1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (885+ words) Doing Sociology Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in India edited by Jayna Kothari (2026): A Review by Ruchi Nanwani The foundation of the recently published Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in…...

18+ hour, 26+ min ago  (326+ words) A government ruling at the end of March sparked national protests defending a 13-year-old Christian girl who was forced to return to her abductor, a Muslim man. Please pray for Maria Shabaz, her family and for the church in Pakistan…...

19+ hour, 10+ min ago  (504+ words) Botswana has officially removed the remaining colonial-era provisions that criminalised consensual same-sex intimacy, more than six years after the courts first struck them down. The change leaves only bestiality under that section, bringing the written law into line with the…...

12+ hour, 34+ min ago  (59+ words) We're here, we're queer, get used to it! That's what I was shouting in 1990 at some demonstration or another. I didn't expect that by the 2010s, normal, straight America not only would have gotten used to it but would have adopted…...

14+ hour, 17+ min ago  (448+ words) ISLAMABAD (Worthy News) " A United Nations-appointed panel has urged Pakistan to take stronger action to end forced religious conversions and child marriages, warning that minority girls remain at high risk of coercion and abuse. The independent experts, appointed by the…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (176+ words) April 27 (Reuters) " A Russian court branded a top gay rights group as extremist on Monday and banned it from operating in the country, the latest in a long series of moves to sideline LGBT+ activists. A court in St. Petersburg,…...

22+ hour, 38+ min ago  (218+ words) Get latest articles and stories on India at Latest LY. Varsha, a well-educated transgender woman, found herself with no choice but to beg for a living. Like many in her community, rejection followed her everywhere, from job interviews to everyday…...

22+ hour, 34+ min ago  (130+ words) Asianet Newsable The Gunturu West MLA said, "Many times I felt pained seeing transgender persons begging at traffic signals. I wanted to do something meaningful, not just offer sympathy. Recognising Varsha's education and determination, I appointed her as a Personal…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (454+ words) A court ruling in St Petersburg declaring the Russian LGBT Network an "extremist organisation" has been condemned by Amnesty International as part of a widening state-led campaign to suppress LGBTI rights across Russia. The decision follows a series of similar…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (151+ words) For more than thirty years, Javed Masih, now 72, has stood beside the brick kilns. He is marked by persistent exhaustion, a consequence of this gruelling physical labour and the constant struggle for the bare necessities of survival. "You can see…...