World Wide Wave

11 Oct 2013

India: Celebrating a High Court Decision

Asia/Pacific

The Delhi High Court came out with a marvelous decision which affirmed the fact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons are full citizens of India and entitled to equal rights under the constitution.

And Arvind Narrain, from Alternative Law Forum and Voices Against 377, is pleased.

“We cannot subject the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons to arbitrary notions of morality,” explains Mr Narrain, “The moral position of the majority cannot hold hostage the rights of the minority.”

Before the Delhi High Court decision, Mr Narrain says that the word homosexuality was the same as the word perversity. But  after the Delhi High Court decision, the word sexual orientation was associated with the right to dignity and the right to privacy.

“It has almost magically transformed the discourse on homosexual rights from a conversation about perverse and dirty sex to a conversation of equal rights under the constitution of India.”

Find out more about this magical decision as the World Wide Wave revisits India.

Learn more about India on W3JOY’s India webpage.

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