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India: Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Decision Legalizing Being Gay

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

India Supreme Court and HomosexualityA challenge of the decision to decriminalise homosexuality in India has begun at the country’s Supreme Court this week.

In 2009. the Delhi High Court overturned Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalised “carnal intercourse against the order of nature”.

The law was ruled to violate fundamental citizens’ rights under the Indian constitution. Requests to the Supreme Court to stay the judgement were denied and the law, introduced 150 years ago, was lifted.

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India: With Protection Order, Court Also Recognizes Lesbian Marriage

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Same-sex marriages are not legal in India. But that did not stop a Gurgaon court from effectively recognizing a marriage between two lesbians.

While granting police protection to a runaway lesbian couple from Khekada village in Baghpat, additional sessions judge Vimal Kumar recorded matter-of-factly that Beena and Savita claimed to be married to each other.

Their statements were recorded in the order without any indication that such a marriage had no legal status. “We have married to each other on July 22, 2011 of our own free will without coercion, duress, fraud, misrepresentation etc,” it stated.

Full Story from the Times of India

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India: Married Lesbian Couple Seeks Protection From Family

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

A recently married lesbian couple from Manesar, a small town near New Delhi, have asked a court to protect them from family members after receiving death threats.

“Our family members can take harsh steps against us,” they said. “They even threatened to kill us. We were married on the 22nd and are now in court seeking protection.”

The two women, aged 20 and 25, ran away from home and got married, despite objections from their families. While homosexuality is not illegal in India, same-sex marriages are not recognized by the law.

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India: Gay Rights Leader Says They’ll Do it Their Own Way

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Gay Rights in IndiaWhen 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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India: Supreme Court Defers Gay Sex Hearing Until Fall

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred its hearing on the issue of legalisation and decriminalisation of gay sex among consenting adults in private.

A bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi adjourned the matter without specifying the date of the next hearing and said the same would be taken up after summer vacations.

The apex court was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by gay rights activists and also by political, social and religious organisations, who have opposed the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising homosexual behaviour.

Full Story from The Hindu

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India: New Bill Would Ban Gay Couples From Using Surrogate Services

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Gay couples are to be banned from using surrogate mothers in India as part of a clampdown on British “rent-a-womb” tourists. A Bill going through India’s Parliament will reform the #1.5 billion-a-year “baby factory” industry.

Indian officials say it is intended to stop vulnerable women being exploited but it will bar all same-sex couples from the private clinics. Single mothers and unmarried couples will be allowed to use surrogates but all Western women will have to prove they cannot bear a child.

They will also have to be supported by doctors who will be encouraged to provide counselling for any surrogate mother who suffers from post-natal depression.

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India: Supreme Court Sets April Date For Gay Decriminalization Hearing

Monday, February 7th, 2011

India Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court Monday fixed April 19 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexual relationship among consenting adults. Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly directed all the parties to file their documents within eight weeks.

The bench also directed the court registry to complete all procedural requirements.

The court said that it was fixing two days for hearing the matter and might consider extending the same depending on the nature and extent of the arguments. The judges said all the petitioners would get time to present their views.

Full Story from Sify

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India: Supreme Court Hearing on Decriminalization of Gay Sex Monday

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the issue of legalisation and decriminalisation of gay sex among consenting adults in private.

A bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice AK Ganguly would be hearing a bunch of petitions filed by gay rights activists and political, social and religious organisations who have opposed the Delhi high court verdict decriminalising homosexual behaviour.

People and organisations from different field have come out in support of or against the path-breaking verdict sparking a controversy. Several political, social and religious organisation have asked the Supreme Court to give the final verdict on the issue.

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Being Gay in India

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

being gay in indiaI grew up in Saharanpur, a “small town” of 1 million people in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. Saharanpur is very like the hundreds of other towns littering the vast plains of the region, and not notable for much except its mangoes and woodcarving industry.

In the early 90s I was at a Catholic-run school in the town and had my first sexual experiences with another boy near the railway tracks. That’s what my brother was alluding to when he phoned me a couple of nights ago with what he called “breaking news from our childhood”.

Under a headline saying “Gay party has been exposed”, the local Hindi-language newspaper, Amar Ujala, had published a photograph of some 20 frightened-looking men sitting on the floor, many trying to conceal their faces with shawls and scarves.

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India: Law College to Add Gay Rights Course

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Consider this. A classroom which will not just teach you rights and issues about the “third gender” but also have the community walk into the class room and talk about their problems.

Though Section 377 of the IPC was amended last year which has decriminalised non-heterosexual sex between consenting adults, civil rights for homosexuals have a long way to go: this is the underlying theme of a new initiative started by the Indian Law Society’s Law College (ILS) in Pune along with Samabhavana Society, an NGO for gay men which will commence next year.

Full Story from The Indian Express

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