Summary: Recently the Indian Supreme Court restored a 19th century ban criminalizing homosexuality. This law was said to be unconstitutional by a separate court in 2009, but the recent reversal. Recently the spontaneous reversal placed the nations LGBT community in complete fear.
Analysis: This recent setback is disappointing for not only the Indian government but the system itself. I'm not sure how such regression happens so spontaneously and at such expense. Konnur, the senior coordinator of the LGBT group Payana elaborates, "Yesterday set us 10 years back- now we are criminals." It is so disheartening seeing something so revolutionary become essentially revoked. Homosexual Indians are simply appauled, "This is not a time to cry; this is a time to be angry," said Vinay Chandren, the director of Swabhava. I am hopeful that the situation will make progress and the fault will be seen, but I am not so sure.
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