When India’s high court, in Delhi, struck down the law prohibiting homosexual intercourse between consenting adults nearly two years ago (on July 2, 2009), it appeared that a new era of equality had begun in the South Asian nation — a particularly significant victory for LGBT rights in the international arenaIndia is the second-most populous country in the world.
But despite the court’s decision, legal challenges to the court’s decision have persisted and, perhaps more significantly, many queer Indians continue to face harassment and discrimination from police and others. That is more true in some parts of the country than others, and in some of the nation’s Tamil regions, access to resources concerning topics such as gender, sexuality and politics can be difficult to come by.
One activist currently working to change that is Aniruddhan Vasudevan, who celebrates his 29th birthday on June 25, one day before his hometown, Chennai, marks its third annual Pride celebration. But Vasudevan won’t be home to take part in the parade this year. As a dancer, writer, peer educator and activist who travels often, Vasudevan is a busy, multi-tasking man who we caught up with just as he was preparing to set out on a U.S. performance tour with fellow dancer/choreographer Lakshmi Sriraman.
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A challenge of the decision to decriminalise homosexuality in India has begun at the country’s Supreme Court this week.
