Rohan Kanawade reimagines queer life beyond trauma
The brilliant queer film Sagar Bonda is now streaming on Netflix. Subhash K Jha in conversation with its director Rohan Kanawade
The brilliant queer film Sagar Bonda is now streaming on Netflix. Subhash K Jha in conversation with its director Rohan Kanawade
There is a heart bleating rather than beating in A Nice Indian Boy. The plea for acceptance of homosexuality is endearing, even persuasive. But it is not conclusive or even halfway convincing.
The land of Khajuraho and the Kamasutra seemed to have come a long way from the delightful frankness of its past. With the approval of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2008, as also the judgment of the Delhi High Court 2009 decriminalising homosexuality, a small recovery was shown.
The Tumhari Sulu actor shared a picture of the legend on her official Instagram handle
If an officer faces charges of homosexuality, he might not be tried under Section 46 of the Army Act, but under section 45 for 'behaving in a manner unbecoming of his position and character expected of him'.
Five-judge Constitution Bench decriminalises Section 377 of IPC with regard to consensual gay sex, says it was "irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary", violated fundamental rights to equality, life with dignity, personal liberty, non-discrimination, privacy and expression under Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21 of the Constitution
A five-judge bench of the apex court decriminalised part of Section 377, which criminalised consensual unnatural sex, saying it violated the rights to equality.
'The UN in India sincerely hopes that the court's ruling will be the first step towards guaranteeing the full range of fundamental rights to the LGBTIQ persons'
Sexual orientation is natural. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is violation of freedom of speech and expression.
A five-judge Constitution bench termed the part of Section 377 of the IPC, which crimiminalised homosexuality, irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary.
