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Blog Is Back
Hi DGD Fans,
On March 17th Google deleted Desi-Gay-Desires blog, for violation of Term of Service for : Other Abuse.
We appealed Google Blogger to re-install the blog. They accepted it and Blog is back. They sited technical error for deleting blog. really? Anyway lets not make fuss about it. I know you all guys are happy as we are back !
On March 17th Google deleted Desi-Gay-Desires blog, for violation of Term of Service for : Other Abuse.
We appealed Google Blogger to re-install the blog. They accepted it and Blog is back. They sited technical error for deleting blog. really? Anyway lets not make fuss about it. I know you all guys are happy as we are back !
DGD Blog News
Hi DGD Fans,
Good news is Google did a U-turn. It rolled back its policy change announcement due to plenty of feedback against its move to block adult images & videos on blogger. For more information click the link An update on the Blogger porn content policy
We blog authors, admin and few members of this blog, came up with lots of solutions, suggestions & ideas pre and post roll back of Google policy update on Nudity. Below are the final decisions and minutes of that discussion -
Though Google reversed it policy update, we have come up with below actions to be on safer side.
- Have moved all content (archives) from blogger to Nibblebit. As Google may again come up with new policy and block our blog without prior notice.
- We will continue posting in desi gay desires blog. with Adult content.
- Nibblenet blog will just be an archive blog without any activity. Only if Google blocks our blog, we will start posting in Nibblebit.
- We also started new blog Desi Mard, which will starts from April 1,2015. It will not have nudity and adult content, this new blog will embrace the sexy and hot desi men without nudity.
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Blogger Content Policy Update
Hi DGD Fans,
Few days back I received email from "Google Blogger".
Below details & screen capture are for your information:
Dear Blogger User,
We're writing to tell you about an upcoming change to the Blogger Content Policy that may affect your account.
In the coming weeks, we'll no longer allow blogs that contain sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video. We'll still allow nudity presented in artistic, educational, documentary or scientific contexts, or where there are other substantial benefits to the public from not taking action on the content.
The new policy will take effect on 23 March 2015. After this policy comes into force, Google will restrict access to any blog identified as being in violation of our revised policy. No content will be deleted, but only blog authors and those with whom they have expressly shared the blog will be able to see the content that we've made private.
Our records indicate that your account may be affected by this policy change. Please refrain from creating new content that would violate this policy. We would also ask you to make any necessary changes to your existing blog to comply as soon as possible so that you won't experience any interruptions in service. You may also choose to create an archive of your content via Google Takeout.
For more information, please look here (https://support.google.com/bl
Yours sincerely,
The Blogger Team
(c) 2015 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Few days back I received email from "Google Blogger".
Below details & screen capture are for your information:
Dear Blogger User,
We're writing to tell you about an upcoming change to the Blogger Content Policy that may affect your account.
In the coming weeks, we'll no longer allow blogs that contain sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video. We'll still allow nudity presented in artistic, educational, documentary or scientific contexts, or where there are other substantial benefits to the public from not taking action on the content.
The new policy will take effect on 23 March 2015. After this policy comes into force, Google will restrict access to any blog identified as being in violation of our revised policy. No content will be deleted, but only blog authors and those with whom they have expressly shared the blog will be able to see the content that we've made private.
Our records indicate that your account may be affected by this policy change. Please refrain from creating new content that would violate this policy. We would also ask you to make any necessary changes to your existing blog to comply as soon as possible so that you won't experience any interruptions in service. You may also choose to create an archive of your content via Google Takeout.
For more information, please look here (https://support.google.com/bl
Yours sincerely,
The Blogger Team
(c) 2015 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
We Blog Authors and Admin will update you guys on the decisions & actions that we are going to take in few days. Your suggestions are also welcome!
Top Fav Desi Icon of 2014 - Winner
Few days back I asked you guys to vote for your Top Favorite Desi Icon of 2014
And the winner is.................
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Ratheesh 40 number of votes & Shazad 33 number of votes
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THE ONE SLEEVE UP CAMPAIGN
Fans of DGD, pay attention:
I learnt about this really interesting initiative called The One Sleeve Up Campaign. The idea is really simple: you ROLL UP ONLY ONE OF YOUR SLEEVES this October 11 (The National Coming Out Day) and come out to others dressed like you with just a smile or a wink. It's like a secret global coming out party!
Learn more about the campaign at: www.facebook.com/groups/
Learn more about the campaign at: www.facebook.com/groups/
Let's all roll up only one of our sleeves and make this a success. Who knows, maybe the hottie you have been crushing on in your college or office turns out to be gay!
Mr. Gay India 2014
Sushant Divgikar is Mr. Gay India 2014
Sushant Divigikar is no stranger to the limelight. We already know him as an anchor for UTV Bindass and a reputed singer and vocalist in Mumbai.
We, here at Mr. Gay India, are pleased to announce that Sushant will be India’s sixth delegate to Mr. Gay World 2014 which is to be held at Rome in the last week of August this year. For more details look here.
Divgikar’s contribution to the LGBTI cause in India has been significant, and he has done his part in hosting and singing at several LGBTI functions such as the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2014 and Gaysi events. Equipped with a Masters in Psychology, he spends a lot of his free time counselling and mentoring young adults struggling with issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.
What makes Sushant unique is his commitment to represent India at Mr. Gay World despite the Supreme Court’s recent recriminalization of Section 377.
His bravery already makes him a winner in our eyes.
News Courtesy : Pink Pages
MR India World 2014
Mr India World 2014 - 14 Finalists
2nd Runner up
Bharat Raj
1st Runner up
Puneet Beniwal
Winner
Prateik Jain
BQFF - 2014
Bangalore has hosted film festivals on themes related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT or Queer) communities since 2003, BQFF is an annual event that carefully selects queer films from all over the world and brings them to an ever-growing Bangalore audience. The festival will serve as a space for LGBT concerns to be voiced through the medium of moving images as well as an important platform for screening new Indian and South Indian movies. More than just a film festival, we are a hub of queer arts and culture with an art exhibitions, photo exhibitions and performances. In the last five years, BQFF has grown exponentially—we are now an entrenched fixture in Bangalore’s yearly cultural calendar. Our films try to push boundaries of understanding and we rigourously explore the mental, emotional and physical lives of those who stand outside the sexual norm. At BQFF, we are firmly interested in both straightforward LGBT films and wildly queer and radical films.
In February 2014 the Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF) will enter its sixth year. BQFF is an annual event full of queer films from the world over, photo exhibitions, art exhibitions, performances and panel discussions.Over the years, BQFF has become an entrenched part of the cultural landscape of Bangalore. The festival serves as a space for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) concerns to be voiced through the medium of moving image. At BQFF, we are firmly interested in both straightforward LGBT films and wildly queer and radical films.
For More: http://blrqueerfilmfest.com
Hyd Queer Pride 2014
Each and every one is cordially invited to the second pride march of Hyderabad. Despite the recent detrimental developments in queer activism across India, we still walk with pride. This is symbolic of our strong will that our fight for equal rights will not end. Please attend in large numbers to make this a landmark event. Help add more colors to the rainbow!
Venue: Hitech city MMTS to Shilpakala Vedika
date/time: 23rd feb 2014(sunday)/1 P.M
Facebook page: Hyderabad Queer Pride 2014
Sec 377: SC declines to review verdict
Sec 377: SC rejects plea against its order criminalising gay sex
In a major set back to gay rights activists, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review its December 11 judgment holding that homosexuality or "unnatural sex" between two consenting adults was illegal and would be an offence. The court had held that this provision did not suffer from any constitutional infirmity. The Centre, Naz Foundation and several gay rights activists had filed petition seeking review of this judgment.
In view of the dismissal of review petitions the next option for the Centre and others is to file a curative petition, which will be heard by a minimum of four senior-most judges and a maximum of five judges.
The Centre said, “There has been a sea-change, not just in India, but all over the world, with respect to the law on homosexuality. A majority of the countries across the world have legalised homosexuality. Even in India, Section 377 IPC was introduced not as a reflection of existing Indian values and traditions, but rather, it was imposed upon Indian society due to the moral values of the colonizers. Indian society prior to the enactment of the IPC had a much greater tolerance towards homosexuality.”
It said, “the apex court has failed to consider the dynamic nature of the law, particularly with respect to homosexuality. The view adopted by this Court is contrary to the principles enshrined in the law down i.e. that the Court cannot allow itself to be tied down by and become captive of a view which in the light of the subsequent experience has been found to be patently erroneous, manifestly unreasonable or to cause hardship or to result in plain iniquity or public inconvenience.”
On the apex court indicting the Delhi High Court stating that it ought to have exercised self restraint while decriminalising Section 377 IPC, the Centre said “self restraint must be exercised and the court must be guided by the presumption of constitutionality if the provision directly transgresses or substantially and inevitably affects the fundamental right. Secondly, the presumption of constitutionality has no relevance when a violation of constitutional provisions has been demonstrated.”
Referring to the court’s observation that Parliament had failed to amend the Section 377, the Centre said “whether a law is Constitutional or not is certainly not dependent upon whether the legislature has thought it fit to retain a provision in the statute or not. It depends on whether that provision in effect violates the provisions of the Constitution.”
On the court’s finding that only a miniscule number of persons had been penalised so far, the Centre said “the number of people affected is irrelevant when it comes to deciding an issue of constitutionality. The present review petition is being filed to avoid grave miscarriage of justice to thousands of LGBT persons who have been aggrieved by the order of this Court and have been put at risk of prosecution and harassment, upon re-criminalisation of their sexual identities. Following the High Court judgment that decriminalised adult consensual sexual acts in private, including homosexual acts, a considerable number of LGBT persons had become open about their sexual orientation and identity in their families, workplaces, educational institutions and public spaces, amongst others. All those people suddenly have become vulnerable to abuse and discrimination and require immediate relief.” The Centre pleaded for review of the judgment.
Govt Files Review Petition on S.377
Government files review petition in SC on S.377 verdict; Claims Apex Court verdict is "legally unsustainable"
The Central government has today (Dec 20) filed a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking re-examination of its judgment on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The judgment, delivered on December 11, 2013, recriminalized homosexuality and stated that it was up to the Parliament to amend Section 377.
In the review petition drawn by Advocates Devdutt Kamat and Anoopam N. Prasad and settled by Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati, the government has also requested for an oral hearing prior to disposing off the review petition.
A Division Bench comprising Justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya had struck down a Delhi High Court judgment, holding that Section 377 IPC did not suffer from the vice of unconstitutionality and that the declaration made by the Division Bench of the High Court was ‘legally unsustainable’.
In the petition filed by Ministry of Home Affairs, the Centre has taken a number of grounds to contend that the Supreme Court judgment,
“suffers from errors apparent on the face of the record, and is contrary to well-established principles of law laid down by this court enunciating the width and ambit of fundamental rights under Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution.”
The government has contended that,
“Section 377 IPC, insofar as it criminalizes consensual sexual acts in private, falls foul of the principles of equality and liberty enshrined in our Constitution.”
The petition further states that, “Section 377 which criminalizes intercourse ‘against the order of nature’ is a reflection of outdated sodomy laws of the United Kingdom which were transplanted into India in 1860”, adding that “They do not have any legal sanctity and in any case are unlawful in view of the Constitutional mandate of Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution”.
The government has also argued in the petition that Supreme Court failed to consider that the Union of India had taken a categorical stand that there was no legal error in the judgment of the Delhi High Court and, therefore, no appeal was filed by the Union of India against the said judgment.
Placing reliance on the fact that the appeal was not by the government but by third parties, the review petition states that,
“The High Court judgment was challenged mostly by third parties, who were not party to the original writ petition in the High Court. This Hon’ble Court ought to have dismissed the SLPs at the admissibility stage itself, since it is the prerogative of the State to defend the constitutionality of statutes and not that of the third parties.”
Arguing that “the principles of presumption of constitutionality and the principle of judicial restraint were neither applicable nor relevant in the facts and circumstances of the present case” the government has submitted that “Whether the law is Constitutional or not is certainly not dependent upon whether the legislature has thought it fit to retain a provision in the statute or not. It is submitted that the Hon’ble Court in the impugned order has unfortunately lost sight of this basic principle of judicial review.”
Interestingly, the petition refers to an earlier judgment of Justice Singhvi in A. Manjula Bhashini v. A.P. Women’s Coop. Finance Corpn. Ltd., wherein it was held that:
“67. …..If the court finds that the particular statute is ultra vires the power of legislature or any provision of the Constitution, then the same can be struck down.”
The petition further states that the impugned judgment fails to consider that law is not static, but is dynamic and changes with the perceptions of society and that “the number of people affected is irrelevant when it comes to deciding an issue of constitutionality.”
Earlier, one of the respondents in the case, Naz Foundation had also stated that they would seek recourse to all possible legal remedies against the Supreme Court judgment including review.
Gay For a Day Movement
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday ruled against decriminalising gay sex - something that left the LGBT community disappointed. While the Court may have gone by the law, on Twitter and other social networking sites, the court's order sparked a revolution of sorts.
While the reactions to the Supreme Court's order were restricted to 140 characters by the twitterati, on Facebook, the Court's order ignited a movement: the Gay For a Day movement.
On the Facebook page created for this purpose, the administrator, Tanmay Sahay, wrote, "All you have to do is change your profile picture to one in which you are kissing someone from your gender in protest of the Supreme Court of India's ruling that criminalizes homosexuality. And at this very difficult time, we must support of our friends and family and fellow citizens for their right to express their sexuality."
He also change his profile pic, see below
He also change his profile pic, see below
And responses for this movements:
You guys too can join this movement and change ur FB profile pic and share to this blog ( dgdblogger@gmail.com ) by #gayforaday kissing someone of your same gender
News - SC Judgement on Sec-377
Supreme Court says gay sex illegal, govt hints at legislative route
On 11 December 2013, the Supreme Court of India ruled homosexuality to be a criminal offence setting aside the 2009 judgement given by the Delhi High Court. The bench of justices G. S. Singhvi and S. J. Mukhopadhaya however noted that the parliaments should debate and decide on the matter.A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya upheld the constitutional validity of Section 377 of Indian Penal Code that makes anal sex a punishable offence.
In its judgment the Supreme court stated
"We declare that Section 377 IPC, insofar it criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults in private, is violative of Articles 21, 14 and 15 of the Constitution. The provisions of Section 377 IPC will continue to govern non-consensual penile non-vaginal sex and penile nonvaginal sex involving minors... Secondly, we clarify that our judgment will not result in the re-opening of criminal cases involving Section 377 IPC that have already attained finality.
The full decision can be found here
http://www.scribd.com/doc/190889099/Sc-Verdict-on-Article-377
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