I Was An Officer In The Indian Army, I'm Gay And Very Proud

Contents:

• INDIAN POLICE ARRT THREE WHO TARGETED MEN ON GAY DATG APP
• I WAS AN OFFICER IN THE INDIAN ARMY, I'M GAY AND VERY PROUD
• POLICE VLENCE IN INDIA DRIV A GAY COUPLE TO THE U.S. — AND A DETENTN CELL

INDIAN POLICE ARRT THREE WHO TARGETED MEN ON GAY DATG APP

REUTERS/Aly Song/Illtratn/Fil Acquire Licensg RightsAHMEDABAD, India Feb 15 (Rters) - Indian police said on Tuday they had arrted three members of a gang they acced of beatg up and robbg men ntacted through the e of a gay datg sex is no longer a crimal offence India, but the fear of beg ostracised or ridiculed prompts several among the South Asian natn's LGBT muny to keep their sexual inty secret, makg them easy prey for the unscpulo. Jaja, a police officer Ahmedabad, the ma cy of the wtern state of Gujarat, where the arrts were add that the acced ed the gay datg app Grdr to fd potential victims, before lurg them to seclud areas to be beaten up or robbed, some s through forcible bank were bettg their victims would keep quiet for fear that their preferenc would be exposed, but one plaed to police.

Officials of Grdr did not immediately rpond to qutns about the recent years Grdr has pledged a "zero tolerance policy" toward racism, transphobia and other discrimatn as the datg app looks to crack down on abive the Supreme Court crimalised gay sex 2018, public opn India's biggt ci has favoured scrappg the lonial-era law on the matter, but relig groups and nservative ral muni rema opposed.

I WAS AN OFFICER IN THE INDIAN ARMY, I'M GAY AND VERY PROUD

Millns of gay Indians sudnly beme crimals when the Indian Supreme Court rtored the untry's sodomy law December. That's how he met Manr, now 25, who also traed as a knew om a young age that he was gay, but when his parents picked a bri for him at 16, he married her whout argument.

POLICE VLENCE IN INDIA DRIV A GAY COUPLE TO THE U.S. — AND A DETENTN CELL

Had they known he was gay, he said, "they would kill me at once.