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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|LGBT Awareness day in India, 2 July}}<br />
{{Infobox holiday<br />
|type = [[List of LGBTQ awareness periods|LGBTQ awareness day]]<br />
|image = Unofficial Pride flag India.png<br />
|caption = Unofficial pride flag representing the LGBT community of India<br />
|official_name = <br />
|nickname = <br />
|observedby = [[LGBT in India|Indian LGBT community]]<br />
|firsttime = 2 July 2012<br />
|duration = 1 day<br />
|frequency = Annual<br />
|scheduling = same day each year<br />
|date = 2 July<br />
|mdy = false <br />
|observances = [[Coming out]]<br />
|relatedto = [[National Coming Out Day]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Indian Coming Out Day''' is an annual [[List of LGBTQ awareness periods|LGBTQ awareness day]] observed on [[2 July]], to support anyone [[coming out of the closet]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Coming Out Day |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sexuality/column-indian-coming-out-day-2490270 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref> This day is celebrated in commemoration of ''[[Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi]]'' case which resulted in the decriminalisation of homosexual sexual activity in India by reading down of [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code]] by the [[Delhi High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chennai's LGBTQIA+ community is coming out in order to take down Section 377 |url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2018/jul/04/chennais-lgbtqia-community-is-coming-out-in-order-to-take-down-section-377-3341.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Edex Live |date=4 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
On July 2, 2009, the Delhi High Court [[Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi|decriminalised]] homosexual sexual activity by reading down the [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code]]. A number of organisations across [[India]] celebrated this day with public events.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-12 |title=First LGBTQIA cultural festival in Ahmedabad on July 2 |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/first-lgbtqia-cultural-festival-in-abad-on-july-2/articleshow/92155324.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-07-03 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The first coming out day was celebrated in 2010 and started by Shyam Konnur, founder and director of Mist LGBTQ Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-07-02 |title=From the closet to the open |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/from-the-closet-to-the-open/articleshow/14555773.cms |access-date=2023-07-03 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> This became of special importance with the 2009 judgement was overturned in 2013 in the [[Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation]] case in the Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Coming Out Day |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sexuality/column-indian-coming-out-day-2490270 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref> The India Coming Out Day became of special importance after this as organisations celebrated this day as a mark of protest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chennai's LGBTQIA+ community is coming out in order to take down Section 377 |url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2018/jul/04/chennais-lgbtqia-community-is-coming-out-in-order-to-take-down-section-377-3341.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Edex Live |date=4 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Civil awareness days]]<br />
[[Category:LGBTQ events in India]]<br />
[[Category:LGBTQ rights in India]]<br />
[[Category:July observances]]<br />
[[Category:Awareness days]]<br />
[[Category:LGBTQ awareness periods]]<br />
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