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A Glimmer of Hope: India Court Issues Guidelines for Protection of LGBTQ Community

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A Glimmer of Hope: India Court Issues Guidelines for Protection of LGBTQ Community

Prakul Khera and Jayesh Sitlani

June 28, 2021 12:30:59 am

Before the Obergfell v. Hodges judgment finally declared homosexual marriage as an individual’s fundamental right across the United States, various state and circuit courts ruled in favor of this right. A similar ray of hope seems to be rising for the LGBTQ community in India when Justice Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court gave [...]

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