When Hyderabads first Pride March after the Supreme Court read down Section 377 was held earlier this year, many corporate sponsors contacted the organisers, extending their support. This was the case in other cities including Bengaluru and Chennai as well. Though the organisers rejected the offer, the outpouring of support showed that the change in law had led to companies trying to actively solicit members from the LGBTQIA community.

Its not just MNCsin many cities and towns in India, the year since the Supreme Courts order has seen many more stories of coming out, say people part of the community. These, however, sit side by side with accounts of marginalisation and alienation.

In the past it was always comparatively easier for people from urban areas to come out and talk about their sexuality when compared to their counterparts in rural areas where criminalisation had instilled fear and stigma. Now even in villages in Goa, people are more open about their sexuality and are better accepted, said Andy Steven Silveira, who is part of queer collectives in both Hyderabad and Goa.

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While the basic rights of people with non-heterosexual orientation and transgender identification are still violated, members of the LGBTQIA community say the legal legitimacy for their sexual rights has led to peer groups, families, village communities and employers in the organised sector extending support to them.

In places known for conversion therapy centres in states such as Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telanganawhere children with different sexual orientations were often administered drugs to change them to fit the heterosexual moldparents have begun getting support from psychiatrists and psychologists who are now better aware of matters of sexual orientation. Parents are taking appointments with psychiatric and psychosexual therapists for their children. The decriminalisation has made families safer for children with different sexual orientation, said Rachana Mudraboyina, a Hyderabad based transwoman activist.

Mudraboyina has also been working with both government and non-governmental organisations which want to develop learning modules to help their employees become more sensitive to issues of sexuality.

Most recently, I helped National Institute of Security Management with a learning module to prevent substance abuse among queer people who are victims of stigma. Such interventions, even though conventional, were unthinkable just a year ago, said Mudraboyina, adding that even the NALSA judgement of the Supreme Court, which gave each individual the right to decide their gender, did not have the impact of the 2018 Section 377 judgement.

In southern states including Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, various support groups have mushroomed after judgement, she added.