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On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court scrapped Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, decriminalising homosexuality. Here, LGBTAIQ+ community members and activists check how matters have changed over these two years.
Altogether, 4,690 cases were registered between 2014 and 2016 under Section 377, which criminalised sexual activities 'against the order of nature.'
Justice Nariman said section 377 was modelled on the Britain's Buggery Act of 1533 which was brought in by the then king Henry VIII.
Delivering four separate but concurring judgements, the top court set aside its 2013 verdict which had re-criminalised consensual unnatural sex.
LGBTI persons across the world continue to be the targets of violent attacks and are affected by multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination.
The Supreme Court strikes down IPC Section 377, the draconian law that criminalised homosexual acts between consenting adults.
72 countries and territories worldwide still continue to criminalise same-sex relationships.
See the big names who gave a thumbs-up to the verdict overruling Section 377 and how.
"The tag of a 'criminal' makes it worse," said Godi. "You can't even talk about this to a psychiatrist.