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Archive for March, 2010

29 Mar’ 2010
PopEater

After years of fighting off rumors about his sexuality, Latin singer Ricky Martin has finally just posted the following message on his official Web site, coming out and telling the world he is gay.
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Love and law

Posted by nipun.goyal On March - 22 - 2010

New Delhi, 22 Mar’10

Indian Express

In July last year, the Delhi high court made a dramatic decision, reversing a century and a half of a homosexual-hating law, when it read down Section 377, limiting a broad set of “unnatural offences” to only forcible sexual intercourse and paedophilia. Read the rest of this entry »

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Suspended AMU reader to miss promotion bus

Posted by nipun.goyal On March - 20 - 2010

Lucknow, 16 Mar’10

The Times of India

After ignominy, Ram Chandra Siras, reader and former chairperson of modern Indian languages at Aligarh Muslim University, could lose his chance for a long awaited promotion. Read the rest of this entry »

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Transgenders say they still face ‘harassment’ in city

Posted by nipun.goyal On March - 19 - 2010

Kolkata, 19 Mar’10

Indian Express

The Delhi High Court’s judgment decriminalising homosexuality has hardly made any difference to the rate of gay hate crimes in the city, Read the rest of this entry »

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Episcopalians Confirm a Second Gay Bishop

Posted by nipun.goyal On March - 18 - 2010

Washington, 17 Mar’10

The New York Times

A majority of bishops and dioceses of the Episcopal Church have approved the election of the church’s second openly gay bishop, the Rev.  Mary D. Glasspol, a decision likely to increase the tension with fellow Anglican churches around the world that do not approve of homosexuality.

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New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals

Posted by nipun.goyal On March - 17 - 2010

New York, 16 Mar’10

The Associated Press

New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don’t seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.

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India Tourism finds a gay market

Posted by nipun.goyal On March - 16 - 2010

New Delhi, 14 Mar’10

The Telegraph

As an American gay couple, who had come to India to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their relationship, headed back to the airport their cabbie had a word of advice for them.

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Impoverished Nepal appeals to gay tourism industry

Posted by nipun.goyal On March - 15 - 2010

Katmandu, 14 Mar’10

The Associated Press

Nepal wants to paint Mount Everest pink. It wants gay honeymooners trekking through the Himalayas. It wants to host the world’s highest same-sex wedding at Everest base camp. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mizo church talks tough on gays

Posted by nipun.goyal On March - 14 - 2010

Aizawl, 14 Mar’10

TOI

While the Indian state has remarkably softened its stand on gays, the church in Mizoram has kicked off a controversy by threatening to act against homosexuality. Read the rest of this entry »

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Neil’s ready to play gay!

Posted by editor On March - 13 - 2010

Mumbai, 13 Mar’10

TOI

Neil Nitin Mukesh is one actor who has taken the less treaded path when it comes to his roles in films. Be it ‘Johnny Gaddar’, ‘New York’ or ‘Jail’, Neil has dared to go beyond the safe, tried and tested roles that any newcomer in the industry finds comfort in. Read the rest of this entry »

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Gay Asians reveal racism problems

Posted by editor On March - 13 - 2010

Yorkshire, 08 Mar’10

BBC

Gay Asian men living in Yorkshire say they are facing increasing racial abuse from within the gay community. Read the rest of this entry »

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Gay couples find surrogate mothers in India

Posted by editor On March - 13 - 2010

New Delhi, 08 Mar’10

AFP

For gay US businessman Brad Fister, experiencing the joy of fatherhood meant flying half way around the world to India where he first held his baby daughter, born to a woman who had signed away any right to her child. Read the rest of this entry »

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Couples claim Washington’s first gay marriage licences

Posted by nipun.goyal On March - 4 - 2010

London, 4 Mar’10

BBC

More than 120 gay couples have received marriage licences in the US capital, Washington DC. Read the rest of this entry »

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Two convicted in Pushkin Chandra murder case

Posted by editor On March - 3 - 2010

New Delhi, February 28, 2010

HindustanTimes

A city court on Friday convicted two persons, including an HIV patient in the gruesome murder of two gay men -— Pushkin Chandra, son of a retired IAS officer, and his friend Kuldeep in August 2000. Read the rest of this entry »

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