Sectn 377: An Arduo Journey For Gay Rights

EXPLAED | HOW WE GOT HERE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF LGBT RIGHTS AND LAWS INDIAFROM ANCIENT INDIA TO THE 21ST CENTURY, THE LGBT MUNY HAS FOUND REPRENTATN, FACED OPPRSN MANY FORMS.VISHNU GOPATHPUBLISHED: 06 SEP 2022, 12:39 PM ISTEXPLAERS6 M READISHARE THE QUT DAILY

In India, the ncept of homosexualy has been succsfully kept unr ver for many years.

There is a major issue as the discrimatn agast the LGBTQ muny is highly prevalent the Indian society where people still nsir “gay-sex” a taboo. Even though homosexualy and queer inti have been accepted by the prent Indian youth, but wh the boundari of fai and hom, acceptance remas a nstant stggle for the people of the muny.

This sectn was challenged for the first time 2001, when the Naaz Foundatn, an NGO, approached the Delhi High Court and filed a public tert ligatn, seekg legalisatn of homosexual activi between two nsentg adults. The gay rights activists said that sectn 377 nied a person’s digny and crimalised his re inty solely on the acunt of his sexual preference and th vlat Article 21 of the nstutn. After fightg an 8 years longs legal battle, 2009, a victory for the gay rights activist, the Delhi High urt crimalised sex between two nsentg adults of the same genr.