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Applause to the Delhi High Court for invalidating the use of Section 377 against men indulging in gay sex! A triumph to human rights and the government staying out of private sexual matters of its citizens. The Media has in general welcomed this judgment; and thanks to corporates like Amul for espousing the cause. However,…
Homosexuality is practiced in over 1500 species of animals including lions, killer whales and even insects. Man’s evolutionary predecessors also indulge freely in gay love, a classic example being the bonobo apes that make love indiscriminately of gender. Below are some videos about homosexuality in nature – one from the National Geographic (a trustworthy source…
The Delhi High Court is debating IPC Section 377 which is used in India to criminalize homosexuality among other things such as paedophilia. The law, which was introduced to India by the British, is against any form of carnal intercourse or sodomy and includes oral or anal sex between heterosexuals. Arguably, the law has very…
For the first time this year, gay pride was celebrated in four Indian cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. The parades were only little celebration however. In true style of their origins where gay New Yorkers marched to protest the Stonewall riots, they were mostly protestations of the anti-sodomy law under section 377 of…
Homosexuality is still illegal in India, thanks to a British colonial law incorporated in the Indian Penal Code. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code declares homosexuality illegal; it states: “Whoever voluntarily has sex against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or for a…
I have seen and heard of hijras, but I knew nothing about them. The transgendered people have had a long history in India, the country of paradoxes – our orthodoxy and heterodoxy are both vibrant. Sonia Faleiro is a journalist with Tehelka who has accomplished many wonderful works of journalism. Her latest is an interview…
