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Contents:

• INDIAN GAY UPL BEG LEGAL BATTLE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• 10 BT GAY-FRIENDLY HOTELS IN DELHI, INDIA
• IN INDIA, GAY, LBIAN AND TRANS PEOPLE N FACE WCHDOCTORS, EXORCISTS AND 'RRECTIVE RAPE'
• GAY DELHI DELHI CY GUI
• GAY CISG MODI’S INDIA
• DELHI GAY TRAVEL
• IS THERE ANY GAY CLUB DELHI? - NEW DELHI FOM
• NEW DELHI GAY SNAS & MASSAGE
• INDIA GAY TRAVEL
• INDIAN GAY ONLE DATG SE

INDIAN GAY UPL BEG LEGAL BATTLE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Except no one else knew about the gay uple’s was 2008. Homosexualy was yet to ga a gree of acceptance eply nservative India, wh many gay upl facg stigma and isolatn. So Saxena and Kotia took their time, watchg om a distance how people’s acceptance of homosexualy was changg.

10 BT GAY-FRIENDLY HOTELS IN DELHI, INDIA

Over the years, as Indian society beme more acceptg of homosexualy and much of the untry’s LGBTQ muny began celebratg their sexualy openly, the uple cid to make their relatnship known to their iends and fay. Three other gay upl have filed siar petns that will be heard by the untry’s top urt March. If legalized, India would bee the send enomy Asia after Taiwan to regnize same-sex marriage, a signifint right for the untry’s LGBTQ muny more than four years after the top urt crimalized gay sex.

The historic lg 2018 that stck down a lonial-era law that had ma gay sex punishable by up to 10 years prison expand nstutnal rights for the gay muny. The cisn was seen as a landmark victory for gay rights, wh one judge sayg would “pave the way for a better future.

”India’s Supreme Court has, however, signaled uld challenge the ernment’s January, s llegium — prisg the Chief Jtice of India and two Jtic — said the ernment was opposg a gay judge’s nomatn part bee of his sexual orientatn. Gay upl and LGBTQ activists argue that by refg to regnize same-sex marriage, the ernment is privg homosexual upl of their right to equaly enshred the nstutn and opportuni enjoyed by married heterosexual upl. Gay and lbian upl are not allowed to have children born wh the help of an Indian surrogate mother.

IN INDIA, GAY, LBIAN AND TRANS PEOPLE N FACE WCHDOCTORS, EXORCISTS AND 'RRECTIVE RAPE'

Many such upl believe that legal regnn of same-sex marriage would not jt be a val step toward equaly but also rult more people g out as homosexuals and strengtheng their relatnship wh the state. Homosexualy has long rried a stigma India’s tradnal society, even though there has been a shift attus toward same-sex upl recent years. India now has openly gay celebri and some high-profile Bollywood films have alt wh gay issu.

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Acrdg to a Pew survey, acceptance of homosexualy India creased by 22 percentage pots to 37% between 2013 and many same-sex upl ntue to face harassment many Indian muni, whether Hdu, Mlim or December, India’s LGBTQ muny found support om an unexpected quarter. Mohan Bhagwat’s ments, which uld force the ernment to reasss s posn, were a parture om the group’s long-held views on homosexualy, which has a tangled history India, even though some of Hduism’s most ancient texts are acceptg of same-sex upl. We have always wrten about (homosexualy), talked about , and discsed , ” said Vana.

”They hope the walks will help people see that homosexualy and transgenr inti are herent to Indian culture. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

GAY CISG MODI’S INDIA

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

DELHI GAY TRAVEL

Gay & Lbian Communy! India's emergg gay scene, while largely still the shadows, is most active and visible Delhi.

Multiple gay-themed events happen regularly, rotatg between var iendly venu and announced by SMS and email rather than promoted publicly.

Expect much of untry's expandg gay and GLBT-iendly bs muny to be based here.

IS THERE ANY GAY CLUB DELHI? - NEW DELHI FOM

Navigatg the lol gay scene is easy wh our teractive Utopia Map of Gay & Lbian Delhi / New Delhi:. Support group for Hdi-speakg gay men and other MSM meets every Sat om 6-8pm.

Gay and lbian-iendly travel agents providg one-stop, tailor-ma travel plans for travelers gog to India, Nepal, Thailand, Maldiv, Mri, Sri Lanka and Indian islands among many statns. Delhi has several gay party anizers who throw gay gathergs on weekends at otherwise straight nightclubs on a changg basis.

NEW DELHI GAY SNAS & MASSAGE

The clubs listed below have an tablished and regular gay clientele. A long-nng venue to meet people om the gay muny.

Small dis on two levels wh a gay party every Tu night. Some gays cise at the founta area ont of this high end shoppg mall the early evengs. Click here for Delhi / New Delhi snas for Delhi Listgs: General Informatn | Massage and SpasSnasIndia Gay & Lbian Rource Listgs by Cy:Bagalore / Bengalu | Kolkata / CalcuttaMumbai | other ci and provc.

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She fally fled home, fearg she might be forcibly married, or her father would send someone to rape her to change her sexualy, a hate crime known as "rrective rape" was eventually granted protectn by a Delhi urt when her parents tried to track her this was a time when homosexualy was still illegal India n be a dangero place for a gay woman, and Sonia scribed the ensug years on the n as "a lot of mental torture, emotnal torture, fancial torture". Jt like Sonia, a young gay uple the untry's south went to a judge for this time, the judge ma history.

INDIAN GAY ONLE DATG SE

"I have no hatn acceptg that I too belong to the majory of moners who are yet to prehend homosexualy pletely, " Jtice N Anand Venkath wrote his orrs hand down June. 'We felt like we have created history' Jtice N Anand Venkath directed the Indian ernment and stat to ban nversn therapy and to act agast any person tryg to "cure" homosexualy. "Gay Indians still targeted by 'exorcists' and 'shamans' Sonia Sghal has appld the Madras High Court's lg, but she fears s lgs will have ltle impact beyond the state of Ta Nadu, where Shha and Sheema's se was heard.

On the sis of the roads ci and towns, unregulated self-proclaimed medil experts — or quacks — n offer unproven remedi for a range of claim to have cur for homosexualy. Self-proclaimed medil experts set up shop New Delhi and offer what they claim are "cur" for homosexualy. (ABC News: Som Patidar)When the ABC vised five quack therapist tents around Delhi, two of them admted to offerg therapi to treat homosexualy.