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Was homosexuality still illegal in Jammu and Kashmir when 377 was updated due to 370?
<p>When India updated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_377_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Section 377 IPC</a> and decriminalised homosexuality at that time Jammu and Kashmir still had <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_370_of_the_Constitution_of_India#:%7E:text=Article%20370%20of%20the%20Indian,and%20autonomy%20over%20the%20internal" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Article 370 of the Constitution of India</a>. Does or did the presence of Section 370 stop or halt the decriminalizing of homosexuality in the state?</p>
<p>Now Section 370 has been removed in the most controversial way, but I was asking the status before it.</p>

<p>Yes, J &amp; K had to wait roughly 1 year more for decriminalisation of 377.</p>
