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LGBTQ+ Acceptance On Rise In US, Ipsos Poll Shows Positive Shift In Attitudes
The survey collected responses from more than 22,514 adults aged below 75 in the 30 countries who participated online between February 17 and March 3.
‘Rising Generational Shift’: Global Survey Reveals 9% Of Adults Identify As LGBTQ
Ipsos, a market research firm, surveyed over 22,000 persons in 30 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia in February and March, discovering that 9% of adults identified as LGBTQ.
A Step Forward Towards Equality! Same-Sex Couples Granted Adoption Rights In Taiwan
Taiwan’s legislature passed a law Tuesday granting same-sex couples the opportunity to jointly adopt a child to whom neither is related, removing one of the last remaining barriers to complete marriage equality.
Recent Study Indicates Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage In India Could Help Reduce Anxiety
A team of psychologists, academics, and researchers conducted a survey earlier this month to assess the effects of legalizing same-sex marriage on India’s mental health and how it will help people relieve anxiety.
Legalising Same-Sex Marriage Pleas Reflect ‘Urban Elitist’ Views: Centre to SC
The petitions’ maintainability was called into question by the Centre, which claimed that the arguments made before the court were merely urban elitist viewpoints held for the sake of social recognition.
‘A Very Welcome Thing’: New Zealand Cabinet Achieves Gender Parity For First Time
New Zealand has achieved gender equality in its cabinet for the first time in history, as it now constitutes ten men and women, the country’s prime minister announced on Tuesday.
One In Five Unnatural Women’s Deaths Due To Gender Violence In Mumbai, Finds Study
Gender violence is not easy to prove as victims would try protect their husband or family members even in their dying statements. Mumbai KEM hospital’s forensic department’s first-of-its-kind autopsy-based study on female deaths provides an insight on gender violence.
Powered By Nari Shakti! Asia’s First Woman Loco Pilot Steers Vande Bharat: Know More
Surekha Yadav was the first woman to drive a railway train in India, which was back then entirely a male bastion. It was after her, that many other women drew inspiration and now the railways have more than thousands of women loco pilots.
‘Marriage Equality Against Indian Ethos’: Centre’s Opposition To Same-Sex Unions Stirs Backlash From LGBTQ+ Members
The Centre opposed giving legal recognition to same-sex marriages with the reasoning that it would disrupt the existing balance of personal laws and societal values – that of a husband, wife, and children born out of that union.
WFI’s ‘Sexual Harassment Panel’ Flouts POSH Act: Can A Sexual Harassment Panel Be Headed By A Man?
Additionally, the presiding officer must be nominated from any other workplace of the same company and another department or organization if the other offices or administrative units of the workplace do not have a senior-level female employee.
