STATUS OF LGBT

COMMUNITY IN INDIA
SECTION 377 OF THE INDIAN
PENAL CODE
Reversal of 377
September 6, 2018, India's
Supreme Court ruled that consensual
homosexual acts would no longer
constitute a crime.
Court that it was on the side of the
queer community had a positive force in
the discourse about sexuality in public
spaces.
SYNOPTIC TIME LINE IN INDIAN
JUDICIARY:
In April 2014, the Supreme Court of
India ruled in NALSA vs Union of
India that the rights and freedoms of
transgender people in India were
protected under the Constitution.
 In September 2018, the Supreme
Court also decriminalized adult
consensual same-sex relationships in the
Section 377
THE LGBTQ SOCIAL
MOVEMENT:
LGBT MOVEMENT: THE GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE
June 28 marks 51 years since the New
York City police raided the Stonewall
Inn, setting off a series of protests by the
city’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender community that proved to
be a vital catalyst in the movement
against discrimination
LGBT MOVEMENT IN INDIA
In 2001, the Uttar Pradesh police raided
the premises in Lucknow of the Naz
Foundation and Bharosa Trust, both of
which worked in the area of HIV
prevention. Four men, including Arif
Jafar – who led both organisations in the
city– were jailed for more 40 days as the
police claimed that their HIV/AIDS
programmes were the front for a sex
racket.
LGBT SOCIAL MOVEMENT IN
INDIA:
INCLUSIVE OR DIVIDED
MUMBAI DELHI
Mumbai has been open to corporate Delhi, on the other hand, has tried to
money, allowing corporate logos to be remain independent, raising money from
displayed at Pride even before Section the community.
377 was read down
LGBT
MOVEME
the Madras High Court in
April upheld transgender
marriage rights

NT IN
INDIA: April May

UNIFYING
MOMENT
when ace sprinter Dutee
Chand in May announced
that she was in a same-

S
sex relationship
LGBT COMMUNITY AFTER
DECRIMINALIZATION OF
ARTICLE 377
2. INTERNATIONAL
1. UNESCO REPORT
COMMISSION OF JURISTS
School Education Accessibility to public places
Gendered school uniforms
Public toilets
Employment
CONTD …
4. Lessons for LGBTQ social
3. HATE CRIMES
Movements

Instances where lesbians are beaten and
tied in Odisha.
Gay chat apps resulted in rise on
blackmailing
There is no centralised system that
integrates views and thoughts to develop
a strategy on what should come next

Conclusion: Exploted the continued

stigmatization of the community
PRACTICE QUESTION:
OUTLINE THE WAYS THROUGH WHICH THE STIGMATIZATION OF THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY CONTINUED AFTER THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF
SECTION 377?
THANK YOU