Gay people have made tremendous strides across the world in the last 20 years, but over in India, gay behavior is still punishable with prison time. Millions of Indian homosexuals struggle in silence, knowing that every hand job is technically criminal possession. We spoke to an in-the-closet Indian man to figure out just what it's like being feloniously gay. Here's what he has to deal with:

5 Progress Doesn't Always Stay That Way

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In 1860, America was lathering itself up into a frothy Civil War, while over in India, my people were busy being ruled by the British Raj. One of the head honkies was Lord Macaulay, aka this freakin' guy:

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A villain? In a cravat like that?

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He's responsible for a little thing called Section 377, which made it a criminal act to have sex with a matching set of genitals. In 2009, one of India's highest courts repealed the law. The gay community cheered "Progress!" and for a while things looked to be on an upswing. Then, in 2014, our Supreme Court revisited the issue and concluded, "Wait, nope, being gay is still illegal."

This means that I am officially illegal. And not like jaywalking or pirating Game of Thrones illegal: It's a 10-year prison sentence.