#Section377 defanged, many #homosexuals #trapped in #hetero #marriages take #divorce route out.
Because no #matrimonial #law mentions #sexualpreference as #grounds for #divorce, forcing #lawyers to #creatively describe the #reasons for the #annulment.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Politics #Family #Relationships #Marriage #Divorce #Law #Decriminalization
At the end of #PrideMonth, assessing the #LGBTQIA+ #communities’ #rights
The #decriminalisation of #Section377 in 2018 was a huge victory for #LGBTQIA+ #communities, but the road towards #equality before the #law is long
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Activism #EqualRights #Representation #Culture
New criminal law Bill omits Section 377: How this impacts men and trans persons
Despite a Parliamentary Committee’s recommendation to retain Section 377, the reintroduced Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill omits it, making the rape of men, transgender individuals, and animals non-offences.
#BharatiyaNyahaSanhita #CriminalLawBill #section377 #rape #transpersons #SexualViolence #law #india
#LGBTQ+ #Trailblazers On #Allyship, #QueerMarriage And Navigating A Post-#Section377 #India.
#Filmmaker #Onir, The #GayGaze's #Gurleen and a #queer #journalist talk to #TheQuint on what progress looks like 5 years after the #Section377 #ruling.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Decriminalisation
#LGBTQ #Indians still #haunted by #trauma in years since nation lifted #gay #sex #ban, says #judge.
#PM #NarendraModi’s #government has #opposed #legalising #samesexmarriage, an #issue that #India’s #SupremeCourt is expected issue a #ruling on in the coming weeks
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SouthAsia #India #Section377 #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
'Feels Like Yesterday': #Indian's #Celebrate 5 Years Of #Section377 #Decriminalisation
The #unanimous #landmark #decision, led by then-#ChiefJustice #DipakMisra and the #SupremeCourt of #India, was #pivotal.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Section377 #Progress #Decriminalisation
भारतीय दंड संहिता की धारा 377 के दुरुपयोग पर सर्वोच्च न्यायालय द्वारा रोक लगाये जाने के निर्णय की आज 5 वीं वर्षगांठ हैं । उक्त निर्णय की मूल प्रति निम्नोक्त वेबलिंक पर उपलब्ध हैं । https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2016/14961/14961_2016_Judgement_06-Sep-2018.pdf
#Section377 #6thSeptember2018 #FifthAnniversary #ConsensualSexualAct
#Author, #columnist #SandipRoy #pens a #heartfelt #piece on 'finding a sense of #home' this #PrideMonth
The #post-#Section377 #movement for #LGBT #equality is about many #issues that go way beyond #rainbow #stickers and #pink #cocktails during #PrideMonth
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture
#Argument That #Children Of #SameSexMarriage Will Be #Impacted Incorrect: #SupremeCourt
The #SupremeCourt #ConstitutionBench led by #CJIChandrachud put forward that post-#decriminalisation of #Section377, #homosexual #individuals are allowed to #adopt #children
https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/children-of-same-sex-marriage-supreme/
Union #Government did not #publicise #Section377 #judgement despite #court #order, #RTIs reveal.
In 2018 Justice #RFNariman, in the #NavtejSinghJohar vs #UnionofIndia #judgement, passed an #order directing the Union government to take measures to publicise the #judgement
#LGBTQIA #India #Sexuality #Intimacy
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/union-govt-did-not-publicise-section-377-judgement-despite-court-order-rtis-reveal-176090
Five years after landmark #SupremeCourt #Section377 #decision, #queer #community hopes for an epoch
SC Refers Pleas on Same-Sex Marriage to Constitution Bench, to Hear Matter from April 18
A bench led by CJI Chandrachud said "submissions involve the interplay between constitutional rights on the one hand and specific legislative enactments".
#SameSexMarriage #LGBTQIA #queer #LGBT #gender #SupremeCourt #UnionGovt #HumanRights #RightToLove #law #section377 #india
Justice Indu Malhotra's judgment didn't break any new ground beyond the other opinions, but does include something that has been missing from our discourse on rights and their violation: an apology.
She also clarified what would happen in pending cases under #Section377
7/n
Justice Chandrachud’s judgment is the longest of the four, covering all the issues raised by the other judges in comprehensive detail.
However, it sets itself apart in its analysis on 'indirect' discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community because of #Section377
6/n
Justice Rohinton Nariman held that the criminalisation of consensual homosexual acts was manifestly arbitrary.
He also had some powerful words on how constitutional morality trumps majoritarianism, courts have to take action when fundamental rights are at risk. #Section377
5/n
CJI Dipak Mishra's opinion is a paean to self-determination, and an affirmation of the importance of choices to our right to dignity and privacy.
#Section377
4/n
2 years since the SC's #Section377 judgment - the last time we saw a pro-rights, transformational verdict we could be proud of.
Do note, however that aspects of it seem to have been forgotten, from Nariman's awareness directions, to emphasis on autonomy.
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/supreme-court-judgment-four-judges-on-section-377
Tomorrow, 6th Sept. '19, marks the first anniversary of the #Navtej Singh Johar judgement which decriminalized the intimate lives of #LGBTQIA+ persons in #India.
If you are in #bangalore come down to the Alternate Law Forum at 18:00 to talk about the judgement, what has changed over the last year and the road forward.
(I might live toot the event here for the benefit of those who live in countries where being #queer is still illegal)
