![]() Hyderabadi filmmaker Deepthi Tadanki's upcoming film, Satyavati, is one of the first to tackle the use of 'corrective rape' to 'cure' homosexuality. ![]() Hindu hardliners have often called same-sex relationships a disease and a Western cultural import. Surveys show broad disapproval of homosexuality in India, forcing many gay men and women to live double lives. ![]() In January this year, Indian state minister Ramesh Tawadkar sparked fury when he announced plans to open treatment centres for the LGBT community to 'make them normal', comparing homosexuals to alcoholics. Members of the gay community have filed petitions to the top court since the 2013 ruling asking for a review on criminalising gay sex.Ĭampaigners say the law is rarely used to prosecute homosexual acts, but add that police do use it to harass and blackmail members of their already marginalised community. Gay sex had been effectively legalised in 2009 when the Delhi High Court ruled that banning 'carnal intercourse against the order of nature' was a violation of fundamental rights.Īnyone found breaking the laws can face up to ten years in jail. India's Supreme Court reimposed a ban on gay sex in late 2013, ruling that responsibility for changing the 1861 law rested with lawmakers and not judges. Furious: The violence of recent attacks has shocked the nation, with protestors calling for severe punishment for rapists
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