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By: Sexual Rights movements in India & Washington State » Sexuality and Society

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:10:29 +0000

[...] Today is election day in the U.S. In my home state of Washington, voters today will decide on the spousal rights of same sex couples (should these couples and families be able to retain “everything but marriage” as signed by Governor Christine Gregoire, or should they not?). While anxiously awaiting the election returns I turned to the story of how th High Court in India recently decided to decriminalize homosexual sex. Khushbu Srivastava, from the International Women’s Health Coalition, discusses a recent academic panel on the India decision: While the panel topic was focused on litigation, all the panelists agreed that the single biggest factor that resulted in the repeal of 377 was the change in mentality of judges, parliamentarians and everyday Indians since the petition was filed in 2001. Activists in India have led painstaking efforts in India to increase awareness about how HIV/ AIDS cannot be addressed in a punitive environment and to increase support for the rights of LGBTQI people (Click here for the entire post). [...]

By: Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:51:57 +0000

[...] And here on Akimbo: Khushbu Srivastava blogged about the end of penal code 377 in India and the activists who made it happen in Decriminalizing Homosexual Sex in India: An Inspiring Movement [...]

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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:08 +0000

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