The Gay Sex In India Has Been Set As An Official Rule In Helpping Prevention Of HIV/AIDS....

India is home to some 2.3 million people with HIV, an epidemic that is primarily fuelled by unsafe sex between men and women.Sex between men is also a major driver of the epidemic, but Section 377's ever-present threat of criminalisation made gay men reluctant to disclose their status. In highlighting the HIV/AIDS implications of the ruling, Amnesty joined the ranks of many international and Indian health organisations that have campaigned for decades for Indian authorities to repeal the colonial-era law. 

These campaigners point out that criminalising sexual behaviour not only violates human rights, but also serves to drive HIV/AIDS underground as people seek to conceal their sexuality for fear of the law. It is harder for health workers to tackle HIV/AIDS - or any other condition for that matter - when people who are suffering are afraid to go to doctors for fear of being socially stigmatised or criminalised. Experts say the ruling by the Delhi high court is expected to make it easier for health authorities to reach out to men who have sex with other men (MSM). MSM include not only those who are in gay relationships, but also men who may be married or in a relationship with women. The stigma, marginalisation, discrimination and criminalisation faced by the MSM population in India, as well as the absence of reliable data on them, are thought to be major hurdles in India's efforts to provide universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 - something New Delhi signed up to at the United Nations.