Day61_India's Supreme Court decriminalizes gay sex in historic ruling

India's Supreme Court 印度最高法庭

decriminalize 合法化

ruling n. 裁定，裁决

India's top court overturned a 157-year old law criminalizing gay sex in a landmark victory for gay rights.

overturne

landmark 标志性的

A panel of five judges issued a unanimous judgment striking down the provision and affirming the right to equality and dignity.

panel 小组，委员会

unanimous 一致同意的

strike down / overturn

provision 法律条款

affirm 公开宣称用户某事

"Respect for individual choice is the essence of liberty, " Dipak Misra, India's chief justice, told a packed courtroom. "This freedom can only be fulfilled when each of us realizes that the LGBT community possesses equal rights."

chief justice 首席法官

pack : 塞满 eg. This book is packed with useful information.

The ruling sparked jubilation among members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. News channels showed people in cities across India weeping and embracing as they celebrated the historic decision.

jubilation 欢庆 / jubilate v.

channel 电视频道

weeping and embracing 哭着拥抱着

The judgment reflects rapid social change in India, where only five years ago, the top court upheld the same law. Since then, campaigners have mobilized a movement to spread awareness about gay rights. In recent years, more than 30 Indian cities have held their first gay pride parades, and public protests against the provision have spread across the country.

upheld 支持，拥护

campaigner 参与者 <= campaign 运动

mobilize 组织动员

spread awareness about sth 传播某种观念

protest against 对某事抗议反对

Economic and technological changes have spurred shifts in thinking, too—cheap smartphones and mobile data opened young Indians to global trends and dating apps, while the mushrooming of India's information technology sector has created a richer—and freer—generation of urban youth.

spurre 鞭策，促进

open sb to sth 打开..新思想

mushrooming 迅速增长

sector 某行业/领域

The Supreme Court decision is expected to be celebrated across India throughout the day and into the night. Activists pledged that the ruling was just the beginning. They vowed to continue to seek legal protection from violence and abuse and seek the right to marry and adopt children.

throughout the day and into the night 从白昼到黑夜

pledge 很正式地承诺

vowe to / pledge to

seek legal protection from.. 寻求法律的保护