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Indian Supreme Court Decriminalizes Queer Sex, and Everyone Celebrates!

HAPPY 377 READ DOWN DAY, EVERYONE! In a rare piece of absolutely fabulous news, on Thursday, September 6, the Indian Supreme Court officially decriminalized homosexuality.

By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Bathroom bills hurt people with disabilities

In a country notoriously shitty at supporting families, anyone with kids knows the difficulty of finding appropriate public restrooms.

By Sesali B. • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Twitter vows to do better with online abuse after Leslie Jones deletes her account as a result of racist and sexist harassment on the platform.

By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Nice Try, GOP, But LGBT People are Not Your Excuse for Islamophobia

The Republican platform is out and oh, it’s a doozy. I have never even used the word “doozy” before. Among such charming items as rejecting public preschool (because it’s “godless”), encouraging the teaching of the (Christian) Bible in public schools “as literature,” and calling pornography “a public menace,” the platform includes some choice homophobia:

By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Indian Supreme Hears Petition To Decriminalize LGBT Sex

Today the Indian Supreme Court heard a petition challenging Section 377 of the Indian penal code, an anti-sodomy law that’s been on the books since 1860. Considering arguments that sexual equality was a matter of “far-reaching constitutional importance,” judges referred the petition to a five-judge bench for closer scrutiny. The move is being heralded as step ahead in the legal battle for LGBT rights in India.

By Jos Truitt • 9 years ago

Houston votes against Equal Rights Ordinance

Last night bigots cheered as Houston voted down the city’s Equal Rights Ordinance, which was passed into law in May and quickly faced a repeal referendum.

By Reina Gattuso • 9 years ago

Watch: New doc on the Indian queer movement will make you feel warm and fuzzy

Hello, want to take a two minute break from whatever else you’re doing and feel warm and fuzzy about the Indian queer movement? Because I sure do.

By Verónica Bayetti Flores • 10 years ago

New racial profiling report highlights LGBT experiences with police profiling

Last week, the NAACP released Born Suspect, a report on racial profiling by the police and the continued fight to end it. The report includes information on the national impact of racial profiling as well as successful advocacy strategies to curb it.

Coming at a time when the national conversation on racial profiling and police violence has taken center stage after the murders of a number of black men at the hands of the police, the report provides much-needed analysis of these issues as they stand today across the nation. It is particularly refreshing to see the inclusion and highlighting of the distinct experiences of LGBT people with racial profiling, as well as LGBT communities’ participation in efforts to put ...