In India, Homosexuals can now hope for better healthcare Daily News & Analysis
The National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) feels that the Delhi high court verdict on legalising homosexuality will have a far reaching impact on its intervention programmes against HIV/AIDS.”From the public health point of view this is a very positive step as it will help us reach out more and more men having sex with men (MSMs) in our endeavour against HIV/AIDS. Since homosexuality is illegal under IPC 377, not only the MSMs but many of our health workers are also arrested by the police for abetment of crime. As I result a lot of MSMs go underground and are reluctant to seek medical intervention. The HC verdict will help MSMs come out in open and access healthcare,” said K Sujatha Rao, director general of NACO. MSM is a medical term used for the gay. See Homosexuals can now hope for better healthcare Daily News & Analysis
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Delhi HC verdict on panel provision of gay sex likely Toda
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow on the controversial penal provision on homosexuality even as the government is grappling with the option to scrap it from the statute.
A bench of Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice S Muralidhar had reserved its order on November 7 last year after marathon proceedings in which the government had vociferously opposed scrapping of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which prescribes punishment upto life imprisonment for indulging in unnatural sexual acts.
Before the judgement was reserved, the Ministries concerned with the issue in the previous UPA government had unanimously described homosexuality as “the most indecent behaviour” in society.
The Centre had submitted that gay sex is immoral and reflection of a perverse mind and its decriminalisation would lead to moral degradation of society.
“Every citizen has the right to lead a decent and moral life in society and the right would be violated if such behaviour (gay sex) is legalised in the country,” the government had contended adding allowing gay sex would pose a health hazard to society.
The Centre had said that homosexuals comprise only 0.3 per cent of the population and the right of rest 99.7 per cent of the population to lead a decent and moral life in society would be violated if such behaviour (gay sex) is legalised. See Delhi HC verdict on panel provision of gay sex likely tomorrow
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