As the world gears up to celebrate the pride for the lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (lGBT) community, Twitter India held a daylong discussions on Friday on several matters pertaining to the challenges faced by the community and also about de-criminalisation of homosexuality and striking down of Section 377 from the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The same was live broadcast by them via Periscope TV. Notably, the lGBT community held a month-long celebration from June 12 to July 12.
In the past, Odisha BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik through his party MPs has made his stand and his party's stand very clear that they are in favour of de-criminalising Section 377 of IPC. On Friday via a tweet, sociopolitical leader and Smt Nandini Satpathy Memorial Trust chairman Suparno Satpathy communicated his support for equality to the lGBT community through his Tweet.