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UAE Against Homosexuality: Amazon Cowers To Their Commands

Isha PoddarJuly 30, 20220

E-commerce giant Amazon blocked LGBTQ-related products on its United Arab Emirates website following a series of pushbacks against same-sex themes in the Gulf region. Amazon decided after coming under pressure from UAE authorities, who reportedly ultimatum it with penalties and gave it until one July to comply with its demand to restrict search results for LGBTQ-themed materials. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UAE’s Ministry of culture did not react to a CNBC plea for comment at the time of writing. In the UAE, Homosexuality is criminalized and can be punished by prison time. Fines and prison time. Amazon explained its decision as one made to abide by local laws. “As a company, we remain resolute to equity, inclusion and diversity, an Amazon spokesperson told CNBC i

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Conversion Therapy in India: A Cure To LGBTQIA+ ‘Disease’ To Appease Cultural Virtue?

Agamapar ChadhaJune 21, 20220

Conversion therapy by the medical profession is an illegal practice to ‘cure’ and covert any sexual orientation of a person to strictly heteronormative. The patient subjugated to these will be ‘cleansed’ from their sexuality which is part of the L.G.B.T.Q.I.A+ section of sexuality. This practice involves physically and psychologically breaking to resolve their ‘abnormal’ tendencies. There are many reasons why this practice continues to prevail in India. From a religious perspective in Islam(14%) and Christianity( 2%), homosexuality is considered a sin. In Indian society, heteronormativity has become a symbol of pride, family honour, and reputation. There is an infusion of heteronormativity with the idea of masculinity and femininity with the underlying aspect of patriarchy in Indian soc...

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A Victory For Chile’s LGBTQ Community

SinshaDecember 9, 20210

After years of struggle, Chile's Congress is to legalize same sex marriage and adoption of children. Chile is on the verge of celebration as President Sebastian Pinera who will leave office in the month of march has now backed the bill and is expected to sign the bill into law. M Pinera's support came as a surprise to everyone as he long back argued that marriage is a union of a man and a women. With this, Chile have become the 31st nation in Latin America and sixth nation in south America to legalize same sex marriage along with Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Uruguay. The first country in the world to legalize same sex marriage was the Netherlands, exactly 20 years ago. Chilean president Sebastian Pinera The chamber of deputies, the lower house of congress, passed t...

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Surrogacy Regulation Bill And ART Bill 2021 Passes The Rajya Sabha

Sonia SolankiDecember 9, 20210

The Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2020 and ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Bill 2021 passes Rajya Sabha on 8th December . The surrogacy Bill 2020 earlier passed by the Lok Sabha was went to the select committee of the Rajya Sabha. The Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told that the aim of both the bills is to curb the exploitation of women. The union minister also added that for decades IVF and surrogacy are prevalent in India. Our country has many unregulated IVF centers with unregulated surrogacy sex selection. He also added that Unmarried women sells their womb to overcome financial crisis. This should not happen as it is physically unhealthy and ethically wrong. In ART , stimulation of ovaries helps in extraction of eggs during a highly technical process and this technica...