滨苍诲颈补鈥檚 top court decriminalized homosexual sex in a that overturned section 377, a relic of colonial law which categorized gay sex as an 鈥渦nnatural offence鈥 and made engaging in homosexual sex punishable by . The court has gone further than just decriminalizing gay sex by stating that discrimination based on sexual orientation is a fundamental violation of rights. While the court has made a historic ruling, there are still no laws explicitly preventing discrimination based on a person鈥檚 sexuality in India. Activists are now getting ready to take those rights-based issues head on in the coming years. This news comes after last Monday for engaging in sexual relations.
Compared to global numbers, there are now roughly 70 states where male same sex relationships are illegal and 45 states where same sex relationships between females are illegal. In over 20 percent of countries, there has been documented arrests of people based on their sexual orientation.
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Rights of LGB People Across the World
