Gender Belief
Thailand lawmakers overwhelmingly pass bill to legalise same-sex marriage
Lawmakers in Thailand's lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalise equal rights for marriage partners of any gender. The bill passed its final reading with the approval of 400 of the 415 members of the House of Representatives who were in attendance, with 10 voting against it, two abstaining and three not voting. The bill amends the Civil and Commercial Code to change the words men and women and husband and wife to individuals and marriage partners. It would open up access to full legal, financial and medical rights for LGBTQ+ couples. The bill now goes to the Senate, which rarely rejects any legislation that passes the lower house, and then to the king for royal endorsement. This would make Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to pass such a law and the third in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal. Danuphorn Punnakanta, a spokesperson of the governing Pheu Thai party a
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'LGBTQ Fashion Show' in Siliguri highlights issues faced by community
The show was organised to make the stakeholders, especially the people holding important positions in society, aware of the problems and issues faced by the LGBTQ community
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The secondary sex
Aaliya Waziri's book is a brave and articulate attempt at dismantling patriarchy
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How a TV serial watched by 400 mn changed gender beliefs in rural India
To reach 'media-dark' regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh-areas with little TV-a radio adaption was broadcast using six community radios
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