When there's a percentage increase in rights or more rights being afforded to marginalized populations, especially those who identify as LGBTIQ plus, we see a percentage of growth in GDP. The journey towards that could be one route to that is marriage equality indeed. We saw last year in the Netherlands have introduced now in their constitution, LGBTIQ plus protections. And we indeed are going to see a positive direction, but it shouldn't be at the end point for us.
This month, India’s Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether to legalize same-sex marriage.
Bloomberg reporters Muneeza Naqvi and Kai Schultz join this episode from New Delhi to explain India’s rapid march toward affirming rights for LGBTQ people, and how a ruling in favor of same-sex marriage would be felt not just within the country but across Asia and beyond.
Then, Gurchaten Sandhu, program director at the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association in Geneva takes a step back to talk about which countries have advanced marriage equality and where it is still outlawed.
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