India: Supreme Court urged to consider review of anti-gay law after third gender ruling

A law that re-criminalized homosexuality in India could be heading back to the country’s Supreme Court, after a separate ruling in favor of trans people.

Section 377, a colonial-era section of the Penal Code which bans homosexuality, was re-enacted by India’s Supreme Court in December, and in January the same court rejected an appeal against the decision.

The Naz Foundation, an NGO that works to prevent HIV, will argue in a hearing on Tuesday that the judgement should be reopened, after the Supreme Court earlier this month opted to create a legal third gender, for the country’s trans and intersex populations.

It is thought there could be a ‘ripple effect’ from the later ruling, as it sets precedent against discrimination which could would deem Section 377 unenforceable once more.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/04/21/india-supreme-court-urged-to-consider-review-of-anti-gay-law-after-third-gender-ruling/

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