Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju: Love is Love

About this episode

This episode features lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju discussing their historic role in overturning a law in India that criminalized same-sex love.

Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju made history in 2018 when they helped overturn a law in India that said love between people of the same gender was illegal. They worked hard to show India’s Supreme Court that love is love.

People in this episode

Guests: Menaka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju

Topics covered

• LGBTQ+ rights
• legal history
• love
• India
• social justice

Keywords

• Menaka Guruswamy
• Arundhati Katju
• LGBTQ+ law
• India
• Supreme Court
• love is love
• legal advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: India’s Supreme Court

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