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Serving Southern California’s South Asian LGBT*Q community since 1997
India Journal
Vigil in Artesia to Protest India’s Anti-Gay Ruling
Protests against the recent Indian Supreme Court ruling reinstating Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) spread past the Indian border as the local LGBTQ group Satrang hosted a candlelight vigil Dec. 13 here to express their disbelief and solidarity with their comrades in India….
Buzzfeed
95 Incredible Images Of The World Raging Against India’s Ban On Same-Sex Intercourse
From Mumbai to Boston, more than 30 cities across the world united on Sunday’s Global Day of Rage to fight for India’s LGBT community after the country’s Supreme Court upheld Section 377 of the Constitution criminalizing homosexuality.
Satrang is #61!! …..
India West
Thousands Rally in U.S. Opposing Indian Ban on Gay Sex
Thousands of people in the U.S. participated in rallies Dec. 13 and 15 to protest a recent Indian Supreme Court decision which criminalizes gay and lesbian sex.
In 2009, the Indian gay and lesbian community cheered as a Delhi High Court struck down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a 152-year-old law which prohibited “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal….”
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SEE MORE NEWS:
- Immigration Reform must heed LGBTIQ voices [PDF, 980KB]
- Satrang participates in Los Angeles Pride Parade – India West Photo & article by: Vimmi Jaggi
- Mr. and Ms. Satrang event in India West – June 18th edition [PDF, 920KB]
- ‘Coming Out, Coming home II’ featured in Indian Express newspaper [PDF, 264KB]
- Delhi High Court’s ruling on 377 [PDF, 415KB]
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