India's LGBT+ muny on Friday celebrated the first anniversary of a historic judgment that crimalized gay sex, but mpaigners warned major hurdl lay ahead wh same-sex marriage still "many years" away.
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THE REVERSAL ON GAY RIGHTS INDIA
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‘THERE ARE FEW GAY PEOPLE INDIA’: STIGMA LGERS SPE LEGAL VICTORY
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NEW DELHI (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - India’s LGBT+ muny on Friday celebrated the first anniversary of a historic judgment that crimalized gay sex, but mpaigners warned major hurdl lay ahead wh same-sex marriage still “many years” ’s Supreme Court last year stck down Sectn 377, a lonial-era law that outlawed same-sex relatns, sparkg hop of equaly for the untry’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr populatn. Hundreds of stunts wh rabows pated on their fac scend on a New Delhi llege on Friday and others held parti major Indian ci to memorate the overturng of the ban on gay even those beatg dms and dancg warned that the fight for equal rights, cludg same-sex marriage and servg the ary, had not been won.
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5 ln gay rights activists say the te figure uld be far higher and want thori to spread awarens about gay rights to prevent last year’s verdict om fadg to lg elevated the ncerns of LGBT+ people but has not brought about acceptance, said Simran, a trans-woman who heads the LGBT+ rights group Impulse New Delhi and only one name.