On the 15th of April, 2014, the Supreme Court of India (in an unexpected show of decency) decided to recognise the transgender community as a third gender, availing them of basic human rights of education, jobs and voting. The landmark judgement was met with a roaring approval from all liberal corners of the nation. Given the 377 debacle which criminalized ‘unnatural’ sex, thereby criminalizing the LGBTQ community as a whole, just a few months prior to that, it was heartening to see such a forward-thinking judgement, even if it was in polar opposition to their own thinking by 377’s definition. Moreover, as recently as November, there is now a bill in parliament that is pushing to lower the juvenile justice age allowing minors above the age of 16 to be tried in courts as adults, for committing heinous crimes.

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