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India LGBTQ+ couples: 'My parents were ready to kill me for their honour'

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India LGBTQ+ couples: 'My parents were ready to kill me for their honour'

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World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

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Indians from the LGBT community still face discrimination and violence, sometimes from their own families.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/795367

Archived version: https://archive.ph/5HSDc
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230728011328/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66245194

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Honour killings should be outlawed. This is the 21st century.
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  What about crime in general?
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  Wait is it legal in India?
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    Murder is not legal in India, no.
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    It’s not legal. Still happens though.

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