Lgbtq Community

SC rejects same-sex marriage; ball in govt's court

Avtar Group launches exclusive job platform for LGBTQ community, veterans

Workplace inclusion expert Avtar Group on Friday launched an exclusive job portal for women, LGBTQ community, physically challenged, millennials and veterans. A first-of-its-kind diversity job portal myAvtar.com will showcase jobs from across companies, which are strong on the diversity and inclusion (D&I) intent, and have an inclusive culture, policies and practices, Avtar said in a statement. The job portal will showcase opportunities for women, LGBTQ community, physically challenged, millennials and veterans, among others. myAvtar.com aims to bring together job opportunities from varied fields for groups of people who are under-represented in the workplaces today. "The Avtar journey has been magnificent because not only did we succeed in creating jobs for more than 50,000 Indian women, but we have also had more than 400 organisations vie with each other to be amongst the best companies for Women in India. "Now, we are taking this excitement one step further with the launch of .

Apprentice hiring: Over a third of firms are gender neutral, open to LGBTQ

Covid-19 pandemic impacts hiring, with more resilient sectors reporting strong sentiment even as others appear to have reduced appointments

Set up helpline to address problems of LGBTQ community: NHRC to govt

In a bid to safeguard the LGBTQ+ community and ensure that the basic human rights of this community are not compromised due to the Covid-19 crisis, the NHRC issued fresh guidelines in this regard

PIL in Delhi HC for recognition of same-sex couple under Hindu Marriage Act

New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Despite the Supreme Court decriminalising homosexuality in the country, same-sex marriage is still not being allowed under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, said a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Delhi High Court.The public suit filed earlier this week urged to issue a declaration to the effect that since Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act of 1956 does not distinguish between homosexual and heterosexual couples, the right of same-sex couples to marry should be recognized under the said Act.The PIL, filed by advocates Raghav Awasthi and Mukesh Sharma, said that the petitioners have filed the petition for enforcement of fundamental rights granted under the Constitution of India.The petition said that as of now, the law sees the members of the LGBT community as individuals only and not as couples. It said that the LGBT community members are forced to suppress their feelings of getting married to the person of their own ...

Two years since Art 377 annulment, LGBTQ community still battling prejudice

Rishabh Singh vividly remembers September 6, 2018, the day he says his life changed

Gay pride in India Inc

This business book is not a yawn-inducing volume stuffed with facts and figures alone

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' ex-wife donates $1.7 billion for social causes

MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced that she has donated around $1.7 bn to groups involved in philanthropic causes such as healthcare, LGBT rights and racial justice

The state of LGBTQ+ rights: 'India does not have anti-discrimination code'

Supreme Court advocate Saurabh Kirpal, who was also the lawyer for the petitioners in the case that led to the decriminalization of homosexuality, shares his views

Know all about Marsha Johnson, the LGBTQ+ activist in today's Google doodle

Marsha is credited as one of the key leaders of the 1969 Stonewall uprising-widely regarded as a critical turning point for the international LGBTQ+ rights movement

Corporates are becoming more inclusive in a post-Section 377 world

Small but significant steps are making workplaces more inclusive in India after homosexuality was decriminalised, writes Nikita Puri. Individuals are taking their fight into the open too

Wanted: The woke corporation

It is inconceivable that there are no gays working in Indian corporations but obviously, the subject remains taboo enough in the workplace for those of alternate sexual orientation to feel safer

SC dismisses review plea seeking marriage, adoption, surrogacy for LGBTQ

A three-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana, dismissed the review plea filed by Tushar Nayyar which had sought grant of civil rights to the members of the LGBTQ coomunity

Meet Koushik Hore, a transgender who is giving voice to his community

A transgender student has broken his silence to question taboos and create communities for them to interact, share and earn their livelihood

Pride Day: Google celebrates 50 years of LGBTQ community with a doodle

The month of June is observed as the Pride month every year

LGBTQ+ community has a long road ahead despite SC verdict on Section 377

A workshop on the LGBTQ+ community throws light on challenges they face

Canada PM apologises for oppression of LGBTQ community

Trudeau apologised specifically for the historical unjust treatment of LGBTQ2 federal public servants