Scenes of joy as India finally decriminalises gay sex

In a landmark decision for LGBTQ rights and the community in India, the country’s highest court has decriminalised gay sex.

Five Supreme Court judges struck down the colonial-era Section 377 on Thursday, a ban on gay sex that was rarely applied to consenting adults, but used to stigmatise the LGBTQ community.

“We have to bid adieu to prejudices and to empower all citizens,” Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said while reading the judgment, according to NDTV.

The decision ends a long battle to decriminalise gay sex in India, which began when the British enacted the law in 1861.  Read more…

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