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''''Aditya Bandopadhyay''' (sometimes transliterated at '''Bondyopadhyay''') is a lawyer in India. He is known for promoting [[gay rights]] activism. ==Work History== 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 Aditya has lived in the cities of Agra; Chhabua; Guwahati; Kolkata; and Delhi, all in India. He first attended Calcutta University and thereafter studied Law in the University of Burdwan, both in West Bengal, India. Aditya Bondyopadhyay has been an ‘out’ activist for the rights all sexualities since 1993, including playing a leading role in the movement for decriminalisation 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 PLHIV MSM. As part of his work he has been associated with the [http://www.lawyerscollective.org Lawyers Collective], one of India’s leading Human Rights Groups, and with the [http://www.nfi.net Naz Foundation International], 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 [http://www.msmasia.org Secretariat of the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM)] from its inception in October 2006 till December 2008. In 2001 when [http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/733.html raids] were conducted in the city of Lucknow, India on NGOs working for HIV prevention with MSM and offices were sealed and AIDS workers arrested, he represented the organisations and the arrested individuals in court, and ensured the unsealing of the offices and the [http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/globalactionalerts/730.html continuation of their work]. He was also part of the legal team that aided [[Blue_Diamond_Society|Blue Diamond Society]], Nepal’s leading Gay Group, 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_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 2nd 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. He was the first Asian and the third queer person in the world to [http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/651.html testify] before the United Nations Committee on Human Rights, against the state supported and sponsored oppression of sexual minorities in India. 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 [http://www.salgbtnetwork.org/partnerhome.php?pid=11 Adhikaar], an LGBT Human Rights organisation based in Delhi, India and working for securing equal citizenship rights for all sexual minorities in India. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the [http://www.msmgf.org/ Global Forum for MSM and HIV], Sits on the Board of [http://www.msmasia.org APCOM], and is the Male Director for Asia on the Board of [http://www.ilglaw.org/ ILGLaw]. He also acts as adviser to various other international development agencies. '''His research and publications include the following''': [http://www.salgbtnetwork.org/downloadfile.php?file=11/Laws%20affecting%20LGBT%20persons%20in%20South%20Asia%20new.pdf&type=pdf '''Laws Affecting LGBT Persons in South Asia, A Desk Review'''] [http://www.bandhu-bd.org/research.html '''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 [http://cmaconline.org/gender1/My%20Body%20is%20Not%20Mine.pdf '''My Body is Not Mine''']; Violence and hope in the lives of Kothsi; co-authored with Vidya Shah and photographs by Parthiv Shah [http://www.nfi.net/downloads/knowledge_centre/Useful%20documents/2006_From%20the%20frontline.pdf '''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 [http://www.nfi.net/downloads/knowledge_centre/NFI%20publications/Reports/2004_AgainsttheOdds.pdf '''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 '''Schools/Colleges/University Aditya Bondyopadhyay has attended''': Air Force School, Agra, India Kendriya Vidyalaya, Chabua, India Kendriya Vidyalaya Borjhar, Guahati, India Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Air Force Statin Agra, India Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, Kolkata, India Hooghly Mohshin College, Law School, Chinsurah, India Indira Gandhi National Open University ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://vimeo.com/26277624 interview on personal sexuality with Humsafar Trust] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Bandopadhyay, Aditya | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bandopadhyay, Aditya}} [[Category:LGBT rights activists from India]] [[Category:Living people]]'