On September 6, 2018, a historic judgment was made by the Supreme Court of India which decriminalized Section 377 of Indian Penal Code. Supreme Court ruled that consensual adult gay sex is not a crime. The verdict included the members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Queer) community. The LGBTQ community has always been considered as a taboo in the society. The verdict originated a sense of inclusiveness among those members.
Before this verdict, the vast majority of the LGBTQ Indians remained to live double lives, putting on a false front to be heterosexual because of the immense fear of confronting prejudice or impairment and discrimination.
Decriminalization of the severe and mouldy section 377 of Indian Penal Code has marked an end of an era where this brutal law will no longer be able to violate human rights of a certain kind and to foster and facilitate an atmosphere in which millions of people have faced discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Section 377 reads: “Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be Read More
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