Gay rights in India
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Gay rights activists wave flags and shout slogans as they attend protest against a verdict by the Supreme Court in New Delhi
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Gay rights activists hold black cloth and wave flags as they attend a protest against a verdict by the Supreme Court in New Delhi
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Gay rights activists wave flags as they attend protest against a verdict by the Supreme Court in New Delhi
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A gay rights activist carries a child on his shoulders as he attends a protest against a verdict by the Supreme Court in New Delhi
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A girl holds balloons with 377 written on them collected from a protest organised by gay rights activists in Mumbai
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A gay rights activist folds a banner at a protest organised against the Supreme Court's order on gay sex in Mumbai
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Gay rights activists pose for pictures at a protest organised against the Supreme Court's order on gay sex in Mumbai
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This week, the Indian Supreme Court restored a 19th century ban criminalizing homosexuality. That law, Section 377, was deemed unconstitutional by a lower court in 2009, but Wednesday's unexpected reversal placed the nation's gay community in fear of being harassed or arrested by police. (Yahoo News)
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