Paint me with Vermillion! Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is no more! Rejoice Southeast Asian brothers and sisters! The highest court in India struck down the law which made it a criminal act to have homosexual sex, because the law was brought into being by British colonial powers and not by a sovereign Indian government. Postcolonialism, I heart you.

Waitaminnut…

You mean they’re not decriminalizing gay sex because they realize that such a law is homophobic and unjust? You mean the law only applies in New Delhi and not the rest of the country? You mean the decision doesn’t actually make homosexuality legal, just decriminalizes the sex?

Hmm.

“Too Slow”

This article appears in June 26 • 2009.

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