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LGBTQ+ couples in India await the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage

Members of the LGBTQ+ community and their supporters carry a rainbow flag as they march demanding equal marriage rights in New Delhi, India, in January. The Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and is now hearing arguments in a case to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP)

MUMBAI — Aruna Desai still remembers the distress call that came in the middle of the night in September.

On the line was a teenage boy who could barely speak through his tears. He had recently moved back to his family home in Delhi, and had come out to his parents. They were threatening to throw him out. They had even taken him to a Hindu faith healer who promised to rid the boy of his homosexuality — by any means possible.

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