Hundreds of people took part on Sunday January 8 in the first Pride March in three years in New Delhi, in a country where pressure is mounting to obtain recognition of same-sex marriage.
The Supreme Court must examine in March a request to this effect filed by a homosexual couple, five years after having abolished the law prohibiting homosexuality which dated from the British colonial power.
For Ajay Chauhan, who participated in the march, canceled for the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, "
decriminalization has only targeted one aspect of the question, but there is a broader aspect and the rights are not there yet for the LGBTQ community
.”
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Marriage is central, because once this issue is resolved, then other rights will be satisfied
," he continues, citing in particular the issue of succession.
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If the high court rules in favor of recognizing same-sex marriage, India would then be the second country in Asia to allow same-sex unions, after Taiwan.
Petitions demanding the legalization of same-sex marriages are increasing in particular in the courts of New Delhi, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, but they continue to come up against opposition from regional governments.
