Section 377 Verdict

Arun Jaitley on Section 377 verdict: 'Disagree with Supreme Court's reasoning that sexuality is part of free speech'

Arun Jaitley said he did not agree with the portion of the historic Supreme Court judgment decriminalising consensual gay sex that called sexuality a part of free speech

UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet cites Indian Supreme Court's ruling on homosexuality, urges more countries to amend laws

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, during the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual and Intersex (LGBTI) Core Group event — 'Violence against LGBTI Individuals: Extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions' — on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly here on Tuesday, said that change is happening around the world.

Section 377 scrapped: Queer activists recount their most significant memories in the run-up to the verdict

For queer activists, it's been a long and arduous journey that led to the historic 6 September ruling scrapping Section 377

TISS LGBTQ community denounces student's 'personal attack' on queer member, calls it disservice to cause of creating safe space

The 'Queer Collective' group of gay members at the TISS alleged that the comment was directed at the cultural secretary of the students' union during a gathering last Friday.

Section 377 verdict: Hansal Mehta, Onir, Shakun Batra discuss queer representation in Indian cinema

Three directors, known to have made iconic films about the LGBTQI community, about what the future holds after the scrapping of Section 377

Uttar Pradesh and Kerala top list of cases registered under Section 377 of Indian Penal Code

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), as many as 2,195 gay sex cases were registered under Section 377 in 2016, 1,347 in 2015 and 1,148 cases in 2014.

Section 377 is gone, but the fact that it took 71 years, and a court to do it, raises questions on Indian democracy

While one should be grateful that India has finally done away with Section 377, a law it should never have had in independent India, one should ponder about why it remained for 71 years and why it took a court to outlaw it

'Overwhelmed, emotional, jubilant': 'People's verdict' on homosexuality moved us, say IITians who petitioned against Section 377

The petitioners are all members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, and represent Pravriti – an informal network of more than 350 LGBT alumni, students and faculty from across India's 12 IITs.

Section 377 verdict: 158-yr-old anti-homosexuality law was based on legislation passed by Henry VIII in 1533, notes SC

The Supreme Court, which unanimously struck down part of the British-era law that criminalised gay sex, has traced the history of Section 377 in its judgment back to the reign of King Henry VIII in 1533.

Section 377 verdict: Acceptance of homosexuality more than doubled from 1990 to 2014, reveals survey

Justification for homosexuality more than doubled in India during 1990-2014 with 58 percent Indians now okay with having a homosexual as their neighbour, up from nine percent seen in 1990, reveals data