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Updated On: 12 July, 2009 08:23 AM IST | | Daipayan Halder
UPA II promised a fresh start. But it's been acting queer on Article 377. What exactly is the government's stand? Does it even have one?
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UPA II promised a fresh start. But it's been acting queer on Article 377. What exactly is the government's stand? Does it even have one?
IT WASN'T easy even in the US. When Harvey Bernard Milk became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California in 1977, he faced more than conservative resistance. Some of the swinging liberals privately balked at this unlikely public figure with queer manners. Taking all that in his stride, Milk served 11 months in office and was responsible for passing a stringent gay rights ordinance for the city.
IT WASN'T easy even in the US. When Harvey Bernard Milk became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California in 1977, he faced more than conservative resistance. Some of the swinging liberals privately balked at this unlikely public figure with queer manners. Taking all that in his stride, Milk served 11 months in office and was responsible for passing a stringent gay rights ordinance for the city.
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