Tag: Lesbian

Balasore: Close on the heels of Supreme Court’s landmark decision to scrap section 377, a female student in Odisha who was allegedly in a same sex relationship, committed suicide in Nilagiri area of Balasore after her partner refused to marry her. The deceased has been identified as Sasmita Dey, a Plus-III final year student of […]

London: Owing to discrimination and stigma associated with sexual minorities, depressive symptoms are more common among those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, not exclusively heterosexual, or not sure of their sexual orientation from age 10, and continue throughout their early adulthood, say researchers. The observational study, published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health […]

New York: Lesbian and bisexual women are more at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases possibly due to trauma caused by abuse and neglect, according to a research. Sexual minority — lesbian and bisexual women — are more likely than heterosexual women to be stressed, use tobacco, binge drink and be obese. The study, led by researchers […]

New York: Young people who identify themselves as lesbian, gay or bisexual are at an increased risk of using substances such as alcohol, nicotine and marijuana, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, suggested that they are also at higher risk of poly substance use than their […]

Chicago: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning youth are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, be obese and engage in less physical activity and more sedentary activities than heterosexual youth, a Northwestern University Medicine study has found. This is the largest study to date to report differences in levels of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and […]

London: A Hindu woman and her Jewish partner have married in what is believed to be Britain’s first interfaith lesbian wedding. Kalavati Mistry and Miriam Jefferson met more than 20 years ago on a training course in the US and tied the knot in a Hindu ceremony last week in Leicester, the Daily Mail reported. […]

London: Prince William was honoured for supporting the LGBT– lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender — community and said “nobody should be bullied for their sexuality”, the media reported. The Duke of Cambridge was named “straight ally of the year” at the British LGBT Awards on Friday evening, the BBC reported. “It’s so important to be proud […]

Bhubaneswar: As they say, ‘Love is Love’. For Odisha’s first gazetted government officer from the transgender community, the fight against social stigma and domination finally ended with a triumph after the Supreme Court decriminalised Section 377 of the IPC ruling that consensual gay sex is not a crime. Through the darkness, a ray of hope […]

Mumbai: Almost a year after the landmark Supreme Court judgement decriminalising homosexuality, India is set to get its first dedicated hiring consultancy firm for the members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, intersex and queer/questioning) community. At present, even after the change in law, members of India’s LGBTIQ community lag behind their western counterparts […]

New Delhi: After coming to know that his daughter is in a lesbian relationship, a 60-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide in the capital by shooting himself in Shahdara’s Farsh Bazar area. Revealing details of the incident that happened on Tuesday night, the police said on Thursday that they are investigating all angles of this […]

London/New Delhi: A lesbian couple in the UK has become the first parents in the world to deliver a baby that was carried in the wombs of both, a media report said. Jasmine Francis-Smith (28) gave birth to Otis by using an egg that was incubated by her ‘wife’ Donna (30) in a pioneering procedure […]