377 is a narrative show about the legal action and accompanying social movement against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The anti-sodomy law was largely used to target MSM (men who have sex with men) populations in India and though rarely enforced, it was wielded as a threat against LGBTQI+ populations. It was enacted when India was still under British rule, and survived well until 2018, when it was finally read down by the Indian Supreme Court. 

In this show, we delve into the complex history of the law — how it came about, how it became closely intertwined with another crisis (the HIV/AIDS public health crisis), and how, in 2001, an NGO decided to contest the law’s constitutionality in the Delhi High Court. 

The story of the fight against 377 is a great example of how a legal movement became a broader equal rights movement, but with its fair share of drama and narrative twists and turns!