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Indian Gov't To Support Decriminalization Of Homosexuality

Joe My God  Sep 02 09

Two months ago, the Indian High Court issued a landmark ruling that rolled back British colonial-era laws against homosexuality.
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India: Legal gay sex ruling challenged

Gay News Blog  Jul 21 09

A landmark ruling that legalized gay sex between consenting partners in India was challenged Thursday in the country's high court, lawyers said.
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Ancient India didn't think homosexuality was against nature

Gay News Blog  Jul 20 09

NEW DELHI: Was Indian society tolerant of homosexuality before the colonial administration proscribed it in 1860? The government has taken conflicting positions on this within the country and outside.
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India's Religious Zealots Claim Anal Intercourse Impacts Them

Queerty  Jul 13 09

On Thursday, India's Supreme Court signaled it would hear an appeal to this month's Delhi High Court ruling that decriminalized same-sex sex.
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Bangalore: LGBT Community Rejoices Over Verdict

Gay News Blog  Jul 04 09

BANGALORE, Jul 3 (The Hindu): As soon as the verdict on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was out on Thursday morning, hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their supporters gathered at the United Theological College (UTC) in jubilation.
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Repeal of Sec 377 victory for this lesbian couple

Google Lesbian News / Times of India  Jul 03 09

Repeal of Sec 377 victory for this lesbian coupleTimes of IndiaNAVSARI: Delhi High Court's decision to repeal Article 377 from the Indian Penal Code has come as a boon for this lesbian couple at Dashama temple in .
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Thursday’s News Update

Gay News Bits  Jul 02 09

Thursday’s news updates include: updates on DADT, The Fort Worth Incident, India’s Homosexual Law, A sex sting, Legal affairs and more.
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Delhi HC verdict on panel provision of gay sex likely Toda

Gay News Blog  Jul 02 09

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow on the controversial penal provision on homosexuality even as the government is grappling with the option to scrap it from the statute.
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India’s Stonewall

My So Called Blog  Jul 02 09

The High Court in New Delhi struck down the law criminalizing gay sex. In what many are calling “India’s Stonewall”, the New Delhi High Court on Thursday decriminalized homosexual intercourse between consenting adults, by striking down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
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India Decriminalizes Homosexuality

Rod Online  Jul 02 09

An impromptu rally in the streets of Mumbai as gay rights activists and gays celebrate a groundbreaking ruling by the Delhi High Court that decriminalizes homosexuality The court repealed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that treated consensual gay.
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India: Delhi High Court overturns ban on homosexuality

Pams House blend  Jul 02 09

This is incredible news, as Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code has been repealed in the world's second most populous country.
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HOMOSEXUALITY DECRIMINALIZED IN INDIA

OhLaLaMag  Jul 02 09

I still have an hard time knowing that being who I am will make me a criminal in some countries. But today our friends from India can celebrate since a court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act [source] The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an "unnatural offence".
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India Decriminalizes Gay Sex

Gay News Blog  Jul 02 09

n what many are calling "India's Stonewall", the New Delhi High Court on Thursday decriminalized homosexual intercourse between consenting adults, by striking down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
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Will India Decriminalize Homosexuality? Ruling Imminent

Towleroad  Jul 01 09

The Delhi High Court is set to rule tomorrow on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a law punishing gay sex with up to 10 years in prison.
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India's High Court Set To Rule On Decriminalizing Homosexuality

Joe My God  Jul 01 09

One of the world's largest homosexual populations is anxiously awaiting word on a pending ruling that may decriminalize gay sex.
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Church to oppose legalization of gay sex in India

Google Gay News / Christian Today  Jun 29 09

Telegraph.co.uk Church to oppose legalization of gay sex in IndiaChristian Today - IndiaParticipants dance as they hold a placard demanding the dropping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that makes homosexuality illegal, during a gay .
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India on The Brink

Men of Color  Jun 28 09

Repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code - the section which bans homosexuality - appears to be tantalizingly close.
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