AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA,
AIDS Anti-Discrimination Movement) is releasing digitized version of its March
1999 document titled ‘For People Like Us” – A Report of the fact finding team which
enquired into the attempted suicide of Mamata and Monalisa in Cuttack, Orissa,
India in 1998. In deep friendship for five years they had signed a Deed of Agreement
before the Notary to remain as life partners. This is the first detailed
enquiry report by a citizens group into an attempted lesbian suicide in India.
Such cases continue to be reported despite the Supreme Court judgement of 2018
decriminalizing consensual adult homosexual act in private. Till date neither
the Indian Parliament nor the Supreme Court of India have shown the courage to
legitimize same-sex marriage.
The full report can be read here.
Shobha Aggarwal
On behalf of ABVA
Email: aidsbhedbhavvirodhiandolan@gmail.com
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