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Editors Guild criticises govt's "intolerance' towards media questions
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (390+ words) The Editors Guild of India has expressed concern over what it described as the government's growing intolerance towards media questioning, following recent stand-offs between Indian officials and journalists in Norway and the Netherlands during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to…...
CIN-CG: Homophobia on social media and in the Parliament - fear and intolerance
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (1435+ words) Ridicule, political insinuations, the need to publicly justify one's sexual orientation, the presentation of LGBTQ+ identity as something shameful, compromising or dangerous, is the repertoire that could be heard from social media to the parliamentary rostrum ahead of Ricky Martin's…...
Press Freedom Lectures from Europe? Bharat Has the Right to Ask Questions Too
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (20+ words) My Ind Maker, May 19, 2026...
Sheema Kermani, Aurat March, Baloch Voices and the Shrinking Democratic Space in Pakistans Sindh
14+ hour, 7+ min ago (1109+ words) You [referring to the police officers] cannot drag me like this " I am 75 years old," Kermani says in a viral video, as officers appear to pull her by the arms. Footage circulating widely on social media shows her surrounded by…...
Modi's Hague Visit Marred by Minority Rights Concerns
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (270+ words) The visit triggered a new discussion, and it is no doubt a diplomatic loss for India on the global stage. Such exclusionary policies erode the social fabric at home. At the same time, their impact reverberates across borders'transforming into rhetorical…...
Hong Kong holds off on LGBTQ publicity drive. Is a community being forgotten?
22+ hour, 50+ min ago (178+ words) Advocacy groups and lawmaker raise concerns over shrinking publicity spending by task force responsible for promoting sexual diversity Figures from the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit (GISOU), which falls under the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, also showed that…...
What Nepal's ministry rename means for the queer community'and what it doesn't
23+ hour, 24+ min ago (1617+ words) In an era of generative artificial intelligence and fake news, an announcement this significant felt implausible. "It was so surprising," Neupane told the Post recently. "I felt like, is this even real?" Resham, 30, is a rights worker. They have spent…...
Barney Frank, longtime Mass. congressman with Bayonne roots, dies at 86
1+ day, 48+ min ago (308+ words) Barney Frank, a pioneering openly gay lawmakerand influential liberal voice in Congress, died May 19, at his home in Ogunquit, Maine. He was 86. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, in 1940, Frankgrew upina working-class Jewish householdbefore building his political career in Massachusetts. Heserved…...
India rejects claims of declining media freedom during Netherlands visit
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (273+ words) The Hague: India has flatly rejected allegations of declining media freedom and erosion of religious and minority rights, asserting that the country is a 'vibrant democracy' that guarantees free speech to all. "We faced this question basically because of a…...
Gerry Studds: The Beginning of Openly Gay Representation in Congress
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (870+ words) Published May 23, 2026 Gerry Studds is a name younger LGBTQ+ people may not immediately recognize, but his role in queer political history is impossible to ignore. RELATED: Barney Frank Has Left the Room'And Left a Legacy Too Big to Ignore" Studds…...