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Legalisation of Homosexuality in India and Sikhism

On 02 Jul 2009, in a historic judgement Justice S. Muralidhar of the New Delhi High Court struck down the law in India that made consensual sex between two homosexuals a crime. The decriminalisation of homosexuality in India has liberated millions of LGBT Indians and is a huge step towards equal rights for LGBT people in the developing nations.

Conservative religious groups in the country were quick to critise the ruling, stating "homosexual" behaviour violates the Indian cultural norms and the laws of all faiths. However, the criticisms had no effect on the Indian LGBT Activists as they celebrated with hugs and tears in the courtroom after the judge read the main section of the ruling that consensual sex between people over the age of 18 could no longer be seen as a crime.

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We are looking for Sikh LGBT people to come forward and share their experiences with us. You can get in touch with us via the HelpDesk.

Welcome...

Welcome back! We are proud to announce the launch of our new website. We've had another re-design as we wanted to host everything on our own servers.

We are currently looking at integrating 'facebook connect' to make your life easier. This will enable you to log in to our forum using your facebook login details. However, this will not be available till early next year as we are in beta stage. In the meantime please register on our forum and start forming an online LGBT Sikh community.