#Section377 defanged, many #homosexuals #trapped in #hetero #marriages take #divorce route out.
Because no #matrimonial #law mentions #sexualpreference as #grounds for #divorce, forcing #lawyers to #creatively describe the #reasons for the #annulment.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Politics #Family #Relationships #Marriage #Divorce #Law #Decriminalization
At the end of #PrideMonth, assessing the #LGBTQIA+ #communities’ #rights
The #decriminalisation of #Section377 in 2018 was a huge victory for #LGBTQIA+ #communities, but the road towards #equality before the #law is long
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New criminal law Bill omits Section 377: How this impacts men and trans persons
Despite a Parliamentary Committee’s recommendation to retain Section 377, the reintroduced Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill omits it, making the rape of men, transgender individuals, and animals non-offences.
#BharatiyaNyahaSanhita #CriminalLawBill #section377 #rape #transpersons #SexualViolence #law #india
#LGBTQ+ #Trailblazers On #Allyship, #QueerMarriage And Navigating A Post-#Section377 #India.
#Filmmaker #Onir, The #GayGaze's #Gurleen and a #queer #journalist talk to #TheQuint on what progress looks like 5 years after the #Section377 #ruling.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Decriminalisation
In a post-377 India, LGBTQ+ individuals face new challenges in their fight for equality. In this candid interview, three queer pioneers discuss allyship, queer marriage, and what the future holds for the community.
#LGBTQ #Indians still #haunted by #trauma in years since nation lifted #gay #sex #ban, says #judge.
#PM #NarendraModi’s #government has #opposed #legalising #samesexmarriage, an #issue that #India’s #SupremeCourt is expected issue a #ruling on in the coming weeks
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SouthAsia #India #Section377 #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
'Feels Like Yesterday': #Indian's #Celebrate 5 Years Of #Section377 #Decriminalisation
The #unanimous #landmark #decision, led by then-#ChiefJustice #DipakMisra and the #SupremeCourt of #India, was #pivotal.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Section377 #Progress #Decriminalisation
6 September 2023 marks five years since the decriminalization of homosexuality in India. Social media platforms are abuzz with users sharing their heartfelt reactions to the historic judgement scrapping down section 377.
#Author, #columnist #SandipRoy #pens a #heartfelt #piece on 'finding a sense of #home' this #PrideMonth
The #post-#Section377 #movement for #LGBT #equality is about many #issues that go way beyond #rainbow #stickers and #pink #cocktails during #PrideMonth
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture
It's wild that #India's government has more of a problem with same-sex marriage than with #trans rights, and that trans existence is less controversial in India than in the UK, US or other Western states.
The upcoming Supreme Court decision can go quite a number of directions regarding the registration of same-sex unions under Indian law, but the Indian government and the governing BJP really did not try to preempt this case despite international trends of the last two decades. They should have seen this case coming after #Section377 was struck down.
#Argument That #Children Of #SameSexMarriage Will Be #Impacted Incorrect: #SupremeCourt
The #SupremeCourt #ConstitutionBench led by #CJIChandrachud put forward that post-#decriminalisation of #Section377, #homosexual #individuals are allowed to #adopt #children
https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/children-of-same-sex-marriage-supreme/
The Supreme Court countered the argument that children of same-sex marriage might be impacted as their parents are homosexuals. The Supreme Court bench led by CJI Chandrachud put forward that post-decriminalisation of 377, homosexual individuals are allowed to adopt a child. Therefore, if the child is not impacted by the…
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