PRAGOTI

The final hearings of the case in the Delhi High Court to decriminalise homosexuality and repeal Section 377 of the IPC are over and now the judgment is awaited. In spite of Ramadoss's very forthright public statement, Government of India adopted a very retrograde position on this arguing homosexuality is a 'disease'. Pragoti demands that this archaic, discriminatory and undemocratic law be repealed and that the Indian State stop interfering in consensual relationships between adults and persecuting people on the basis of their sexual orientation.

We carry below open lettes from a broad sections of citizens and activist groups demanding a reading down of Section 377 as well as chapters from a compilation "Rights for All: Ending Discrimination Against Queer Desire" published by Voices Against 377.