Tag: Section 377
Rainbow Riots & Sushant Divgikar – «Love Is Love»
The international LGBTQ organisation Rainbow Riots’ founder, Swedish musician and activist Petter Wallenberg has been in Mumbai for nearly two years, writing and producing music featuring India’s first openly gay, lesbian and trans singers, rappers and dancers.
Reaction: World’s most significant gay law reform
Indian Supreme Court ruling decriminalising homosexuality.
India: Supreme Court Strikes Down Sodomy Law
India’s landmark Supreme Court decision that criminalising consensual same-sex conduct is unconstitutional is a major victory for human rights and the LGBT people’s rights to privacy and non-discrimination in the world’s second most populous country, Human Rights Watch said today.
Time for the Sun to Set on the British Empire’s Homophobic Legacy
A common refrain of Victorian politicians was that the ‘sun never sets on the British Empire.’
Indian Supreme Court re-criminalises same-sex activity
India’s Supreme Court today ruled to re-criminalise same-sex intercourse. This major human rights setback means citizens in the 1.2 billion nation can again be arrested and prosecuted on the basis of consensual same-sex activity.
India Supreme Court Defies Human Rights, “Recriminalises” Love
The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation condemns a ruling by India’s Supreme Court overturning a lower court’s decision that decriminalised same-sex relationships.