It appears a long, drawn-out drama involving Dan Goldberg, a new father of twin sons born to a surrogate mother in India, is finally coming to an end. Goldberg took a recent trip to India to bring his newborn twins home, but a law requiring paternity tests from Israeli parents to prove familial ties...

Winner of the Miss India Transgender pageant Karina Shalini (C) from Mumbai celebrates with runner ups Romi (L) from Manipur and Padmini (R) of Tamil Nadu. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/12/21/2009-12-21_india_hosts_first_.html#ixzz0aMRnOeQL The first ever Miss India Transgender...

India will hold the nation’s first beauty pageant for eunuchs, a term used for cross-dressers as well as pre- and post-operative transsexuals, beyond its traditional meaning. Bollywood star and former Miss India Celina Jaitley (pictured) has been named as one of the judges for the contest. “It would...

(New York) – A United Nations General Assembly panel that met this week broke new ground and helped build new momentum for ending human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a coalition of sponsoring nongovernmental organizations said today. The meeting included discussion...

Intersex and transsexual people in India have been granted in independent identity in the voter lists by election authorities. CNN reports that before the decision, members of these groups — called eunuchs in Indian English — were referred to as male or female in voter rolls. Now, “O”,...

Soundarajan holds the national record for the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase clocking 10:44.65 seconds. At a national meet in Bangalore in July 2005 she won the 800m, 1,500m and 3000m. She won the silver medal in 800 m at the Asian Championships in Incheon, South Korea in 2005. Santhi Soundarajan...

Shabnam Mausi Shabnam “Mausi” Bano (शबनम मौसी) (“Mausi” noun. Hindi – “Aunty”) is the first transgender Indian or hijra to be elected to public office. She was an elected member of the Madhya Pradesh State Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2003....

The television guru whose yoga programmes are watched by an estimated 85 million people throughout the world, made the claim in an appeal to the overturn a ruling last week which legalised homosexuality. He has warned he will launch nationwide protests if the ruling is not struck down and said all of...

According to recent AP reports, Singapore does not intend to follow the lead of Indian high courts by ruling to legalize homosexual sex. The state-owned New Paper quoted Law Minister K. Shanmugam as saying the law will remain because most Singaporeans don’t accept homosexuality. However, Shanmugam...

Homosexuality or consensual sex between two members of the same gender may have been legalised now, but among the Ho tribe of Jharkhand it has always been socially accepted. Homosexual men are called Kothi Panthis in the region. There is no shame attached to being one. The numbers of Kothi Panthis has...