As with Albus Dumbledore and the Potterverse, many fans of Star Wars Resistance, an animated children’s programme set “a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away”, suspected that Orka and Flix were in a gay relationship. The creators of the show confirmed the rumours earlier this week, adding the pair to a small but much-publicised list of queer characters in mainstream entertainment for children and young adults.
#Gender #Stereotyping #Socialisation
#Transformation #LGBTQ #InfluenceOfMedia
Source - The Indian Express
Syllabus - Social Stratification - Gender
Family and Kinship
#Gender #Stereotyping #Socialisation
#Transformation #LGBTQ #InfluenceOfMedia
Source - The Indian Express
Syllabus - Social Stratification - Gender
Family and Kinship
#sexual_minorities
#LGBTQ
#family_and_marriage_in_India
Adoption Rights For LGBTQIA+ Couples?
https://feminisminindia.com/2022/07/20/why-do-courts-curb-adoption-rights-for-lgbtqia-couples/
#LGBTQ
#family_and_marriage_in_India
Adoption Rights For LGBTQIA+ Couples?
https://feminisminindia.com/2022/07/20/why-do-courts-curb-adoption-rights-for-lgbtqia-couples/
Feminism In India
Why Do Courts Curb Adoption Rights For LGBTQIA+ Couples? | Feminism In India
Equal adoption rights for the LGBTQIA+ community will fulfil their families and also give hope to lakhs of abandoned children.
#sexual_minorities
#family_and_marriage
#LGBTQ
Marriage equality judgment: What did the CJI say?
https://theleaflet.in/marriage-equality-judgment-what-did-the-cji-say/
#family_and_marriage
#LGBTQ
Marriage equality judgment: What did the CJI say?
https://theleaflet.in/marriage-equality-judgment-what-did-the-cji-say/
The Leaflet
Marriage equality judgment: What did the CJI say? – The Leaflet
The Chief Justice of India Dr D.Y. Chandrachud wrote one of the four separate opinions on what was expected to be the next big milestone for equal rights for gender and sexual minorities in India, but has turned out to be a bureaucratic, academic damper.…
#family_and_marriage
#Constitution_law_and_Social_change
#LGBTQ
#inequality_exclusion
Dissecting the same-sex marriage verdict
https://www.newindianexpress.com/explainers/2023/oct/22/dissecting-the-same-sex-marriage-verdict-2626118.html
#Constitution_law_and_Social_change
#LGBTQ
#inequality_exclusion
Dissecting the same-sex marriage verdict
https://www.newindianexpress.com/explainers/2023/oct/22/dissecting-the-same-sex-marriage-verdict-2626118.html
The New Indian Express
Dissecting the same-sex marriage verdict
Prodded by the bench during the hearing, the Centre offered to constitute a panel headed by the Cabinet Secretary to examine the rights and entitlements of queer persons in the country.
#domestic_violence
#sexual_minorities
#LGBTQ
Can a trans woman invoke the Domestic Violence Act? SC to consider
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/supreme-court-trans-woman-domestic-violence-act-9013661/
#sexual_minorities
#LGBTQ
Can a trans woman invoke the Domestic Violence Act? SC to consider
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/supreme-court-trans-woman-domestic-violence-act-9013661/
The Indian Express
Can a trans woman invoke the Domestic Violence Act? SC to consider
The apex court will consider whether a trans woman, who has undergone a sex reassignment surgery, can be considered an ‘aggrieved person’ under Section 2(a) of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
#sexual_minorities
#inequality_exclusion
#LGBTQ
ICC bans transgender players from taking part in international women’s cricket
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/icc-bans-transgender-players-from-taking-part-in-international-womens-cricket-2465872-2023-11-21
#inequality_exclusion
#LGBTQ
ICC bans transgender players from taking part in international women’s cricket
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/icc-bans-transgender-players-from-taking-part-in-international-womens-cricket-2465872-2023-11-21
India Today
ICC bans transgender players from taking part in international women’s cricket
The ICC, in a new law, banned transgender cricketers from taking part in women’s cricket at the international level.
#Constitution_law_and_Social_change
#sexual_minorities
#LGBTQ
#intersectionality
This Constitution Day, Consider the Queer Dalit
https://thewire.in/rights/queer-dalit-constitution-day-delhi-pride
#sexual_minorities
#LGBTQ
#intersectionality
This Constitution Day, Consider the Queer Dalit
https://thewire.in/rights/queer-dalit-constitution-day-delhi-pride
The Wire
This Constitution Day, Consider the Queer Dalit
Alongside visibility of the more dominant and privileged segments of queer people at Pride, there has to be more consciousness-raising for a wider range of rainbow colours and a queerness of Dalit people.
#sexual_minorities
#LGBTQ #Constitution_law_and_Social_change
No, one Centre of Excellence in Transgender Care is not enough
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/aiims-transgender-care-centre-conversion-therapy-unscientific-practices-9054488/
#LGBTQ #Constitution_law_and_Social_change
No, one Centre of Excellence in Transgender Care is not enough
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/aiims-transgender-care-centre-conversion-therapy-unscientific-practices-9054488/
The Indian Express
No, one Centre of Excellence in Transgender Care is not enough
Transgender people are legally guaranteed equal access to healthcare. Yet, it is denied.
#gender_inequality
#inequality_exclusion
#LGBTQ
Leaving no one behind: Transgender inclusion in India's sustainable development
https://www.orfonline.org/research/leaving-no-one-behind
#inequality_exclusion
#LGBTQ
Leaving no one behind: Transgender inclusion in India's sustainable development
https://www.orfonline.org/research/leaving-no-one-behind
orfonline.org
Leaving no one behind: Transgender inclusion in India's sustainable development
#intersectional
#LGBTQ
#Caste_system_in_India
The invisibilising of queer Dalits
https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/essay-sumit-baudh-invisibilising-of-queer-dalits-in-yashica-dutt-2019-memoir-coming-out-as-dalit-made-in-heaven-radhika-apte/article67733977.ece
#LGBTQ
#Caste_system_in_India
The invisibilising of queer Dalits
https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/essay-sumit-baudh-invisibilising-of-queer-dalits-in-yashica-dutt-2019-memoir-coming-out-as-dalit-made-in-heaven-radhika-apte/article67733977.ece
Frontline
The invisibilising of queer Dalits in Yashica Dutt’s 2019 memoir
Yashica Dutt claimed that the web series, ‘Made in Heaven’, failed to acknowledge her memoir, ‘Coming Out As Dalit’. But Dutt’s memoir neither acknowledges the queer origins of the phrase “coming out” nor addresses the issues of queer Dalits.
#sexual_minorities
#stratification_and_mobility
#LGBTQ
#intersectional
Case Study: The intersectional discrimination faced by Kalbande
https://feminisminindia.com/2024/02/15/a-workplace-discrimination-nightmare-disabled-gay-obc-employee-not-paid-in-three-years-requests-passive-euthanasia/
#stratification_and_mobility
#LGBTQ
#intersectional
Case Study: The intersectional discrimination faced by Kalbande
https://feminisminindia.com/2024/02/15/a-workplace-discrimination-nightmare-disabled-gay-obc-employee-not-paid-in-three-years-requests-passive-euthanasia/
Feminism in India
A Workplace Discrimination Nightmare: Disabled, Gay, OBC Employee Not Paid In Three Years Requests Passive Euthanasia
Kumar Kalbande, a gay, disabled OBC government employee has requested passive euthanasia after facing workplace discrimination for years.
#Social_movements
#LGBTQ
Chronicling the early years of LGBTQIA+ movement in India
https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/pawan-dhall-kolkata-based-activist-archive-of-early-years-of-lgbtqia-movement-in-india/article67972090.ece
#LGBTQ
Chronicling the early years of LGBTQIA+ movement in India
https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/pawan-dhall-kolkata-based-activist-archive-of-early-years-of-lgbtqia-movement-in-india/article67972090.ece
The Hindu
Chronicling the early years of LGBTQIA+ movement in India
Kolkata-based LGBTQIA+ activist, Pawan Dhall, has built up an archive documenting the LGBTQIA+ movement in its early years in India
#Stratification_and_mobility
#sexual_minorities
#LGBTQ
Criminalising a marginalised group
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/transgender-persons-ban-begging-is-cruel-and-illegal-9276074/
#sexual_minorities
#LGBTQ
Criminalising a marginalised group
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/transgender-persons-ban-begging-is-cruel-and-illegal-9276074/
The Indian Express
Banning transgender persons from begging is cruel and illegal
The policing of transgender persons and begging, are rooted in colonial prejudices, which have no place in a constitutional democracy