Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/09/06/india-decriminalizes-gay-sex.html
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Just before we all get all critical about how long it took them to do that, just remember the US didn’t until 2003.
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/future/landmark_lawrence.html
This is a big step towards a more free (and more secular) India.
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Time to celebrate!
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A lovely bit of good news in a bleak as fuck week.
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“…there remains strong opposition among religious groups and in conservative rural communities.”
Sounds familiar.
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Now they just need to decriminalize eating beef across the country.
I’ve read this is used to oppress the Muslim minority in the country. Which is a common enough this, the oppression of Muslims in India, it’s been showing up in fiction (see: Ghoul on Netflix).
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Oooh Now I have to go see Ghoul on Netflix!
Something frequently pointed out, even in the court case - it was English colonialism that brought in the criminalization of gay sex, and those sculptures include depictions of same-sex relations.
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“It’s not gay if at least one of the people in the room is the opposite sex!”
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…and it only took India 71 years to decriminalise it. Thanks for playing.
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Welcome to BoingBoing!
Thanks also for playing, Comrade!
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Played a pivotal role in saving the world from nazis, as well as an important figure in the development of modern computers… was chemically castrated as a thanks, then he committed suicide in 1954… was only pardoned by the Queen in 2013…
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