India's Supreme Court is hearg arguments the historic se this week, years after crimalized gay sex. India uld bee the send place Asia to allow marriage equaly, after Taiwan.
Contents:
- SRABH KIRPAL: THE MAN WHO ULD BE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
- GAY UPL INDIA ASK SUPREME COURT TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- INDIA'S SUPREME COURT STRIK DOWN BAN ON GAY SEX
- INDIA'S SUPREME COURT TURNS THE CLOCK BACK WH GAY SEX BAN
- FOUR UPL ARE PETNG INDIA'S SUPREME COURT TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
- INDIAN LGBT ACTIVISTS OUTRAGED AS SUPREME URT RESTAT GAY SEX BAN
SRABH KIRPAL: THE MAN WHO ULD BE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
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"I'm very optimistic and have great fah the judiciary, " Ms Guswamy, whose team is reprentg six same-sex unn s urt, told the of her optimism e om readg the December 2018 judgement that crimalised gay sex - "the thg that stck me most was that the urt emphasised the right to choice of partner and that mak me very optimistic", she said.
"Homosexualy is not a disease, " the IPS said, addg that discrimatn agast LGBTQ+ people uld "lead to mental health issu them" IPS statement rri some heft - a siar statement supportg crimalisg gay sex 2018 had been referred to by the Supreme Court s judgement.
The Supreme Court 2018 stck down a lonial-era law that ma gay sex punishable by up to 10 years prison, and is now hearg arguments a se to legalize same-sex marriage.
GAY UPL INDIA ASK SUPREME COURT TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Four gay upl have asked India's Supreme Court to regnise same-sex marriag, settg the stage for a legal face-off wh Prime Mister Narendra Modi's ernment which has the past refed to legalise such marriag. * gay supreme court india *
" 18 upl have petned the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage Dai's reactn to her son tellg her he was gay was so remarkable that her phone number quickly circulated among members of Mumbai's LGBTQ+ muny.
INDIA'S SUPREME COURT STRIK DOWN BAN ON GAY SEX
A landmark judgment by India’s hight urt has overturned a lonial-era law that crimaliz nsensual gay sex * gay supreme court india *
Some of India's biggt silver-screen stars have played queer rol, cludg Rajkummar Rao, who played a gay police officer the 2022 film Badhaai Do, and Sonam Kapoor, who played a lbian 2019's Ek Ladki Dekha Toh Aisa Laga. It is the latt a seri of urt cisns to challenge the untry’s nservative mor, and uld have major implitns for the rights of women and gay urt led favor of Deepika Sgh, a nurse whose employer, a ernment medil stute northern India, had nied her applitn for materny leave after she gave birth bee she had already taken leave to re for her hband’s children om a prev marriage.
In recent years, the urt has creasgly phed back agast India’s societal norms on genr and sexualy, an apparent nod to the fact that many Indians themselv are rejectg those a landmark lg 2014, the urt regnized transgenr people as a third genr servg equal accs to legal protectns and social welfare Supreme Court crimalized homosexualy 2018, overturng one of the world’s olst bans on nsensual gay September, the urt opened the door for women to pursue ary reers at the hight levels, and May, orred the police to rpect the right for women to engage the groundbreakg lg on homosexualy, activists have been petng urts to legalize gay marriage, and to extend the benefs of marriage to same-sex domtic partnerships, as well as to allow same-sex upl to foster and adopt effort has bumped up agast a plex approach to acmodatg India’s relig India, marriage is erned by a set of relig, personal laws, which date to the lonial era and vary among fahs, and by a secular law lled the Special Marriage Act. It's wily believed that Prime Mister Narendra Modi's ernment is likely to accept Mr Kirpal's name the g 2018, the Supreme Court crimalised gay sex a landmark lg which was seen as a huge victory for the untry's LGBTQ populatn - Mr Kirpal was the lawyer for two key petners the se.
INDIA'S SUPREME COURT TURNS THE CLOCK BACK WH GAY SEX BAN
India's Supreme Court on Wednday restated a ban on gay sex the world's largt mocracy, followg a four-year perd of crimalizatn that had helped brg homosexualy to the open the socially nservative untry. * gay supreme court india *
Image source, NurPhotoImage ptn, In 2018, the Supreme Court crimalised gay sex a landmark 2020, he said he was two mds about his name beg sent for the post, but eventually agreed bee he thought he uld be a role mol for the LGBTQ muny.
FOUR UPL ARE PETNG INDIA'S SUPREME COURT TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
Five years ago, India crimalized gay sex. Now, four gay and lbian upl are petng India's Supreme Court to take the next step: Legalize gay marriage. * gay supreme court india *
Mr Kirpal has said that he nsirs two people as his biggt fluenc the field of law - his father and Mr Kirpal's father, BN Kirpal, served as India's chief D Rangnekar, a former journalist and thor of Straight to Normal: My Life as a Gay Man, said the remendatn was a "historic" moment for the muny.
INDIAN LGBT ACTIVISTS OUTRAGED AS SUPREME URT RESTAT GAY SEX BAN
India's Supreme Court crimalized gay sex 2018. In January, the urt accepted a petn om four LGBTQ upl to legalize same-sex marriage. It is set to hear arguments on Monday. * gay supreme court india *
Notably, this same urt granted certa rights to the transgenr muny 2014, clared privacy a nstutnal right 2017, crimalized gay sex 2018 and expand protectns for "atypil" fai 2022.
The Indian Psychiatric Society, the untry's largt anizatn of mental health profsnals, issued a statement last week reeratg that homosexualy is not a disease and that nyg people their civil rights may lead to mental health issu.
REUTERS/Anhree FadnavisSummarySupreme Court to hear gay marriage se JanuaryFour gay upl say nied basic fundamental rightsModi ernment has opposed same-sex marriageCase seen as key tt for Modi ernmentNEW DELHI, Dec 19 (Rters) - Four gay upl have asked India's Supreme Court to regnise same-sex marriag, settg the stage for a legal face-off wh Prime Mister Narendra Modi's ernment which has the past refed to legalise such a historic verdict 2018, India's top urt crimalised homosexualy by scrappg a lonial-era ban on gay sex.