Repealing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code

Abstract

Currently, the whole idea revolving around the issue of homosexuality in India is to legalize consensual sexual acts among adults in private. In 2009, the Delhi High Court decriminalized unnatural sex in private between two consenting adults overturning the colonial-era legislation that outlawed homosexuality i.e. S.377 of the Indian Penal Code. However, during the month of December 2013, the Supreme Court set aside the High Court verdict only to recriminalize unnatural sex in private between two consenting adults. This article addresses the propensities of gay men in India and proposes for legalizing homosexuality.