Delhi annual gay pride parade
Hundreds of people danced, sang and cheered in a gay pride parade in New Delhi on Sunday, the first since the country's top court reinstated a ban on gay sex. (Photo: AP)- Some participants said they had little faith that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government would revoke Section 377, despite having a majority in the lower house of parliament. (Photo: AP)
- In December, India's Supreme Court threw out a 2009 ruling by a lower court that had decriminalized gay sex, saying only parliament could repeal Section 377 of India's penal code which bans sex against the order of nature. (Photo: AP)
- Participants react to a speaker as he recites a poem during a gay rights parade in New Delhi (Photo: AP)
- Participants chanting "Azaadi" (freedom) and shouting slogans such as "I'm gay, that's OK" carried banners and placards demanding their right to love. (Photo: AP)
- Participants dance during a gay rights parade in New Delhi (Photo: AP)
Hundreds of people danced, sang and cheered in a gay pride parade in New Delhi on Sunday, the first since the country's top court reinstated a ban on gay sex. (Photo: AP)
Delhi annual gay pride parade
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