File picture of Dutee Chand. Reuters
Sprinter Dutee Chand expressed her disappointment with Supreme Court docket’s verdict on same-sex marriages. The courtroom had dominated towards legalising same-sex marriage in India and left it to the Parliament to resolve on the contentious situation. The unanimous order by a five-judge bench got here as a blow to the LGBTQ group within the nation, 5 years after the courtroom scrapped a colonial-era ban on homosexual intercourse.
Dutee Chand, who had turn out to be the primary brazenly homosexual Indian athlete in Might 2019, expressed her disappointment and mentioned the ruling has ‘upset her plans.’
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“I plan to marry my partner Monalisa. But the decision of the apex court has upset all plans. I have been living with Monalisa for five years. We are happy together and as adults, we have every right to make our own decisions. We hope Parliament passes a law allowing same-sex marriages,” Dutee was quoted as saying by Times of India.
Chand has been in a relationship with Monalisa for some years now and the pair posed for the duvet of Odia journal Kadambini. The duo had reportedly first met throughout a Khudurkuni puja and later moved in collectively.
Dutee has spoken about dealing with criticism from her household after she introduced she was in a same-sex relationship. On the monitor she’s been a robust advocate for LGBTQ athletes: she participated within the Queen’s Baton in 2021 and make clear homophobia in Commonwealth international locations. She then held a LBTQIA+ flag on the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham.