We'd like to request Obama administration to put pressure on PM Narendra Modi to legalize consensual sex between two adults of the same gender.
The Indian Supreme Court has upheld Section 377 which calls for imprisonment of anyone who "voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature".
This is an outdated 19th century law that is against freedom of choice, right to equality and right to privacy. Indian constitution protects the “right to equality before the law”, and this judgement does the complete opposite. Such clear discrimination is absolutely unacceptable.
The good news is that many Members of the Parliament have come out saying that the Government should decriminalise homosexuality. But, the conservative party in power is against decriminalizing homosexuality.