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First Queer MP - Menaka Guruswamy
April 9 , 2026
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- Menaka Guruswamy has become India’s first openly queer Member of Parliament (MP).
- She took oath as a Rajya Sabha member on April 6, 2026.
- She was elected with support from the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) from West Bengal.
- She is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India.
- She was part of the legal team in the 2018 case that decriminalised homosexuality by reading down Section 377 (Indian Penal Code).
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