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India’s second attempt at making gay sex legal fails

By Fabio Crispim

India has failed once more in their attempt at making gay sex legal after politicians down voted the bill that would decriminalise homosexuality.

This is the second time Indian politicians have voted to keep section 377 in three months.

National Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was fighting once again for the bill that would remove the colonial era law.

The bill was defeated by a vote of 58 to 14 with one abstaining.

Shashi took to Twitter to voice her disappointment: