Update: Looking For Marriage In All The Wrong Places

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🗓️ 6 September 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In a unanimous decision, India's Supreme Court struck down a long-standing ban on gay sex. In light of this, we're revisiting an episode about same-sex love and dating apps for South Asians.

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0:00.0	Hey, Codeswitch fam, Shrine here.
0:02.4	There was a huge civil rights victory in India this week.
0:06.4	India's Supreme Court struck down a ban on gay sex.
0:09.9	The law was put in place during British colonial rule
0:13.4	and the maximum sentence for those found guilty,
0:16.2	life in prison.
0:18.9	This made us think of an episode we did exploring
0:21.1	why there weren't any options for LGBTQ South Asians looking for love
0:25.6	and marriage on websites that cater specifically to South Asians.
0:29.9	Like Shadi.com, a site that's based in India.
0:33.8	Well, the CEO of Shadi told us there's a law in India against gay sex,
0:37.8	so we can't.
0:39.4	Not anymore.
0:40.8	We've reached out to the folks at Shadi.com to see if they have any updates for us
0:44.5	and we're waiting to hear back.
0:46.4	Until then, check out the episode if you haven't already.
0:49.2	And if you have, listen again.
0:51.4	It's really good.
0:53.2	Just a heads up.
0:54.0	There's some foul language in this episode.
0:56.3	You're listening to Codeswitch.
0:57.3	I'm Jean Demby.
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