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
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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
India, one year as criminals
In solidarity with India’s struggle for justice and rights, and to honour the one year anniversary of the India Supreme Court decision to re-criminalise LGBT people, we republish the Orinam Section 377 news release. In India, on December 11, public protests and other events were being organised in all major cities, a 68 page book was … Continue reading
167 transgender women detained, then released in India
NLS Queer Alliance reported that some 167 members of the transgender community have been detained in two days in Karnataka state in South West India. The community quickly responded and organised a protest in response yesterday, November 26, at the Town Hall, against the illegality of police action against transgender persons. Perhaps it is no … Continue reading
India: Growing LGBTI openness, despite legal setback
In at least one city in India, the LGBTI community has become more open, reports the Times of India and the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News. This openness comes at a time when Indian LGBTI activists hope they can overturn the country’s anti-gay colonial law, Section 377, which was reinstated by an Indian Supreme … Continue reading
Two slim chances to overturn India’s anti-gay law
India currently has two long-shot chances for overturning its anti-gay colonial law, Section 377, which was reinstated by an Indian Supreme Court decision on Dec. 11, 2013. The ruling Congress Party says it will seek to repeal the law if the party is returned to power in this month’s elections. Unfortunately, the opposition Bharatiya Janata … Continue reading
New court challenge to India’s anti-gay law
Pink News reports: Campaigners in India have begun a new challenge against the Supreme Court’s decision to recriminalise homosexuality. The Naz Foundation, an HIV support group, yesterday filed a curative petition challenging last December’s verdict. It argues that the court made a “mistake” in its judgment and is guilty of a “gross miscarriage of justice”. … Continue reading
India court keeps anti-gay law; next hope, parliament
The Supreme Court of India today refused to reconsider its Dec. 11 ruling that reinstated Section 377, the country’s colonial-era law against homosexual activity. The decision means that efforts to change Section 377 through legislation will take priority, unless opponents of the law succeed through one remaining avenue for judicial appeal, which seems unlikely. Sonia … Continue reading
India turns back the clock, restores anti-gay law
“The Supreme Court of India made gay sex illegal again, taking the country and its people back a hundred years.” That was an LGBT rights supporter’s response to today’s ruling in India’s Supreme Court, which overturned a lower court decision in 2009 that had left India without an enforceable law against homosexual activity. The ruling … Continue reading
