LGBT Rights

I’m reading a series of LGBT-related novels out of and/or about modern India. It’s been an interesting search, with not…

Friends, Please forgive my silence on this blog! It’s been a pandemic. I flew back from Chennai to the US…

There are clear signs that the 2018 Supreme Court decision decriminalizing homosexuality in India has had a powerful effect on…

The dynamics of transgendered people and marriage in India is fascinating. A gay or lesbian couple can’t marry. But if…

I was touched by the affection and family-feeling among staff, volunteers and visitors when I visited Sahodaran, an LGBT activist…

Bollywood is making progress! The last gay-themed movie I reviewed was all about the parents, not the lesbian couple. This…

Gautam Raghavan, a married gay Indian man, worked as Obama’s liaison to both the LGBT and Asian communities. He’s recently…

We didn’t think gay marriage would happen in the US, and it has! Now I’m delighted to read in today’s…

Here’s a very moving segment from yesterday’s PBS News Hour about the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a…

It’s very slow, but thanks to last year’s progressive Supreme Court ruling in India, some well known gay folks in…