Citizens for Justice and Peace
Trinidad and Tobago judge deems certain anti-gay laws unconstitutional
17-Apr-2018
On Thursday, April 12, Trinidad and Tobago Devindra Rampersad stated in a ruling that certain sections in the country’s Sexual Offences Act were unconstitutional, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported. These sections banned “serious indecency” and “buggery” between two men, and Rampersad said in his ruling that they outlawed same-sex activity between consenting adults. Gay sex could…
Love is the Order of Nature An Exclusive Blog by Harish Iyer on Intersectionality and the LGBTQIA movement
01-Feb-2018
75 years ago, we fought the Brits with all our grit, when we screamed “Bharat Chhodo” at Gowlia Tank in Mumbai’s Grant Road area. To borrow from the Tryst with Destiny speech by Jawarharlal Nehru on the eve of our first Independence Day Now, time has come to redeem our pledge, and to work towards the large…
Baby Steps with Paras Tomar #DesiMillennial Interview
23-Jan-2018
Film makers have often chosen to make short independent films to tell sensitive human interest stories. An excellent example of this is Baby Steps, a short film about a mother discovering that her son is homosexual. What made this short film popular and immensely watchable was its non-preachy tone and actor Paras Tomar’s Merry Poppins…
आखिर अप्राकृतिक सेक्स है क्या? (Unnatural Sex as per Sec 377)
22-Dec-2017
Equal Rights Activist Harish Iyer explains what is considered ‘unnatural’ sex under Sec 377 and how just being homosexual is not illegal.
योगा से होगा ! हरीश ऐय्यर समलैंगिक लोगों को दे रहे हैं रोज़ योग करने का सुझाव
16-Dec-2017
कुच्छ वर्ष पूर्व योग शिक्षक रामदेव ने दावा किया था की योग समलैंगिकता का इलाज है | पर हरीश ऐय्यर कहते हैं की देश विदेश के विभिन्न मनोवैज्ञानिक विशेषज्ञों और चिकित्सा के क्षेत्र की दिग्गज हस्तियों के अनुसार समलैंगिकता कोई बीमारी नहीं है | परन्तु योग करने से शरीर सुडौल और लचीला हो जाता है…