Tag: LGBT

Japan Tourism is targeting LGBT tourists from abroad to take advantage of their tendency to spend more than average tourists. Tourism industry all over the world strive to attract LGBT travellers, who have considerable purchasing and spending power. It was opined by Shintaro Koizumi, chief executive of Out Japan Co., a Tokyo-based marketing firm conducting seminars and other programs to support corporate clients seeking to learn how to handle issues involving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. As per statistics available, LGBT tourists spend about twice as much as average travellers, which encourage hotels and other accommodation facility providers in ... Read more

In a historic verdict, the Supreme Court today scrapped Section 377 of the IPC, decriminalising the 158-year-old colonial law which criminalises consensual gay sex. Five judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra delivered the verdict today. The judges have come out with a concurring judgment. Four judges, CJI Dipak Misra, Justices RF Nariman, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, have authored separate judgments while Justice Khanwilakar has chosen to concur with Misra. Upholding the rights of LGBTQ community, CJI Dipak Misra said autonomy, intimacy and identity of an individual are to be protected. Misra said that the LGBTQ community has ... Read more