Introduction The LGBTQ+ community, a global family of individuals who believe in the beauty and validity of love in all its forms, has recen ...
Ghana’s Anti-LGBTQIA+ Law stalled by the president till all the legal challenges are resolved
Ghana's parliament passed a very controversial bill on February 28, 2024, making it illegal to advocatefor the rights of LGBT people and groups and d ...
The Need for Queer and Trans inclusion in Electoral Manifestos
What happened? As India gears up for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, political parties are unveiling their manifestos, outlining their visions ...
Navigating Neurodivergence at the workplace
April is Autism Awareness Month. We observed World Autism Awareness Day on April 2nd. The rise in awareness around autism came with self-advocacy gro ...
Are Trans Women being overlooked in the larger conversation around women’s rights?
International Women’s Day is upon us. At least for one month people sit up and listen to issues like gendered pay disparity in the workplace, the sex ...
Reframing Media Guidelines to Foster Sensitive Portrayal of LGBTQIA+ Folx in India
What Happened? LGBTQIA+ lives often become fodder for Indian media’s habit of sensationalism. While there are those like journalist Ragamalika Kar ...
SC ruling in an application seeking to replace “aggrieved woman” with “aggrieved person” under POSH Act
Case Name- Binu Tamta & anr. v. High Court of Delhi & ors.Date of Judgement- 7th November, 2023Bench- Hon'ble Mrs. Justice B.V. Nagarathna, H ...
Are Pride Marches Caste Inclusive?
What happened? The Mumbai Pride Parade is fresh in the memory of India’s queer community. Pictures and videos from the day are still making the r ...
What is Psychological Safety?
According to Dr. Amy Edmondson (1999), psychological safety is a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking. To break it ...
Understanding The HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
Introducing the HIV and AIDS Act, 2017 HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that can make people sick, and causes many conditions in the bo ...
What progressive employers need to know about the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
Introduction Transgender people exist in every caste, race and religion. They face obstacles with respect to access to right to equality, social r ...
Maternity Benefits Act, 1961 and recent amendments: An Overview
Historical Background: The Maternity Benefits Act (MBA), 1961 came into existence on 12th December 1961. This Act governs women's employment ...
Bi erasure: Catch 22 in the Queer community
Bisexuality refers to a sexual orientation in which a person is attracted to people of more than one gender. However, despite increasing awareness an ...
Intimacy at the intersections of Caste and Queerness
There is a unique predicament that Indian Queer folks experience. Indian Queer folks need to look at queerness at the intersections of caste. This in ...
All for one and one for all: Inclusive language in the workplace
The words we use every day have tremendous power, whether it is referring to people, places, things, ideas or concepts. We use words every day to com ...
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and POSH Act: A comparison
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its 2014 judgement of NALSA v. Union of India expounded the reading of Article 21 of the Constitution of India ...
The Hidden Housing Crisis within India’s LGBTQ community
The Govt of India estimates approximately 2.5 million gay people, says a Reuters piece on Section 377. This could be a conservative number, as a lot ...
Madras HC: Prohibit attempts to medically ‘cure’ or change sexual orientation of LGBTQIA+ people
In a ground-breaking judgment on the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community, the Madras High Court on June 7, 2021, issued guidelines for creating a safe e ...
Transgender Act: The Conundrum of Law, Employer Obligations and its Implementation
A study on ‘Human Rights as a Third Gender’ (2018) carried out by the Kerala Development Society on behalf of National Human Rights Commission I ...
Madhya Pradesh Government’s Transgender Policy
One small step for a Government, one giant leap for transgender rights. Another feather to the cap of the Madhya Pradesh Government, in addition t ...
Being Transgender: is it a mental disorder?
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) - WHO Version for 2016 (“ICD-10 Version: 2016” ...