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September 6, 2018

India's Supreme Court Overturns Colonial-Era Ban on Gay Sex
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India's Supreme Court has overturned a law criminalizing consensual gay
sex, in a major victory for LGBTQI groups. The ruling voids a portion of
the Indian Penal Code written by Britain's colonial government in the
1860s, which, although rarely enforced, made gay sex a crime punishable
by up to life in prison.


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