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It’s Ok to be Gay in Parts of India

Some of our gay brothers and sisters are finally seeing some equal rights in India. The Delhi High Court just ruled in decriminalizing homosexuality, which could bring more freedom to gays in this conservative country.

“I’m so excited, and I haven’t been able to process the news yet,” Anjali Gopalan, the executive director of the Naz Foundation (India) Trust, a sexual health organization that had filed the petition, told reporters. “We’ve finally entered the 21st century.”

But not everyone is celebrating the ruling. “This Western culture cannot be permitted in our country,” said Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali, a leading Muslim cleric in the northern city of Lucknow.

Gay sex was illegal in India, and punishable by 10 years in prison.