Last year, the Supreme Court of India held Section 377 of the IPC which criminalizes acts of homosexuality among other things as “constitutional.” This in effect takes away the basic human rights for a large number of Indians. Section 377 is an archaic English law which criminalizes not only gay acts of intercourse but any act which goes against the “order of nature.” It basically means that even in a heterosexual relationship, a man and a woman can’t do something consensually to which the Supreme Court does not agree to. It’s not about just gay rights, it’s about freedom and privacy. Let’s draw a line somewhere. Here is why Section 377 is a giant pain in the ass.

It seeks to perpetuate the myth that the LGBT community is “miniscule.”

A lot of people have said that any law that perpetuates violence or harasses a “minuscule” minority does not mean that its bad law. Are you kidding me? And even if we did follow that twisted logic, did you know that the LGBT community makes up nearly 10% of India’s population? Miniscule my ass!

Under Section 377, you can actually get arrested on the basis of “suspicion.”

Suspicion? So if you see two guys holding hands while walking, do they deserve to go to jail because someone “doubts” that they’re gay?