Section 377

Four years ago on this day the Supreme Court partially struck down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) decriminalising same-sex relationship between consenting adults.

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In 2013, the Supreme Court had overturned the HC, finding it "legally unsustainable

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It will take decades before we can actually eradicate the stigma of being gay or transgender, as a homophobic population will continue to judge and discriminate

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He stressed that sexuality is only a part of one's identity. He recounted coming out of the closet and how his conservative parents stood by him

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The judge also said that the concern about the need to harmonise pre-Independence or colonial laws with the ethos of constitutional jurisprudence was reflected in the judgment

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