India’s Supreme Court today boosted the chances of overturning the country’s anti-gay law, Section 377, as it declared that all Indian citizens have a fundamental right to privacy. Continue reading
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Indian Supreme Court: Ruling might overturn anti-LGBT law
India’s Supreme Court has raised hopes that it might overturn its 2013 ruling that reinstated the country’s anti-homosexuality law. But the court’s phrasing sounded like a warning that the court doesn’t want to overturn the law. Continue reading
Bangladesh activists seek funds to fight anti-LGBT law
Bangladeshi activists are seeking to raise £25,000 to mount a legal challenge to the country’s colonial-era anti-LGBT law. Continue reading
India: Mumbai couple celebrates a first trans wedding
An Indian couple married in late December in what apparently was the first public transgender wedding in the nation’s largest city, Mumbai. Continue reading
Nearly 1,500 arrested last year under India’s anti-gay law
Almost 1,500 people were arrested last year under Section 377, India’s colonial-era anti-gay law, the Times of India and Equal Eyes reported. It was unclear how many of those arrested, if any, were involved in consensual same-sex relations. Continue reading
Bangladesh, repeal our repressive anti-LGBTI law
London-based Bangladeshi gay rights activist Riaz Osmani today issued this statement seeking the repeal of Bangladesh’s anti-LGBTI law, Section 377 of the Penal Code. That law provides for life imprisonment for anyone who engages in “carnal intercourse against the order of nature,” which the law defines as involving penetration other than heterosexual intercourse. Osmani has … Continue reading
India’s top court will tackle sodomy law
BuzzFeed reports: India’s Supreme Court has scheduled a new hearing in the challenge to the country’s law criminalizing homosexuality, a member of the legal team challenging the law confirmed to BuzzFeed News on Thursday. The lawyer, who declined to comment on the record for this story, said he had been notified by the court’s registrar … Continue reading
After 71-24 loss, petition seeks to end anti-gay law in India
In India, Congress Party member of parliament Shashi Tharoor hasn’t been deterred by the defeat of his private member’s bill to decriminalize homosexuality. When he tabled it on Dec. 18, the bill was immediately voted out of Parliament as soon as it was introduced, with 71 voting “no” and only 24 “yes.” “My Private Member’s … Continue reading
Petition seeks repeal of India’s anti-gay Section 377
LGBTI activists and allies in India today launched a petition seeking the repeal of Section 377, the country’s colonial-era law which provides for as much as a life sentence for anyone convicted of voluntary “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal.” That law had been overturned by the Delhi … Continue reading
At least 587 arrests under Indian anti-sodomy law in 2014
New Delhi media reported that 778 cases were registered and 587 people arrested under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code in 2014 according to Home Ministry statistics. These statistics were gathered starting one month after the December 2013 judgement when the Supreme Court struck down the 2009 Delhi High Court verdict which had decriminalised … Continue reading
