQ rally at Azad Maidan last year
The Leaflet
Allahabad HC Quashes UP Govt Order Revoking Home Guard’s Appointment for his Sexual Orientation
10 Feb 2021
The HC termed the government order as “vindictive”. The petitioner was dismissed from service after a video of him with a partner went viral.
Newsclick Report
Lives of Marginalised Communities Worsened Under NDA in 2019: Governance Report
12 Sep 2020
Since the general elections of 2019, it has been a tumultuous year with the introduction of the CAA and then the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, the report said.
Aarti J Narsee
India’s Citizenship Law Hurts Transgender People
01 Mar 2020
The Citizenship Amendment Act together with the National Register of Citizens will further marginalise the transgender community by forcing them to prove lineage.
Peoples Dispatch
2019: No Revolution Without Gender Justice
01 Jan 2020
In this year-ender, we take a look at the prominent feminist and gender justice struggles from across the globe.