Aditi Anand and her partner are among several same-sex couples who petition the court for the right to marry. India's size and its political and economic influence in Asia means the ruling will be felt well beyond its borders. It's built up from a decades-long fight to first decriminalize homosexuality in India, which came to pass only in 2018. For more than 150 years it was a crime to openly declare that you were gay in this country.
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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