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February 12, 2013
Scrap 'archaic' gay sex laws, rights watchdogs tell India

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have urged the Indian government to review legislation criminalizing same-sex relations

Two of the world's leading human rights watchdogs have demanded India scraps its 'archaic and discriminatory' laws against gay sex today (12 February).

Amnesty International and Humans Rights Watch today urged the Indian government to repeal laws including section 377 of the penal code which criminalizes same-sex relations.

Indian president Pranab Mukherjee signed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 on 3 February, reforming many of India's old colonial-era laws on sexual violence, but did not repeal section 377.

February 4, 2013
Thousands march for LGBT pride in Mumbai

Young LGBT people and straight allies speak on stage in Mumbai on Saturday to show their support for Pride, similar march in Hyderabad on Sunday

Mumbai was colored rainbow on Saturday for the fifth Queer Azaadi Mumbai pride march.

Two-thousand people marched for LGBT rights urging the Indian government not to overturn the 2009 Delhi High Court decision to decriminalize gay sex.

'Today we March ! Pride is here!' said one of the organizers Pallav Patankar on Facebook on Saturday.

'I march as a queer citizen of the world's largest democracy to let people know that even I exist!'

June 1, 2012
India sees young LGBTs as a group for the first time

The Indian government has announced a draft youth policy that will regard the LGBT community and HIV/AIDS patients as groups that face stigma and need policy help

The Indian government is trying for the first time to focus on the problems of transgenders, gays and lesbians as a group that needs suitable policy interventions to deal with social or moral stigma.

In the draft national youth policy 2012, India recognizes youth not as a homogenous group but nine ‘target groups’ having differentials based on habitat, environment, socio-economic status of their families and their own lifestyles.

The highlights are the LGBT community and HIV/AIDS patients, who have both been categorised as groups that suffer from stigma.

March 22, 2012
Indian government insists gay sex is ok

Attorney general hopes to end confusion in Delhi supreme court over its stance on Section 377

The Indian government insists that it supports the high court’s decision to decriminalize gay sex.

The announcement by Attorney General G E Vahanvati, follows confusion over the government’s stance on the issue, which is currently being debated again in Delhi supreme court.

Criminalizing gay sex among consenting adults in private is a violation of fundamental rights, Vahanvati said, reported The Times of India.