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Title: Time to give 'third sex' its legal rights
Post by: Natasha on July 07, 2008, 12:04:03 AM
Post by: Natasha on July 07, 2008, 12:04:03 AM
Time to give 'third sex' its legal rights
Link (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Time_to_give_third_sex_its_legal_rights/articleshow/3204266.cms)
7/7/2008
"It is difficult to fathom public reaction to the audacious adventure of Thomas and Nancy in India, which recently saw a TV programme, Ipadikku Rose , hosted by a transgender — for, same-sex marriages, or those between transgenders, are still illegal.
Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code punishes those indulging in carnal intercourse 'against the order of nature' with a minimum imprisonment of 10 years that could be extended even to life term.
The legal battle for deletion of this section, termed discriminatory by human right activists, is on in the Delhi high court, which recently trashed objections to a massive rally taken out by gay activists in Delhi as well as several other cities across India.
Even if the HC rules in favour of transgenders and declares Section 377 of IPC unconstitutional, it would mean little if corresponding legal rights were not conferred on them through amendments to the Constitution, as well as personal laws, that require moving of appropriate bills in Parliament by the political class."
Link (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Time_to_give_third_sex_its_legal_rights/articleshow/3204266.cms)
7/7/2008
"It is difficult to fathom public reaction to the audacious adventure of Thomas and Nancy in India, which recently saw a TV programme, Ipadikku Rose , hosted by a transgender — for, same-sex marriages, or those between transgenders, are still illegal.
Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code punishes those indulging in carnal intercourse 'against the order of nature' with a minimum imprisonment of 10 years that could be extended even to life term.
The legal battle for deletion of this section, termed discriminatory by human right activists, is on in the Delhi high court, which recently trashed objections to a massive rally taken out by gay activists in Delhi as well as several other cities across India.
Even if the HC rules in favour of transgenders and declares Section 377 of IPC unconstitutional, it would mean little if corresponding legal rights were not conferred on them through amendments to the Constitution, as well as personal laws, that require moving of appropriate bills in Parliament by the political class."