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Who is Menaka Guruswamy? SC lawyer behind Sec 377 verdict now India’s 1st openly queer MP

Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, a prominent lawyer in the Section 377 decriminalization case, has taken oath as a Trinamool Congress MP from West Bengal. She becomes India’s first openly queer member of Parliament, vowing to uphold constitutional values of equality and non-discrimination.

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