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By Cupcake
The Most Cake’s weekly round-up of lesbian-ish/gay lady/queer grrrl news from around the world.
By Cupcake
The Most Cake’s weekly round-up of lesbian-ish/gay lady/queer grrrl news from around the world.
Those of you who keep your eyes peeled for gay news (or just search ‘gay’ on the Guardian website) may have noticed an interesting opinion piece by filmmaker Parvez Sharma, best known for his film ‘A Jihad for Love’, which centers on gay Muslims around the world. … Continue Reading
by Black Forest
‘Saying there are no gays here, is like saying there are no monsoon seasons in Bombay’ – something along those lines is one of my fave movie quotes from the indie movie Bombay Boys. But that was in 1998, when queer Indian identities were controversial – now it seems India really is as gay as its monsoon season, and fast becoming a mainstream gay hotspot. The New Pre-Raphaelites on the other hand is something away from the mainstream but nevertheless queer. … Continue Reading
I consider myself a non-sentimental person. I don’t get swayed too easily by emotion and I’m not the sort that cries when I see a kitten (though I do love puppies). But certain things – and there’s no other way to say it – really move me. And one of those is definitely weddings. … Continue Reading
by Devil’s Food Cake
This is an oldie (kind of) but still a goodie. A couple of weeks ago, the Delhi High Court overturned section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a law that basically criminalized any sexual activity that was deemed to be against the ‘natural order’. The case was finally decided upon after having been pushed back again and again since 2001. Now heard by the High Court in Delhi at the insistence of the Indian Supreme Court, the ruling has come out in certain favour of LGBT people. Fabulous news for one of the largest countries with one of the largest populations in the world. … Continue Reading
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