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