SC 2018 International

This is a collection of some of the coverage in the international media on the Section 377 verdict announced on 6 September 2018 by the Supreme Court. Please let us know if we have missed any.

• Joy in India after landmark ruling legalises gay sex
  BBC, UK
• India court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling
  BBC, UK
• This is the start of a new era for India’s LGBT communities
  Guardian, UK (by Mayur Suresh)
• Campaigners celebrate as India decriminalises homosexuality
  Guardian, UK
• Landmark India ruling ends same sex ban
  Mail and Guardian, South Africa
• India’s LGBT community celebrates historic legalisation of gay sex
  South China Morning Post, China
• India decriminalises gay sex in landmark verdict
  Al Jazeera, Qatar
• India decriminalises gay sex: Another win for the Supreme Court
  Al Jazeera, Qatar
• Indian Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality in landmark verdict
  Dawn, Pakistan
• India’s top court decriminalizes homosexual act
  Japan Times, Japan
• India’s Supreme Court ends colonial-era ban on gay sex
  Jakarta Times, Indonesia
• India’s Historic Gay-Rights Ruling and the Slow March of Progress
  New Yorker, USA
• India gay sex ruling: Celebrations after court makes gay sex legal
  New Yorker, USA
• India Gay Sex Ban Is Struck Down. ‘Indefensible,’ Court Says.
  New York Times, USA
• India decriminalises homosexual acts in landmark verdict
  Washington Post, USA
• India’s judges make history on gay rights — while its politicians fail the test
  Washington Post, USA
• India’s Supreme Court strikes down law that punished gay sex
  Washington Post, USA
• India’s top court decriminalizes gay sex in landmark ruling
  CNN, USA
• India’s LGBT community reacts to Section 377 gay sex ruling
  CNN, USA
• India’s second Independence Day set love free
  CNN, USA
• The homophobic legacy of the British Empire
  CNN, USA
• Homosexuelle Handlungen sind in Indien nicht mehr strafbar
  Suddeutsche Zeitung, Germany
• Oberstes Gericht legalisiert Liebe – für alle
  Der Spiegel
• Índia despenaliza a homossexualidade
  El Pais Brasil, Brazil
• L’Inde dépénalise l’homosexualité, après vingt ans de combat acharné
  Le Monde, France
• L’homosexualité dépénalisée en Inde : «Ça y est, nous sommes en sécurité»
  Liberation, France
• La Cour suprême indienne prend la décision historique de dépénaliser l’homosexualité
  Liberation, France
• India despenaliza la homosexualidad
  El Pais, Spain