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Less Than Gay—A Citizen’s Report on the Status of Homosexuality in India
32 years back on 22nd November 1991, ABVA released ‘Less than Gay’ – A Citizens’ Report on the status of Homosexuality in India co-authored by seven ABVA members. The 2nd Edition of the Report was released in November 2022.
The 2nd edition has a long essay running into 18,360 words in the form of an introduction written by Shobha Aggarwal, advocate and member, ABVA. It details the struggle of ABVA (1988-89 till date) for the full repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which had criminalised gay sex. ABVA has been submitting its Charter of Demands to the concerned authorities for acceptance of full rights of sexual minorities including same-sex marriage, child adoption, inheritance rights etc. ABVA demanded privacy rights in 1991 which was conceded by the Supreme Court in 2017. The Charter of Demands is detailed on page 209 of the Report.
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