VICTORY for LGBTI+ rights, liberty and secularism! Gay sex is now lawful – again – in India, as the Supreme Court rules it's “indefensible and manifestly arbitrary” to include sex between consenting adults under the #Section377 law against "unnatural" sex. ft.com/content/341403…
India's Raj-era law on "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" has long been used to persecute gay people. In 2009, the High Court said it did not apply to consenting adults. But religious groups objected and the Supreme Court effectively re-criminalized gay sex in 2013.
Now, prominent LGBT activists have had the decision reviewed and the Supreme Court has ruled that the unnatural sex provision is "indefensible and manifestly arbitrary", effectively re-legalizing gay sex!
It's a huge boost for LGBTI+ rights in India. And at a time when Hindu nationalism has been advancing under the premiership of Narendra Modi, we can *hope* it is a signal that a more rational, liberal, secularist, and pro-human rights culture remains alive in India.
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