Hijda Hopes Sodomized Section 377 Indian Penal Law
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Chapter XVI, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code a piece of legislation in India used to criminalise homosexual activity introduced during British rule of India. The Section 377 was drafted in 1860 by Lord Macaulay as a part of the colonial project of regulating and controlling the Indian subject which reads:
Unnatural sexual offenses: Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation: Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offense described in this section[1].
The Indian Penal Code was later reproduced in most other British colonies – and to date many of these laws are still in places as far apart as Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
Because de section bans "carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal" threating them as a crime, it has been criticized by groups supporting gay rights.
In 2006 it came under criticism from 100 Indian literary figures,[2] most prominently Vikram Seth. The movement to repeal Section 377 has been led by the Naz Foundation India Trust, an activist group. It is currently under a constitutional challenge at the Delhi High Court.
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ancestral english homosexual law
that deprives them of their
transgendered right
a law a blasphemy
a travesty of justice
by a lady who holds
the scales of justice
law and order
blindfolded no sight
in a modern Indian world
you are proved guilty
before you can prove your
innocence ...a system that sucks
darkness no light
they lock you up
throw away the keys of your dungeon
wake up this is democracy
alright
as an undertrial
kiss ass no
self respect no human pride
they will release you
after 50 years
your comely hijda days turned to night
servicing the prisoners the guards
to spite
here the color of pain
is blood red
niether monochromatic
black turning grey to white
only saving grace
unlike Saudi Arabia
7000 lashes for being gay
wont be your plight.
poetry is not just about rhyme verse ,grammar it is about healing wounds.. that bleed on the face of society
