A landmark lg legalised gay sex the untry 2018, yet the LGBT muny still face stigma and vlence
Contents:
- 'I N MAKE YOU STRAIGHT THREE MONTHS': INSI INDIA'S GAY NVERSN DTRY
- ‘THERE ARE FEW GAY PEOPLE INDIA’: STIGMA LGERS SPE LEGAL VICTORY
- INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS PARENTS WANTED HIM TO HAVE 'NVERSN BRA SURGERY'
'I N MAKE YOU STRAIGHT THREE MONTHS': INSI INDIA'S GAY NVERSN DTRY
Explore our gay travel gui to India featurg LGBTQ+ safety tips, gay rights , top ci & attractns, where to stay and more! * is india gay friendly *
Through our own viss and those of the handful of LGBTQ+ tour operators who lead trips there, India is hospable and welg to all visors – cludg gay or lbian upl or groups.
In September 2018, homosexualy was ma legal India once aga after was crimalized 2013 and prevly crimalized 2009.
‘THERE ARE FEW GAY PEOPLE INDIA’: STIGMA LGERS SPE LEGAL VICTORY
Dpe beg wily discreded, gay nversn therapy is still practised by doctors India who are profg om the spair of LGBT+ people who feel rejected by this eply relig and tradnal society. * is india gay friendly *
One aspect of lol life that often surpris gay visors to India is the open affectn that Indian men display wh other men.
We terviewed several gay tour operators cludg Bryan Herb om Zoom Vatns (listed as a rource below), Robert Sharp om Out Adventur, and Zach Mos om HE Travel, who have equently traveled to India, and they all report feelg credibly wele. However, is a socially nservative untry and the suatn wh LGBT rights India has been changg que rapidly, wh progrs and setbacks happeng every few years; so ’s unrstandable that gay travellers might wonr whether ’s the bt statn for them to choose. In a landmark judgement on 6 September 2018, India’s Supreme Court led to crimalize gay sex, somethg LGBT activists had been battlg for for 20 years.
INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS PARENTS WANTED HIM TO HAVE 'NVERSN BRA SURGERY'
This is excellent news for gay travellers, although they should be aware that might take a b longer for attus to tch up.
Until September 2018 those ught engagg homosexual sex uld be punished by up to 10 years prison unr Sectn 377 of the penal , a haner om the Brish Empire Victorian tim. Although was not often ed to arrt, the law was regularly ed to timidate and reprs the gay muny and LGBT rights India were mimal. The historic cisn September 2018 clud not only crimalisatn but also an apology to the gay muny and was weled by the LGBT muny India and beyond.
Luckily, there are activists and mpaigners fightg for more visibily and acceptance for the gay muny and for more tn schools. Even before the change law, gay travellers uld feel nfint that a trip to India would be safe and enjoyable, if they were aware of their surroundgs and were reful about public displays of affectn. As many non-gay-iendly untri, tourists and travellers tend to be exempt om the same prsur as lols (although, havg said that, the Pk Rupee tourism market has been growg for a while).