LGBT rights are trending in opposite directions internationally. Latin America and Europe are recognizing same-sex marriage, but Nigeria and Uganda have enacted extreme penalties for same-sex relations. Russia has criminalized certain forms of association and expression.
Two recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India sharply contrast. One two-judge bench of the court recriminalized certain consensual acts of adults in private. Then another two-judge bench declared that transgender persons be treated as a third gender for the purpose of safeguarding their rights.
