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  1. Admin

    Controversial India's Top Court Decriminalizes Gay Sex In Landmark Ruling

    New Delhi (CNN)India's Supreme Court has struck down a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual gay sex, overturning more than 150 years of anti-LGBT legislation. The court announced the landmark verdict in Delhi on Thursday, as jubilant crowds cheered and rights activists hugged one another...
  2. S

    Fighting With The Demons Inside Me

    "We stopped checking for monsters under our beds when we realized they were inside us" -Charles Darwin I used to think it was just one of those non-sense quotes but then I realized its actually true. My parents say I don't care any for myself. I am starting to have an aged look on my face even...
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    A Dream SO BIG , I Am Scared To See It

    I have a dream , an unusual one. I want to travel to canada, settle there, and marry a man , when infact I am a man myself Since my country has no legal, family or social support for gay men, I find it very hard to survive here . It seems like my only options in this backward country are...
  4. S

    Do You Think Childhood Experiences Affect Adult Orientation ? Does The EXOTIC Really Become EROTIC ?

    There was a small 5 yr old pacific boy who would prefer to play house with the girls rather than go play cricket or football in the ground . Sports scared him . He would prefer softer games like 'playing house' . His father knowing his interests would only buy him mini tea sets and other mini...
  5. K

    General Homosexual Sikhs

    I have been looking into the question of homosexuality and Sikhi, and to me it seems the two are compatible, but I was wondering if anybody could point me in the direction of historical Sikhs who were gay? Can anyone think of any during the gurus' times, or even after that, but someone who is a...
  6. Admin

    USA Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage A Right Nationwide

    WASHINGTON — In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled by a 5-to-4 vote on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. “No longer may this liberty be denied,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority in the historic decision...
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    India Indian Supreme Court Re-criminalizes Gay Sex

    I just ran across this and thought I'd share. It seems to me like a giant step backwards and huge waste of time. I would think that India has much larger problems to tackle than this. From Huffington Post Prerna Lal Founder, DreamActivist.org India's Supreme Court...
  8. SaintSoldier1699

    Controversial No Gay Marriages, Gurdwaras Across World Told

    http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/No-Gay-Marriages-Gurdwaras-across-World-Told/2013/12/16/article1947274.ece By Harpreet Bajwa - CHANDIGARH Published: 16th December 2013 07:30 AM Last Updated: 16th December 2013 08:18 AM Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of Sikhs, has directed all...
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    Is Homosexuality / Transsexuality A Punishment Because Of Karma Of Previous Lives?

    I am 23 year old youth living in indian metropolitan city . By the time I was 13 , I started having crushes at same-sex people . I was kinda effeminate growing up . I never had any interest in sports like cricket , etc . Rather I liked to play with girls . Now , I find myself attracted only to...
  10. Archived_Member16

    UK Religion Told To Halt Weddings Over Gay Rights

    Religion told to halt weddings over gay rights The future of traditional Indian weddings in Britain is in doubt because of the fallout from gay marriage passing into law, it has emerged This is the first example of a religious group altering its marriage practices to avoid potential...
  11. Tejwant Singh

    Christianity Christian Group Apologizes To Gay Community

    Christian group apologizes to gay community By DAVID CRARY | Associated Press – 1 hr 17 mins ago The president of a leading Christian ministry dedicated to helping gays repress their sexual urges through prayer has apologized to the gay community and says the group is shutting down. Alan...
  12. findingmyway

    Controversial We Are In It Together: The Fight For Marriage Equality . Freedom Of Religion

    <small>VALARIE KAUR</small> As the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments on two marriage equality cases just over a week ago, my partner and I watched the television set with bated breath. When the camera zoomed in on the steps of the Supreme Court, and LGBTQ Americans took...
  13. Archived_Member16

    World Pope Benedict XVI Resigned Partly Because Of Powerful Vatican Gay Lobby, Italian Paper Claims

    Pope Benedict XVI Resigned Partly Because Of Powerful Vatican Gay Lobby, Italian Paper Claims The Huffington Post - By Meredith Bennett-Smith \l "Posted: 02/21/2013 6:09 pm EST |- Updated: 02/22/2013 11:07 am EST An article published by Italian newspaper La Repubblica claims that Pope...
  14. findingmyway

    Legal Gay Marriage Supporters Delighted At Result Of MPs' Vote

    Peter Tatchell describes bill as being 'of huge symbolic importance' as campaigners celebrate outside parliament Peter Tatchell, centre, with gay rights campaigners outside parliament before...
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    Opinion Changing Religious Landscape: United Church Elects First Gay Moderator

    CHANGING RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE: Vancouver reverend elected United Church of Canada's first openly gay moderator By Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen - August 16, 2012 After the historic vote, Rev. Gary Patersons said he wouldn’t want his sexuality to become the centrepiece of his time as...
  16. Archived_Member16

    World Gay Marriage A Threat To Humanity's Future: Pope

    Gay marriage a threat to humanity's future: Pope By Philip Pullella | Reuters – 20 hours ago.. . Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed during an audience with the diplomatic corps at the … VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the...
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    UK Asian Gay Couples: Adoption Is Still A Challenge

    "I think we've come a long way and it was a difficult journey.. My mum resigned herself to the fact that she would never have [grand] kids, and now suddenly she has two." The words of Faisal*, an openly gay man from India, who now lives in the UK. Three years ago, he jointly adopted two...
  18. Archived_Member16

    World U.N. Gay Rights Protection Resolution Passes, Hailed As 'Historic Moment'

    June 17, 2011 U.N. Gay Rights Protection Resolution Passes, Hailed As 'Historic Moment' FRANK JORDANS 06/17/11 03:38 PM ET GENEVA — The United Nations endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people for the first time ever Friday, passing a resolution hailed as...
  19. singhisking101

    Gay Marriage

    What is Sikhism's view on gay marriage? Does Sikhism condone homosexual relationships?
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    Legal Allahabad HC Stays Suspension Of 'gay' Professor

    Allahabad HC stays suspension of 'gay' professor Allahabad HC stays suspension of 'gay' professor - Allahabad - City - The Times of India ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday stayed the suspension of an Aligarh Muslim University reader against whom disciplinary action was taken...
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