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By Shantasree Sarkar Praveen Nath, Kerala’s first transgender bodybuilder, married their longtime partner Rishana Ayshu on Valentine’s Day of this year. It was a grand spectacle, kind of a talk of the town, and covered by Kerala’s media houses. It was the beginning of an acceptance of change in society. But fate had other plans. A few months after their wedding Praveen Nath posted a statement announcing their split as a couple, on Facebook. Immediately, hate comments inundated the Facebook post. Realising their mistake, the post was deleted in an hour but the online tirade of hateful comments ...
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By Samriddhi Sakunia It’s been 12 days since Pranshu Yadav, a 16-year-old queer makeup artist, took his own life. The hateful messages on the comments section of his last Instagram post still keep coming. “You deserved that”, “Chalo ek chu**iya to kam hua”, “Next target?” are some of the brazen comments amid the ‘RIP’ ones. On 12 November, queer makeup artist Pranshu yadav uploaded a transition video where he danced to a song and changed to a saree, makeup, and gold jewelry. On 21 November, Pranshu Yadav, who goes by the name @glamupwithpranshu on Instagram with over 35,000 followers, died by ...
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By Samriddhi Sakunia It’s been 12 days since Pranshu, a 16-year-old queer artist, took his own life. The hateful messages on the comments section of his last Instagram post still keep coming. “You deserved that”, “Chalo ek chu**iya to kam hua”, “Next target?” are some of the brazen comments amid the ‘RIP’ ones. On 12 November, Pranshu uploaded a transition video where he danced to a song and changed to a saree, makeup, and gold jewelry. On 21 November, Pranshu, who goes by the name @glamupwithpranshu on Instagram with over 35,000 followers, died by suicide. The 16-year-old self-taught artist w...
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By Kirti Rawat In the latest episode of BOOM Originals #nottrending, we explore how conversion therapy can take a toll on someone's mental health and existence and what legal aspects can be used against this therapy. A 19-year-old non-binary person, Trixie went through conversion therapy. Her parents took her to Karauli Baba’s Ashram in Kanpur in order to change her sexual orientation or gender identity. Following the harrowing ordeal, Trixie shared a video recounting her experience on Instagram, publicly reaching out to numerous support groups in search of help and assistance. Conversion Ther...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of the First Congregational Church in Spencer, Massachusetts burning down is being shared with a false claim that the fire took place due to the church's pro-LGBTQIA+ stance. Some claims also state that the fire occurred when a gay marriage was happening in the church in order to further demonise the LGBTQIA+ community. BOOM found that the claims are false, and the fire occurred due to lightning. We also spoke to Spencer Fire Chief Robert Parsons who refuted claims about a gay wedding taking place in the church and said that it was empty during the time of the fire. The...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of the First Congregational Church in Spencer, Massachusetts burning down is being shared with a false claim that the fire took place due to the church's pro-LGBTQIA+ stance. Some claims also state that the fire occurred when a gay marriage was happening in the church in order to further demonise the LGBTQIA+ community. BOOM found that the claims are false, and the fire occurred due to lightning. We also spoke to Spencer Fire Chief Robert Parsons who refuted claims about a gay wedding taking place in the church and said that it was empty during the time of the fire. The...
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By Ritika Jain The Centre on Wednesday took a diversion from their declared view and told the Supreme Court that the government is agreeable to forming a committee which would examine if certain legal rights can be granted to couples from the LGBTQIA+ community without giving them the legal recognition of “marriage”. “The government is positive. What we have decided is that this would need coordination between more than one ministry. So therefore, a committee headed by no less than the cabinet secretary will be constituted,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said. “Suppose the government says tha...
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By Riddhi Dastidar Last week hearings began in the Supreme Court on what has largely been called the ‘same sex marriage’ petition by newsrooms and the general public in India. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud began hearing the 20 listed petitions on Tuesday, 18 April. The Union government has stated its opposition, saying in an affidavit that such unions would create ‘complete havoc’ in the country. It has argued that this demand is an ‘urban elitist concept’, and that marriage is ‘not a fundamental right’, and further contended that the quest...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that at this stage it could “steer clear of personal laws” and focus on interpretation of the Special Marriage Act to open doors for same-sex marriage. On day 1 of the hearing on pleas seeking recognition of same sex marriage, the five-judge Constitution Bench acknowledged that if the arguments touched on the Hindu Marriage Act, then it opened a pandora’s box for contentions in all personal laws. There is “sage wisdom” in going about the “interpretive task” in an “incremental manner”, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud observed. Supreme Court...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court today will begin hearing pleas seeking recognition of same-sex marriages. However, before it begins deliberation and frames issues of law that will define the scope of arguments, the Supreme Court must decide on the Centre’s plea challenging the maintainability of the pleas. The pleas—which were transferred to the Supreme Court from different high courts—have drawn sharp reactions from different sections of society. While there are a few who want to welcome this socio-legal move, there are those who feel same-sex marriages would destroy the fabric of society. The I...
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