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Part of his work is his association with the [[Lawyers Collective]], one of India's leading Human Rights Groups, and with the [[Naz Foundation (India) Trust|Naz Foundation]], a London-based agency that has helped set up over forty community-owned HIV projects for MSM in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. He also coordinated the Secretariat of the [[Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health]] (APCOM)] from its inception in October 2006 until December 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msmasia.org/ |title=Home |website=msmasia.org |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605071619/http://www.msmasia.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> |
Part of his work is his association with the [[Lawyers Collective]], one of India's leading Human Rights Groups, and with the [[Naz Foundation (India) Trust|Naz Foundation]], a London-based agency that has helped set up over forty community-owned HIV projects for MSM in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. He also coordinated the Secretariat of the [[Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health]] (APCOM)] from its inception in October 2006 until December 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msmasia.org/ |title=Home |website=msmasia.org |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605071619/http://www.msmasia.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> |
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In 2001, he represented four employees of the NAZ Foundation and Bharosa Trust (an NGO in the city of [[Lucknow|Lucknow, India]] with the mission of HIV prevention efforts within the MSM community) who were charged with conspiracy to commit sodomy and possession of obscene material after a raid of their offices. He also ensured the unsealing of the offices after the raid and the continuation of the organisation's work.<ref> |
In 2001, he represented four employees of the NAZ Foundation and Bharosa Trust (an NGO in the city of [[Lucknow|Lucknow, India]] with the mission of HIV prevention efforts within the MSM community) who were charged with conspiracy to commit sodomy and possession of obscene material after a raid of their offices. He also ensured the unsealing of the offices after the raid and the continuation of the organisation's work.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/733.html |title=raids |access-date=28 April 2012 |archive-date=6 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306225455/http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/733.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/globalactionalerts/730.html|title = India: Lucknow Four Freed|date = 17 August 2001|access-date = 28 April 2012|archive-date = 6 March 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130306225449/http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/globalactionalerts/730.html|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/decoding-section-377-how-the-verdict-erased-basic-human-rights/story-cFZKiOXvsyiHjL1yoz9dXN.html|title=Decoding section 377: How the verdict erased basic human rights|date=2013-12-21|work=Hindustan Times |access-date=2018-10-13|language=en}}</ref> He was also part of the legal team that aided [[Blue Diamond Society]], Nepal's leading LGBTQ rights organization, in defending a challenge to their existence and functioning brought before the Nepali Supreme Court. |
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He was part of the legal team that researched and drafted the petition filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the constitutionality of India's anti-sodomy law, [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code|Section 377 Indian Penal Code]]. This petition ([[Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi|Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Others]]) resulted in the 2 July 2009 decision of the Delhi High Court decriminalizing homosexuality in India and reading down the Section 377 to imply that it shall not apply to private adult consensual sexual activity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/08/india-to-rethink-colonial-era-law-criminalising-gay-sex|title=India's highest court to review colonial-era law criminalising gay sex|last=Safi|first=Michael|date=2018-01-08|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-04-25}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
He was part of the legal team that researched and drafted the petition filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the constitutionality of India's anti-sodomy law, [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code|Section 377 Indian Penal Code]]. This petition ([[Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi|Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Others]]) resulted in the 2 July 2009 decision of the Delhi High Court decriminalizing homosexuality in India and reading down the Section 377 to imply that it shall not apply to private adult consensual sexual activity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/08/india-to-rethink-colonial-era-law-criminalising-gay-sex|title=India's highest court to review colonial-era law criminalising gay sex|last=Safi|first=Michael|date=2018-01-08|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-04-25}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
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Aditya Bandopadhyay | |
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| Born | February, 1972 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Calcutta University University of Burdwan, |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | LGBTQ rights activism |
Aditya Bandopadhyay (sometimes transliterated as Bondyopadhyay, born February 1972) is a lawyer and LGBTQ rights activist in India, helping to challenge anti-sodomy laws,[1] establishing advocacy organizations and providing legal services to HIV/AIDS organizations.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Bondyopadhyay grew up mostly in Agra, Uttar Pradesh State, India, though he spent parts of his childhood in Assam, India. Over the years Bondyopadhyay has lived in the Indian cities of Agra, Chabua, Guwahati, Kolkata, and Delhi. He first attended Calcutta University and thereafter studied Law at the University of Burdwan, both in West Bengal, India.[3]
Activism
[edit]Bondyopadhyay has been an activist for LGBTQ rights since 1993. Bondyopadhyay played a leading role in the movement to decriminalize sodomy in India. He also works with the HIV/AIDS movement in South Asia for the prevention intervention of male-to-male sexual [MSM] transmission, care support, and treatment issues of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and MSM.
Part of his work is his association with the Lawyers Collective, one of India's leading Human Rights Groups, and with the Naz Foundation, a London-based agency that has helped set up over forty community-owned HIV projects for MSM in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. He also coordinated the Secretariat of the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM)] from its inception in October 2006 until December 2008.[4][2]
In 2001, he represented four employees of the NAZ Foundation and Bharosa Trust (an NGO in the city of Lucknow, India with the mission of HIV prevention efforts within the MSM community) who were charged with conspiracy to commit sodomy and possession of obscene material after a raid of their offices. He also ensured the unsealing of the offices after the raid and the continuation of the organisation's work.[5][6][7] He was also part of the legal team that aided Blue Diamond Society, Nepal's leading LGBTQ rights organization, in defending a challenge to their existence and functioning brought before the Nepali Supreme Court.
He was part of the legal team that researched and drafted the petition filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the constitutionality of India's anti-sodomy law, Section 377 Indian Penal Code. This petition (Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Others) resulted in the 2 July 2009 decision of the Delhi High Court decriminalizing homosexuality in India and reading down the Section 377 to imply that it shall not apply to private adult consensual sexual activity.[8][1]
Bondyopadhyay was the first Asian and the third queer person in the world to testify before the United Nations Committee on Human Rights in 2002, against the state-supported and sponsored oppression of sexual minorities in India. His testimony was the third testimony the UN had heard to date relating to abuse on account of sexual orientation.[9][10]
He is the Director of Adhikaar, an LGBT Human Rights organisation based in Delhi, India, working to secure equal citizenship rights for all sexual minorities in India.[11] He is a founding member of the Global Forum for MSM and HIV and sat on its steering committee from its inception in 2007 until May 2014. He is a member of the Governing Board of APCOM.[12][13] Bandopadhyay helps run the Harmless Hugs collective, organizing for LGBT rights in India as well as serving as an adviser to various international development agencies.
Publications
[edit]Laws Affecting LGBT Persons in South Asia, A Desk Review[permanent dead link]
Same-Sex Love in a Difficult Climate; A study into the life situation of Sexual Minority (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Kothi and Transgender) persons in Bangladesh; co-authored with Shale Ahmed
My Body is Not Mine; Violence and hope in the lives of Kothsi; co-authored with Vidya Shah and photographs by Parthiv Shah
From the Frontline; Study into the violence faced by Kothis and MSM in six cities of India and one city in Bangladesh; co-authored with Shivananda Khan
Against the Odds; The impact of legal, socio-cultural, legislative and socio-economic impediments to effective HIV/AIDS interventions with males who have sex with males in Bangladesh; co-authored with Shivananda Khan
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bhopal gets drenched in Rainbow Colours: Bhopal Pride Parade - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ a b "New asia pacific statistics reveal an alarming incidence of HIV in MSM". PR Newswire. 29 November 2007.
- ^ "India's highest court to revisit 16th-century ban on gay sex". ajc. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Home". msmasia.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "raids". Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "India: Lucknow Four Freed". 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "Decoding section 377: How the verdict erased basic human rights". Hindustan Times. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Safi, Michael (8 January 2018). "India's highest court to review colonial-era law criminalising gay sex". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ India: State-Supported Oppression and Persecution of Sexual Minorities, iglhrc.org, 8 April 2002
- ^ Paradis, Evelyn (30 April 2002). "Sexual Minorities Reach the UN". Human Rights Tribune.
- ^ "SALGBT Network". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "APCOM". Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ ILGLaw
External links
[edit]- 1972 births
- Bengali activists
- Bengali Hindus
- 21st-century Bengalis
- 20th-century Indian lawyers
- Indian LGBTQ rights activists
- Living people
- Kendriya Vidyalaya alumni
- Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration alumni
- University of Calcutta alumni
- University of Burdwan alumni
- Indira Gandhi National Open University alumni