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In a big step forward for Indian gay rights, Delhi's High Court has struck down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, bringing homosexuality one step closer to being accepted and giving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) ...
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The petition had been staunchly opposed by religious groups, particularly leaders of India's Muslim and Christian communities who argued that all homosexual acts were “unnatural” and should therefore be banned. ...
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This law labels gay sex to be an "unnatural offense", punishable with up to ten years in prison. Drafted in 1860, this Colonial-era law was brought into effect by the British, and was in line with similar anti-homosexuality legislation passed in
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I still have an hard time knowing that being who I am will make me a criminal in some countries. But today our friends from India can celebrate since a court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between ...
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India has long been known to be largely discriminatory and persecutive of homosexuals, and human rights activists see this new motion to be the first step in a more liberal India. Share/Save/Bookmark. Related posts: ...
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Regardless, gay sex is now legal in India's National Capital Territory and, as the Queer Media Collective put it: "This is the first time a court as senior as this, with such respected judges, has given a decision on homosexuality. ...