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Author of the distinguished book Sexual States: Governance and the Struggle Against the Antisodomy Law in India's Present. Sridhar Rangayan: Filmmaker, and founder and festival director of Kasish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival R. Raj Rao: Writer and professor of literature A. Revathi: Actor, artist, writer and theater activist Wendell ...
Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice (2018) is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India that decriminalised all consensual sex among adults, including homosexual sex. [ 1 ] The court was asked to determine the constitutionality of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code , a colonial-era law which, among other things, criminalised ...
On 15 April 2014, the Supreme Court of India delivered its judgment in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (NALSA v.UOI), in which it recognised the rights of transgender people in India and laid down a series of measures for securing transgender people's rights by mandating the prohibition of discrimination, recommending the creation of welfare policies, and reservations for ...
The right to sexuality incorporates the right to express one's sexuality and to be free from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.Although it is equally applicable to heterosexuality, it also encompasses human rights of people of diverse sexual orientations, including lesbian, gay, asexual and bisexual people, and the protection of those rights.
Clearer questions pertaining to sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity are one step closer to appearing on the U.S. Census.. Following new categorizing standards set by the ...
National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (2014) is a landmark judgement of the Supreme Court of India, which declared transgender people the 'third gender', affirmed that the fundamental rights granted under the Constitution of India will be equally applicable to them, and gave them the right to self-identification of their gender as male, female or third gender.
The Alternative Law Forum (ALF) in Bangalore, Karnataka (South India) is an organization that "integrates alternative lawyering with critical research, alternative dispute resolution," [72] and additional education and community engagement on a range of issues. Frequently referred to as ALF, the Alternative Law Forum is known across India.
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