Thousands March In New Delhi In Support of Gay Marriage in India

After a three-year hiatus because of the Pandemic, India's Queer March came back this year as a defiant protest in support of India deciding whether or not they'll legalize gay marriage. Thousands of protesters marched towards India's parliament, where the government is poised to vote on the historic measure.

 

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Last week, the Indian Supreme Court heard arguments in favor of passing gay marriage as part of a petition filed by gay couple Supriyo Chakraborty and Abhay Dange. In it, the couple states the fact that is obvious to anyone with a fucking brain: denying them (or any two consenting adults) the right to marry prevents them from being equal.

A second petition, filed by Parth Phiroze Mehrotra and Uday Raj, builds on that argument from a constitutional law perspective saying that not allowing some citizens to get married because of their sexuality goes against the country's articles of the constitution. “If the petitioners, as a same-sex couple, enjoyed access to the civil institution of marriage, they would not face untold practical difficulties, both vis-a-vis each other and their families,” they write. “The denial of the fundamental right of marriage to persons like the petitioners is a complete violation of constitutional law.”

Fingers crossed that the country passes the measure of this equal rights into law, and in the meantime, to any of our Queer readers over in India, know that my gay ass is marching with you right now.

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