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Contents:
- FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
- THE SLOW EVOLUTN OF GAY CULTURE INDIA
- GAY & LESBIAN VAISHNAVA ASSOCIATION
- IN INDIA, GAY, LBIAN AND TRANS PEOPLE N FACE WCHDOCTORS, EXORCISTS AND 'RRECTIVE RAPE'
FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
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Not much is known about early views on homosexualy and the LGBTQ+ muny the civilizatns, but wh the emergence of the Vedic age me ancient Hdu texts which ntaed referenc to homosexualy and the “third genr. Another example of the exploratn of homosexualy Indian culture n be seen the Kamasutra, an ancient text which talks pth about same-sex terurse. It is clear that India still has a very long way to go terms of stigmatizg homosexualy and beg a part of the LGBTQ+ muny, both a cultural and legislative sense.
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
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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. The nth chapter of the Kamasutra of Vatsyayana -- posed around 4th century BC, talks about oral sexual acts (Auparistaka), homosexualy and also of siar activi among transgenrs (triya prakri). But the book mak a duty of the kg to punish those dulgg homosexualy and expects the ler to fight agast the "social evil".
Ancient Indian texts, scriptns and patgs on temple walls, clearly, don't approve of homosexualy, but the repeated referenc do acknowledge s existence those days. This article is Part I of a three-part article seri that will discs the history of homosexualy India pre-lonial and lonial tim and the crimalisatn of Sectn 377.
GAY & LESBIAN VAISHNAVA ASSOCIATION
June is Pri Month and 's a good time to look back at the history of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr (LGBT) movement India. Here's a brief timele of the major events: - Durg Brish le 1860, homosexual terurse was nsired unnatural and was clared a crimal offence unr Chapter 16, Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co. - After pennce, on * gay history in india *
Deepanshi Mehrotra, this article, as part of this seri, will bunk the ‘wtern ialogy’ argument, unterg through lerary and graphic evince of homosexualy visible across India’s monuments and Deepanshi Mehrotra, a law graduate om Symbsis Law School Pune, Maharashtra. They believe that this judgment took India back to s roots, where love was celebrated and accepted all s Brishers proscribed nsensual ‘homosexual nduct’ by troducg Sectn 377 the Indian Penal Co 1861.
IN INDIA, GAY, LBIAN AND TRANS PEOPLE N FACE WCHDOCTORS, EXORCISTS AND 'RRECTIVE RAPE'
However, crimalisg homosexualy reflected European moraly based on relig beliefs (primarily Christian beliefs) more than Indian stcts. Gog by the relig texts and history, pre-lonial India seemed much more tolerant towards owng of the primary arguments agast homosexualy stat that fi Indian cultural valu and morals, termg unnatural. History of Homosexualy India: Speakg om Lerary EvinceHdu ScripturThe fluidy of genr, for humans and yakshas, is an acknowledged ncept ancient India.