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‘INDIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUEER AF – WE EVEN HAVE A GAY TAJ MAHAL’

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By Prabhash K Dutta, India Today Web Dk: Ne years after the Delhi High Court crimalised homosexual acts among nsentg adults by readg down Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co (IPC), the Supreme Court today began hearg the matter. Implemented 1860 by the Brish lonial lers, Sectn 377 puts homosexualy unr unnatural offenc providg for sentence up to life imprisonment. A bunch of petns challenged the wordgs Sectn 377, "whoever voluntarily has rnal terurse agast the orr of nature wh any man, woman or animal" sayg vlated the rights of a sectn of society reprented by lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenrs (LGBT).

THE SLOW EVOLUTN OF GAY CULTURE INDIA

For Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month, Dennis Zotigh, a cultural specialist at the Natnal Mm of the Amerin Indian, ved Native iends to tell how their tradnal culture saw s LGBTQ members. A Chirihua Apache iend replied, “Now, Dennis, this is a human qutn, not [jt] Native.” We agree. But we also appreciate hearg what Native Amerins have learned, renstcted, or been unable to renstct about this part of our shared history and experience. * gay in indian history *

The Delhi High Court on July 2, 2009 pronounced a judgment makg voluntary homosexual act between adults as legal.

Homosexualy ancient India: 10 potsIn the templ of Khajuraho, there are imag of women erotilly embracg other women and men displayg their genals to each other. Scholars have generally explaed this as an acknowledgement that people engaged homosexual acts.

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India has always been queer AF – we even have a gay Taj Mahal .

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