Section 377

Ellen DeGeneres 'Proud' Of Sprinter Dutee Chand For Coming Out As Gay

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Ellen DeGeneres is an advocate for gay rights

Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju In Time's 100 Most Influential

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 18, 2019

The TIME magazine in its list of 100 most influential people of 2019 has included two Indian women lawyers -- Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju -- who spearheaded the legal challenge to strike down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

Won't Allow Gay Sex In The Army, Says Chief General Rawat

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday January 10, 2019

Gay sex will not be allowed in the Indian Army, its chief General Bipin Rawat said on Thursday when asked to comment on the Supreme Court decriminalizing homosexuality.

"Are Children Not Citizens?" Top Court Slams Bihar In Shelter Home Cases

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday November 27, 2018

The Bihar government was pulled up by the Supreme Court today for not filing cases under the relevant law on allegations of sexual assault on children at shelter homes in the state. The top court was hearing a case of multiple rapes at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur when it found faults in the way the Bihar government has been handling cases, as a p...

Ride For Pride Organised By LGBTQ Community To Spread Awareness

CarAndBike Team | Monday November 19, 2018

The riders and supporters gathered at Connaught Place at 7 AM to start the rides which was concluded at the Lodhi Garden crossing Pragati Maidan and the Barapulla Flyover. On the way, they distributed pamphlets about the recent judgement and what does it mean to spread awareness. The pride was organised by the community members and the allies toget...

Sexuality Is Not Free Speech, Says Arun Jaitley On Section 377 Verdict

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 7, 2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said he did not agree with the portion of the historic Supreme Court judgment decriminalising consensual gay sex that called sexuality a part of free speech, as he felt it raises questions on restraining any form of homosexual or bisexual activity in a school hostel, prison or army frontier.

Police Protection For Lesbian Couple Who "Fear For Life" From Parents

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 1, 2018

Two lesbians who want to marry each other but fear that their lives are under threat from their parents rushed to the Delhi High Court on Monday which granted them police protection.

UN Human Rights Chief Praises Supreme Court For Verdict On Section 377

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 26, 2018

The UN's top human rights official cited the "landmark" decision by India's Supreme Court decriminalising consensual gay sex and urged more countries to bring their laws and practices in line with the fundamental equality of all their people.

Post-Section 377, Court Allows Kerala Lesbian Couple To Live Together

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 26, 2018

The Kerala High Court has allowed a lesbian couple to live together, in a significant verdict that came weeks after the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality.

"LGBTQ Community Part Of Society": Mohan Bhagwat Keeps Up With Times

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Thursday September 20, 2018

When the Supreme Court scrapped a part of the 157-year-old Section 377 allowing consensual gay sex between adults, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)agreed with the judgment that homosexuality was not a crime.However, itstressed its opposition towards "this kind of relationship" and maintained its stance that gay relationships aren't "compatible...

TISS, India's First Campus To Start Gender-Neutral Hostel

India News | ANI | Sunday September 16, 2018

After the historic verdict by the Supreme Court to scrap Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalised homosexuality, India has become the first-ever country to have a gender-neutral hostel.

'Pink Dollar' To Boost India's Economy After Gay Sex Legalized

India News | Iain Marlow and Upmanyu Trivedi, Bloomberg | Wednesday September 12, 2018

India's private sector is set to enter a new era of inclusiveness, after a landmark Supreme Court ruling decriminalized homosexuality in a move that's expected to provide a significant boost to the South Asian nation's $2.6 trillion economy.

UP, Kerala Top Number Of Cases Registered Under Section 377

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 9, 2018

Uttar Pradesh, followed by Kerala, topped the list of states where the maximum number of cases was registered for gay sex under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which was partly struck down by the Supreme Court last week.

IITians Who Fought Against Section 377 Celebrate "Empowering" Judgement

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 10, 2018

Tanveen Kaur Randhawa was in her laboratory at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru when the Supreme Court pronounced its judgement striking down article 377, the colonial-era law that banned consensual gay sex.

For Men Arrested Under Anti-Gay Law, Hope After Supreme Court Verdict

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Saturday September 8, 2018

The Supreme Court verdict decriminalising gay sex has finally given some concrete hope to those arrested under the colonial-era Section 377 in India. In some of these instances, court cases have dragged on for close to three decades. Latest crime figures from UP show the state had the maximum number of arrests under the archaic law in 2016 - a mass...