Naz Foundation has officially filed a petition in the Delhi High Court. But not everyone within the community was pleased with the process. Apart from the opposition in court, Anjali and Anand also faced criticism from the wider community on how they had handled the filing.

Was this the correct angle to use, and were they even the right people for the job? Was petitioning with HIV rather than equality going to have a lasting impact on sexual rights?

We go through some of the criticisms of the approach and what was done to make future discussions more inclusive.

Show Notes

All clips and voices used in this podcast are owned by the original creators.

The following guests appeared in this episode:

• Anjali Gopalan
• Arvind Narrain, human rights lawyer
• Vivek Divan, lawyer
• Anand Grover
• Dr Ashley Tellis
• Anonymous member of LABIA, a lesbian and trans community (referred to as Vidya)
• Dr Sumit Baudh, Dalit scholar and member of the Voices against 377 coalition
• Siddharth Dube
• Jaya Sharma

References

• News clip of celebrations after July 2009 Delhi High Court verdict: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjyv5X8uw_s
• Excerpt from an interview with Arif Jafar, from the film Many People Many Desires by T Jayashree, courtesy of QAMRA
• Community consultation meeting minutes, courtesy of Orinam