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July 13, 2012

Indian student commits suicide after reporting gay lover

Law student commits suicide after reporting his ex-lover, who married after parental pressure

A law student at Awadhesh Pratap Singh University in Rewa, central India committed suicide on Sunday night, after accusing another student of ‘sodomizing’ him for over a year.

According to a report in the Indian Express, police and university authorities believe the suicide victim Ajay Pandole was in a relationship with Ashutosh Dwiwedi, an older student at the university.

June 29, 2012

Gay marriage will ‘wipe out’ human race says former Malaysian PM

Former prime minister of Malaysia adds ignorant comments to those of the current PM

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said that gay marriage is ‘not natural’ and will ‘wipe out’ the human race while speaking at a business forum in Kuala Lumpur yesterday (28 June).

‘Men marrying men, women marrying women... It's not natural. Just imagine if we all indulge in that. No children. One generation and the whole human race is wiped out,’ Mahathir said as reported by the Indian Express.

April 14, 2012

Indian gay couple on run after ‘false’ marriage

A gay couple from Uttar Pradesh decided to leave home after officials had approved of their marriage based on allegedly false documents

An Indian gay couple scared of ending up behind bars fled their village as their marriage was found to have been solemnised 'by mistake'.

Simran and Chunmun Kumar, both in their 20s, registered their marriage in late March in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. But officials maintain they had submitted two false affidavits, describing one as a man and the other as woman, reported The Indian Express.