'We are madly in love with each other,' the victim, Sarmila Malla, said.
A woman in eastern India has been tied up to a tree and beaten after neighbors discovered she was in a same-sex relationship.
Indian activists take part in a pride parade in Siliguri, India on December 30, 2018. A woman was reportedly tied to a tree and beaten because she was in a same-sex relationship in Odisha in the east of the country. DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images Ganesh Parida, a resident of the village, told the newspaper: “We beat up and tied Sarmila to a tree in our village as she is a lesbian. She is immoral and has besmirched the name of our village.
While it no longer prohibits same-sex unions, India does not recognize LGBT marriages. Campaigners said decriminalization in the courts was just the beginning of LGBT equality and that it will take a long time for society’s attitudes to change, the Gay Star News reported.
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