{"id":5471,"date":"2018-09-07T14:55:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T14:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelfoundation.org\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:30:20","slug":"india-decriminalizes-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/2018\/09\/07\/india-decriminalizes-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"India Decriminalizes Homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India made the ground breaking decision to decriminalize homosexuality after a 24-year struggle by activists. Channel partner CREA played a key role in this struggle as a founding member of Voices Against 377, a coalition of human rights, women’s rights, queer rights, and child rights groups based in Delhi. On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India made the ground breaking <\/span>decision<\/span><\/a> to decriminalize homosexuality by striking down Section 377 of the country\u2019s penal code, which made private consensual sex between adults of the same sex a crime. This decision comes after a 24-year struggle that began in 1994 when <\/span>ABVA<\/span><\/a>, India\u2019s first AIDS activist movement, filed a petition asking for the repeal of Section 377.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Channel partner <\/span>CREA<\/span><\/a> played a key role in this struggle as a founding member of <\/span>Voices Against 377<\/span><\/a>, a coalition of human rights, women\u2019s rights, queer rights, and child rights groups based in Delhi. This coalition filed an intervention in 2006 in support of the <\/span>Naz Foundation<\/span><\/a>, which had filed a petition in Delhi High Court seeking the legalization of homosexuality.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Voices Against 377 and the other groups working with them faced many obstacles in the fight to get Section 377 removed. Most notable of these obstacles was a 2013 Supreme Court decision to uphold the constitutionality of Section 377, even after the Delhi High Court had overturned the law in 2009.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This meant homosexuality was once again considered criminal conduct in India. Though disappointing, this setback re-energized CREA and their partners in their continued fight for LGBTI rights. The Supreme Court\u2019s decision on September 6 represents a historical victory for human rights in India and a source of hope for the advancement of LGBTI rights globally.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo credit: Voices Against 377 on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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