Sec 377 and desire that is same-sex. It is often long and painful, but homosexual legal rights in India is finally becoming a robust – and built-in – political force.

It's been long and painful, but gay liberties in Asia is finally becoming a robust – and built-in – political force.

For quite some time, the battle in India of lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual (LGBT), hijra, kothi and other non-heterosexualities – just what this journalist terms as ‘queer’ sexualities – was battled across the quiet margins of both main-stream society and ‘progressive’ politics. (more…)