Mumbai Celebrates Decriminalization Of Consesual Gay Sex With PRIDE

Inspired by a high court decision that decriminalized consensual gay sex in New Delhi last month, thousands took to the streets of Mumbai on Sunday to celebrate growing freedoms in the largest LGBT pride parade in India, reports Agence France-Presse.

The annual Queer Azadi March Gay Parade Mumbai drew participants who contrasted the jubilant mood with previous years when the focus of the event was protest.

“The ball has started rolling and now it’s only going to get better,” Kumar Iyer, a gay make-up artist, told AFP.

In July, the Delhi high court ruled that a British colonial-era ban on sodomy was unconstitutional, and violated individual rights. The ruling, which applies only to the New Delhi area, is being challenged by opponents in the conservative, family-oriented country.

The supreme court of India is scheduled to deliver a decision about decriminalizing sodomy nationwide in September.

This article comes to us compliment of The Advocate.