News-reports on the Naz Foundation judgment

Some interesting excerpts I found. Click on the source for the full article.

The Hindu:

Anjali Gopalan of the Naz Foundation said when they started the movement against Section 377 eight years ago, they did not receive much support, but people joined hands in course of time. “We now feel there is a change happening which also reflects in the attitude of the people. This judgment is the first major step towards equality but we have many more battles ahead,” she said.

Anand Grover of Voices Against 377 – a coalition of groups and individuals working on a wide range of issues, including same sex desiring and transgender people – said the judgment was a crucial step in the struggle towards affirming the rights of all citizens and hoped that it would be aptly executed with the support of the government, police departments and other courts.

New York Times:

Still, the decision was condemned from many corners in India. “This is wrong,” said Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi, a vice chancellor of Dar ul-Uloom, the main university for Islamic education in India. The decision to bring Western culture to India, he said, will “corrupt Indian boys and girls.”

“The real problem is still the stigma attached,” especially outside big cities, said Ritu Dalmia, one of India’s best-known chefs, who lives with her girlfriend in New Delhi. Change particularly needs to happen in rural India, she said in an e-mail message Thursday afternoon. “I have met women who were forced to sleep with men so that they could be ‘cured’ of homosexuality,” she said.

CNN-IBN:

A high-level meeting of the Home Minister, Health Minister and the Law Minister at the North Bloc failed to reach a consensus on the future course of action

There is no consensus among the ministers and if the debate reaches Parliament, the UPA Government will be at the receiving end from the BJP as well as parties like the RJD and theSamajwadi Party, which are also taken bitterly opposed to gay rights.