Same-sex marriages are now legal across the entirety of the United States. A historic supreme court ruling declared attempts by conservative states to ban gay Marriages are unconstitutional. Five of the nine court justices determined that the right to marriage equality was enshrined under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.

“This ruling is a victory for America,” the president said. “This decision affirms what millions of Americans already believe in their hearts: when all Americans are treated as equal, we are all more free.”

About LGBT Rights in India

• Homosexual intercourse was made a criminal offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
• In 2009, the Delhi High Court decision in Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi found Section 377 and other legal prohibitions against private, adult, consensual, and non-commercial same-sex conduct to be in direct violation of fundamental rights provided by the Indian Constitution.
• The Tamil Nadu state in India was the first state to introduce a transgender (hijra/ aravani) welfare policy.