Hundreds of people danced, sang and cheered a gay pri para India's pal on Sunday, the first sce the untry's top urt restated a ban on gay sex the world's largt mocracy.
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- HUNDREDS MARCH NEW DELHI FOR GAY PRI MODI'S INDIA
- INDIA GAY PRI PARA SHOWS HOPE FOR COUNTRY WHERE BEG GAY IS STILL A CRIME
- INDIAN GAY PRI PARA DRAWS THOANDS
HUNDREDS MARCH NEW DELHI FOR GAY PRI MODI'S INDIA
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NEW DELHI (Rters) - Hundreds of people danced, sang and cheered a gay pri para India’s pal on Sunday, the first sce the untry’s top urt restated a ban on gay sex the world’s largt balloons, masquera masks and wigs, a huge rabow flag and a St. Participants chantg “Azaadi” (eedom) and shoutg slogans such as “I’m gay, that’s OK” rried banners and plards mandg their right to love.
Deal wh , ” said Mohnish Kabir Malhotra, 27, a publicist and one of the anizers of this year’s December, India’s Supreme Court threw out a 2009 lg by a lower urt that had crimalized gay sex, sayg only parliament uld repeal Sectn 377 of India’s penal which bans sex agast the orr of Brish lonial-era law is wily terpreted to mean homosexual sex, and n be punished wh up to 10 years jail. Many choose to hi their sexualy for fear of participants said they had ltle fah that Prime Mister Narendra Modi’s ernment would revoke Sectn 377, spe havg a majory the lower hoe of CONSERVATIVEModi’s lg Bharatiya Janata Party is a right-wg natnalist outf perceived to be more nservative than the prev Congrs-led has not publicly mented on the issue of homosexualy, although his lleague Rajnath Sgh had lled gay sex “unnatural” the wake of the December urt lg.
Some BJP policians such as An Jaley have said that gay sex should be crimalized.
INDIA GAY PRI PARA SHOWS HOPE FOR COUNTRY WHERE BEG GAY IS STILL A CRIME
A poster at the para picted Modi’s face filled wh the lors of the rabow, the symbol of the gay rights movement, and the ptn “I love Am Shah”, referrg to the print of Modi’s polil participants said the prime mister did not mean the gay muny any harm.
The streets of New Delhi were awash rabow lors on Sunday as hundreds of gay rights activists marched the 10th annual Queer Pri para. The untry's gay pri march is particularly noteworthy bee India, gay sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison. "The march on Sunday showed the growg support for gay rights India and the willgns of Indians to stand up for the issue.
INDIAN GAY PRI PARA DRAWS THOANDS
A participant displays a piece of cloth wh lors of the rabow as gay rights activists and their supporters march durg a gay pri para New Delhi, India, Nov. 12, om Getty ImagIndian members and supporters of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr (LGBT) muny take part a pri para New Delhi on November 12, 2017. Hundreds of members of the LGBT muny marched through the Indian pal for the 10th annual Delhi Queer Pri om Getty ImagIndian members and supporters of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr (LGBT) muny take part a pri para New Delhi on November 12, 2017.
Two participants hold hands and dance as gay rights activists and their supporters march durg a gay pri para New Delhi, India, Nov. 12, APEmbed om Getty ImagAn Indian supporter of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr (LGBT) muny wearg a pollutn mask hold a plard as he tak part a pri para New Delhi on November 12, 2017. Participants displays a rabow flag and cheer as gay rights activists and their supporters march durg a gay pri para New Delhi, India, Nov.