Today,바카라 웹사이트the month of Pride begins. Cities across the world will see colourful parades, rainbow-coloured flags flying high in the sky and바카라 웹사이트people decked up in bright clothing with flags painted on their cheeks바카라 웹사이트to show solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community. The march has grown since its inception in the 1960s and become a global symbol of celebrating and accepting identities.바카라 웹사이트
India has made significant strides in바카라 웹사이트recognising LGBTQIA+바카라 웹사이트rights in recent years.바카라 웹사이트In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court decriminalized바카라 웹사이트homosexuality in 2018, paving way for further advancement of바카라 웹사이트the community's rights.바카라 웹사이트But homosexuality and same-sex marriage still remain taboo topics in the country, with the government too바카라 웹사이트largely opposing바카라 웹사이트the issue—arguing that the matter should be decided in parliament.
In April, the Indian Supreme Court began hearing a series of petitions from 18 LGBTQIA+ couples, including three who are raising children together, seeking바카라 웹사이트legal recognition of same-sex marriage. A verdict is expected in the coming months.바카라 웹사이트If the court rules in favor of the petitioners, India will become the first country in South Asia, and the second country in Asia바카라 웹사이트after Taiwan, to legalize same-sex marriage.
History of Pride
The Stonewall Riots on the night of June 28, 1969, are often thought to be the starting point of the gay rights movement in the US. The police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City,바카라 웹사이트reportedly running without a liquor licence.바카라 웹사이트
It was a time when homosexuality was a criminal offence. Gay bars were places where gay, lesbians, and others in the queer community socialised away from public harassment. The Stonewall Inn was one such place.바카라 웹사이트It was the third such raid on the bars in the area, according to the바카라 웹사이트Britannica Encyclopaedia.
However, the Stonewall Inn raid was different. People did not retreat or scatter as in the past. Rather, they began to jeer and jostle with the police as they put bar patrons in vans, as per바카라 웹사이트Britannica. It adds that people threw beer bottles and debris at the police, forcing police personnel to barricade themselves behind the bar and call for reinforcements. As the police barricaded inside, around 400 people rioted outside and set the bar on fire.바카라 웹사이트
It was the first of the confrontation with the police, which continued till July 3, 1969.바카라 웹사이트There are multiple versions of the events at the Stonewall Inn, but all versions agree that the incident led to the larger the LGBTQ rights movement.
Experts and scholars also refer바카라 웹사이트to some other similar but equally significant incidents and uprisings that happened in the years prior to Stonewall—for instance, the one at바카라 웹사이트Cooper Donuts in Los Angeles (1959), the protests at바카라 웹사이트Compton Cafeteria in San Francisco (1966)바카라 웹사이트and the LGBT demonstration at바카라 웹사이트Black Cat Tavern also in Los Angeles (1967).
Many of these protests were in response to the increasing police brutality against members of the drag/transgender community all across the US.
Pride In India바카라 웹사이트
The history of the Pride movement in India intertwines profoundly with the narrative surrounding Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an outdated provision바카라 웹사이트of the British colonial era that deemed homosexuality illegal. The narrative persisted beyond the nation's independence,바카라 웹사이트despite the existence of Article 14 in the Indian Constitution, which바카라 웹사이트pledged equality for all.
It was on August 11, 1992. The first known바카라 웹사이트protest for gay rights in India바카라 웹사이트happened right바카라 웹사이트outside the police headquarters in Delhi라이브 바카라 ITO area, in response to police action against few men from Central Park in Connaught Place on the suspicion of homosexuality.바카라 웹사이트The protests were바카라 웹사이트spearheaded by the AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA).
In 1994, ABVA also filed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of Section 377 of IPC in the Delhi High Court. It is considered to be one of the first legal protests against the government repression of the LGBTQIA+ community in India.
On July 2, 1999, India held its바카라 웹사이트first Pride Parade바카라 웹사이트in Kolkata. Called the Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk, the march was the first-ever Pride march in South Asia.바카라 웹사이트Since this momentous event, Pride marches have been held in over 21 Indian cities.
LGBTQIA+ Rights In India
But the Indian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi라이브 바카라 Bharatiya Janata Party, has formally opposed the issue of same-sex marriage.바카라 웹사이트According to바카라 웹사이트Pink List India, the country라이브 바카라 first archive of politicians supporting LGBTQ+ rights, 115 of 161 Members of Parliament who have publicly weighed in on the same-sex marriage debate have expressed support, with most of them belonging to the ruling BJP.
The Union government has consistently rejected the idea of same-sex marriages even before the court hearings commenced.바카라 웹사이트The Centre had said such recognition would create "havoc" in society and had called it an "urban elite" issue, which was rebutted to by advocates representing the LGBTQIA+ couples.바카라 웹사이트Union ministers have also stated that the government does not accept same-sex marriages and have said that the Parliament should take the call on the issue, not the Supreme Court.
