On 2 July 2009, the Delhi High Court delivered a landmark judgement reading down the archaic colonial era Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, thus decriminalising private same-sex relations between consenting adults. The reverberations across Southasia, make relevant a revisiting of Himal’s March 2008 issue: 'Circles of sexuality: the push for privilege, the danger of definition'. Read up on the legal status of homosexuality in the region and share in stories of sexuality, alternative identities and queer struggles for visibility and the cost of privacy. Also, find out how the yaysayers and the naysayers are reacting to the judgement.