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Aditya Bondyopadhyay has been an ‘out’ activist for the rights of all sexualities since 1993, including playing a leading role in the movement for decriminalization of sodomy in India. He has also worked for the same time with the [[HIV/AIDS]] movement in South Asia for prevention intervention of male to male sexual [MSM] transmission and for care support and treatment issues of [[HIV-positive people|people living with HIV (PLHIV)]] and [[Men who have sex with men|MSM]]. |
Aditya Bondyopadhyay has been an ‘out’ activist for the rights of all sexualities since 1993, including playing a leading role in the movement for decriminalization of sodomy in India. He has also worked for the same time with the [[HIV/AIDS]] movement in South Asia for prevention intervention of male to male sexual [MSM] transmission and for care support and treatment issues of [[HIV-positive people|people living with HIV (PLHIV)]] and [[Men who have sex with men|MSM]]. |
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As part of his work he has been associated 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 |
As part of his work he has been associated 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> [http://www.msmasia.org]</ref> |
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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 organization's work.<ref>[http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/733.html raids]</ref> <ref>[http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/globalactionalerts/730.html]</ref>He was also part of the legal team that aided [[Blue Diamond Society]], Nepal’s leading |
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 organization's work.<ref>[http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/733.html raids]</ref> <ref>[http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/globalactionalerts/730.html]</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 decriminalising 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> |
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 decriminalising 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> |
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He was the first Asian and the third queer person in the world to testify |
He was the first Asian and the third queer person in the world to testify before the [[United Nations Human Rights Council|United Nations Committee on Human Rights]], against the state supported and sponsored oppression of sexual minorities in India.<ref>[http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/651.html</ref> |
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He has conducted extensive research on Human Rights violations of sexual minorities in South Asia, and regularly tours the region to conduct legal/Rights literacy training and workshops with Sexual minority groups. As part of his HIV activism he also continues to work for the Human Rights concerns of other affected populations like sex workers, transgender people, drug users, and HIV positive people. |
He has conducted extensive research on Human Rights violations of sexual minorities in South Asia, and regularly tours the region to conduct legal/Rights literacy training and workshops with Sexual minority groups. As part of his HIV activism he also continues to work for the Human Rights concerns of other affected populations like sex workers, transgender people, drug users, and HIV positive people. |
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He is the Director of Adhikaar, an LGBT Human Rights organisation based in Delhi, India |
He is the Director of [http://www.adhikaar.org/ Adhikaar], an LGBT Human Rights organisation based in Delhi, India, working to secure equal citizenship rights for all sexual minorities in India.<ref>[http://www.salgbtnetwork.org/partnerhome.php?pid=11]</ref> He is a founding member of the [http://www.msmgf.org/ 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 [[Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health|APCOM]] <ref>[http://www.msmasia.org APCOM]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ilglaw.org/ ILGLaw]</ref>. 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. |
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==Publications== |
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Aditya Bandopadhyay (sometimes transliterated at Bondyopadhyay) is a lawyer in India. He is known for promoting gay rights activism.
Early life and education
Aditya Bondyopadhyay, born February 1972, is a lawyer based in New Delhi India. Aditya grew up mostly in Agra, Uttar Pradesh State, India. Although he did spend parts of his childhood in Assam, India. Over the years Bondyopadhyay has lived in 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.[1]
Activism
Aditya Bondyopadhyay has been an ‘out’ activist for the rights of all sexualities since 1993, including playing a leading role in the movement for decriminalization of sodomy in India. He has also worked for the same time with the HIV/AIDS movement in South Asia for prevention intervention of male to male sexual [MSM] transmission and for care support and treatment issues of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and MSM.
As part of his work he has been associated with the Lawyers Collective, one of India’s leading Human Rights Groups, and with theNaz 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.[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 organization's work.[3] [4]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 decriminalising homosexuality in India and reading down the Section 377 to imply that it shall not apply to private adult consensual sexual activity.[5]
He was the first Asian and the third queer person in the world to testify before the United Nations Committee on Human Rights, against the state supported and sponsored oppression of sexual minorities in India.[6]
He has conducted extensive research on Human Rights violations of sexual minorities in South Asia, and regularly tours the region to conduct legal/Rights literacy training and workshops with Sexual minority groups. As part of his HIV activism he also continues to work for the Human Rights concerns of other affected populations like sex workers, transgender people, drug users, and HIV positive people.
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.[7] 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 [8] [9]. 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
Laws Affecting LGBT Persons in South Asia, A Desk Review
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
- ^ "India's highest court to revisit 16th-century ban on gay sex". ajc. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ [1]
- ^ raids
- ^ [2]
- ^ Safi, Michael (8 January 2018). "India's highest court to review colonial-era law criminalising gay sex". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ [http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/651.html
- ^ [3]
- ^ APCOM
- ^ ILGLaw
External links
Aditya Bondyopadhyay gave an interview wherein he spoke about his life and work. This Interview was given as part of the oral history of LGBT activists and Leaders, undertaken by the Humsafar Trust in a Project called "Project Bolo". You can see the Interview of Aditya Bondyopadhyay here.