Saturday, July 03, 2010

India Decriminalises Gay Sex

THE TIMES OF INDIA: NEW DELHI: India took a giant, albeit belated, step towards globalisation on Thursday when the Delhi high court delivered a historic judgement to amend a 149-year-old colonial-era law — Section 377 of the IPC — and decriminalise private consensual sex between adults of the same sex. It is the biggest victory yet for gays rights and a major milestone in the country's social evolution. India becomes the 127th country to take the guilt out of homosexuality. >>> Manoj Mitta & Smriti Singh, TNN | Saturday, July 03, 2010