Muniza: With decriminalization, it was a fairly easy pill for people to swallow. Polls found that anywhere from about a quarter to more than two-thirds of Indians supported same-sex marriage. Muniza: There have been no public protests that have taken on any sort of grandeur or size in the mediaor in bigger and urban centers.
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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