December | 2015 | Unfreedom Blog

The censored justice…

Posted on 26th December 2015 by Digital Team

Nirbhaya, Nirbhaya case, Juvenile, juvenile justice, Supreme court, Delhi rape case, Gang rape

“My Daughter's Name is Jyoti Singh” Nirbhaya's Mother, 3 Years after Delhi Gang-Rape. We have forever been shaming rape victims for the fault which in the first clause wasn’t hers. Her only fault was that she happened to come across a bunch of mentally sick men according to whom if a girl is travelling late at night is characterless. Jyoti, sustained with injuries, bare bodied...

Queer Hugs – Will you hug a homosexual?

Posted on 16th December 201517th December 2015 by Digital Team

Queerhugs, Queer Kala, #Queerhugs, Section 377, #Scrapp377, Equality, Bombay pride parade, Bombay pride parade 2016, Unfreedom, Unfreedom movie, #Unfreedom

It wasn't a long time back when racial discrimination was prevalent in major parts of the world. Even today, it happens behind the closet but here’s a discrimination which the law doesn't recognise as an act of discrimination. Today in India considering Section 377, many heterosexuals consider Homosexuals to be abnormal. To change this perspective, Queer-Kala organized an event...

A MARCH FOR PRIDE

Posted on 9th December 201510th December 2015 by Digital Team

Pride, dignity, the feeling of being accepted with your own identity, the ability to come out in open with self assurance are some indispensable rights that have been suppressed, for a major section of our society… The LGBT Community! The Indian LGBT community since more than a decade have been organising Pride Parades in different cities and have exponentially grown with time...

Shashi Tharoor has introduced a private member’s bill in order to scrap section 377.

Posted on 1st December 201510th December 2015 by Digital Team

Hope is the rope, that swings through life. When all had given up hope for enforcement of equality and freedom, specially for the LGBT community in India... Shashi Tharoor, MP for Thiruvanthapuram has recently introduced a private member’s bill to scrap section 377. A section of Indian Penal Code that bars the LGBT community from pursuing their choice of sexuality & choosin...