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US delegate Boitano comes out as gay ahead of Sochi

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 08:57

American Olympic figure skating champion Brian Boitano said on Thursday he is gay, making the announcement two days after being named to the official United States delegation to the Sochi Winter Games.

New Mexico becomes 17th state to back gay marriage

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 05:35

New Mexico`s Supreme Court has backed same-sex marriage rights, making the southwestern US state the 17th to back gay weddings.

Congress sends defamation notice to Ramdev over homosexuality

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 23:44

MPCC`s Legal and Human Rights Department`s general secretary sent a defamation notice to Baba Ramdev for his controversial remarks against fellow party workers on the issue of homosexuality.

Psychiatrists oppose SC verdict on homosexuality

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 17:00

Supreme Court`s recent verdict upholding Section 377 of IPC has drawn flak from psychiatrists who said both heterosexual and homosexual behaviours are normal and natural aspects of human sexuality.

Facebook deletes photo of gay Sikh man kissing another man, draws flak

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 11:54

Social networking website Facebook sparked off a debate when it suspended the account of Kanwar Anit Singh Saini for 12 hours after he posted a picture of him kissing another man.

Gay rights magazine names Pope ‘Person of the Year’

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 00:49

Pope Francis, named "Person of the Year" last week by TIME magazine, has been accorded the distinction once again. This time it`s a leading lifestyle magazine which actively promotes gay rights.

Dismiss AK Ganguly: Sushma Swaraj appeals to President

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 00:31

Sushma Swaraj appealed to President Pranab Mukherjee to dismiss AK Ganguly from the post of WBHRC chief after the retired judge was accused of sexually harassing a law intern.

RSS toes Rajnath Singh`s line on homosexuality issue

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 23:13

RSS toed the line taken by BJP president Rajnath Singh in support of the Supreme Court judgement against homosexuality.

Homosexuality is `imported disease`, says VHP

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 22:44

Terming as "historic" SC decision upholding legal provision against same sex relations, VHP said homosexuality was an "imported disease" which needed treatment.

Nepal`s gay community disappointed with Indian SC verdict

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 23:26

The gay community in Nepal has expressed their disappointment over the recent Indian Supreme Court`s verdict that holds same gender consensual sex as a legal offence.

BJP calls homosexuality unnatural, says cannot support it

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 01:59

Spelling out its stand on the controversial Section 377, the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has described homosexuality as “an unnatural act” which “cannot be supported”.

Azam Khan says gay relationship unnatural, criticises its supporters

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 21:48

Senior Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict upholding a law criminalising homosexuality, and said gay relationship is unnatural and our religion and culture didn`t approve of it.