India gay sex

He says in the past six months that's changed - and not just with international visitors. Despite those small steps, there's "still a need for acceptance", one of India's top LGBT organisations believes. Section ruled that gay sex was an "unnatural offence", but the court ruled discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a fundamental violation of rights.

India's LGBTQ Community Is Hopeful As Court Hears Challenge To Gay Sex Ban

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The Supreme Court hearing comes around five years after it reinstated a ban on gay sex - still considered taboo by many in socially conservative India - following a four-year period of decriminalization. Lawyers for the petitioners challenging the law said the homosexuality rule - dating from , when India was under British rule - represented outdated Victorian morals and stifled individual rights.

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Take me as I am says the Chief Justice pronouncing his order on Section The ruling comes as a major respite but conservative Indians might not change their perception of the gay community, say activists. Violence against homosexuals and transgender individuals in India in recent years has ranged from physical beatings and sexual assault to blackmail, bullying and extortion.