Hundreds of people danced, sang and cheered in a gay pride parade in New Delhi on Sunday, the first since the country's top court reinstated a ban on gay sex. (Photo: AP)
Some participants said they had little faith that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government would revoke Section 377, despite having a majority in the lower house of parliament. (Photo: AP)
In December, India's Supreme Court threw out a 2009 ruling by a lower court that had decriminalized gay sex, saying only parliament could repeal Section 377 of India's penal code which bans sex against the order of nature. (Photo: AP)
Participants react to a speaker as he recites a poem during a gay rights parade in New Delhi (Photo: AP)
Participants chanting "Azaadi" (freedom) and shouting slogans such as "I'm gay, that's OK" carried banners and placards demanding their right to love. (Photo: AP)
Participants dance during a gay rights parade in New Delhi (Photo: AP)