Gay Rights Delhi

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  US Embassies In Delhi, Chennai Show Pride Flags Despite Washington's Note

  Since the State Department began rejecting all embassy requests to hoist rainbow flags outside the mission buildings during Gay Pride Month this year, some U.S. diplomats have been finding ways to defy, or at least get around, the new policy.

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  The 5 Men And Women Who Challenged Ban On Homosexuality

  The Supreme Court today has said homosexuality is not a crime in India. The top court pronounced its verdict on petitions challenging the colonial-era Section 377 that criminalises consensual gay sex. In 2013, the Supreme Court had cancelled a Delhi high court order that had decriminalized homosexuality, by overturning the outdated law, saying it w...

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  Review Of Gay Sex Law From Today At Supreme Court: 10 Facts

  A British-era law that makes homosexuality a crime will be up for re-examination today by the Supreme Court, which pointed out seven months ago that "social morality changes from age to age". A five-judge constitution bench will hear a bunch of petitions that demand the scrapping of Section 377. On Monday, the court refused to adjourn the hearing d...

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  Supreme Court To Revisit 2013 Verdict Criminalising Gay Sex: 10 Points

  Whether homosexuality should be a crime in India will be reexamined by the Supreme Court, which had in 2013 restored a controversial British-era ban on gay sex. No one should have to live in fear because of their sexuality, said three Supreme Court judges including Chief Justice Dipak Misra today, asking a larger group of judges to review Section 3...

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  "I'm A Criminal," Said Indian Transgender Activist. Barack Obama's Response

  In New Delhi for a town hall, former US President Barack Obama today had no dearth of tricky questions to answer. About forty-minutes into the event, a transgender rights activist's wringer about discrimination against the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community put the retired US commander-in-chief especially close to the line of...

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  Gay Rights Activists March in New Delhi Parade

  Hundreds of gay rights activists danced to drum beats and held colorful balloons as they marched in a parade in New Delhi on Sunday, celebrating what they call the diversity of gender and sexuality.

• Gay sex: Supreme Court agrees to consider curative petition in open court

  The Supreme Court today agreed to consider the plea for an open court hearing on curative petitions filed by gay rights activists against its verdict criminalising homosexuality.

• Gay sex still criminal: Supreme Court refuses to review verdict

  The court today rejected review petitions filed by the Centre and gay rights activists, who said they were "extremely disappointed" but would file another petition soon.

• Gay sex: Petition in Supreme Court for dismissal of Centre's review plea

  A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court for dismissal of Centre's plea seeking review of its judgement on making gay sex an offence in the country. The petition alleged that the review petition is against the constitutional norms as the government cannot ask the court to set aside the penal provision Section 377 of the IPC which is a parliam...

• Blog: Blog: As the proud mother of a lesbian, I object to my child being deemed 'criminal'

  My first reaction to the recent Supreme Court verdict on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes gay sex, was shock and anger. The verdict turned our children criminals overnight. For what? They are just normal people going about their daily lives and suddenly they become criminals in the eyes of the law. Is it not unjust? Is it no...

• Protests held across India against Supreme Court ruling on homosexuality

  From Bangalore to Delhi and Mumbai to Kolkata - 16 cities across India joined the global day of rage by holding symbolic protests against the Supreme Court verdict that once again criminalised homosexuality.

• Kolkata: Gay rights activists hold rally over Supreme Court verdict

  Gay rights activists today took out a rally in the city expressing disappointment over the Supreme Court verdict restoring criminalization of homosexuality, calling it "violation of basic human rights".

• Gay rights protests across India against Supreme Court ruling on homosexuality

  Hundreds of gay rights activists gathered in the national capital and other cities across the country today to protest a decision by the Supreme Court to uphold a law that criminalizes gay sex.

• Agree more with the High Court: Rahul Gandhi on gay rights

  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today expressed his displeasure over the Supreme Court verdict that overturned a High Court verdict decriminalizing gay sex.

• Homosexuality ruling: Government promises urgent steps

  Government today promised urgent steps to overturn the Supreme Court ruling declaring homosexuality as illegal.