New York is among cities across the U.S. participating in what has been deemed a "Global Day of Rage" in response to India’s Supreme Court decision last week that re-criminalizes gay sex.

The decision in India reinstated Sec. 377 — overturning a lower court ruling that legalized gay sex back in 2009.

Same-sex intercourse is now punishable by up to a decade in prison.

South Asian LGBTQIA and supporters gathered at Union Square Sunday chanting and stomping as a "sign of our rage." It was followed by spoken word, poem readings and a candlelight vigil.  

Avinash Rajagopal was among the crowd. He left India four years ago — just before gay sex was made legal.

“It was really one of the most brilliant interpretations of the Indian constitution,” Rajagopal said. “And I keep a copy of that judgment on the desktop of my laptop.” 

He says India’s decision to uphold its 153-year-old ban on gay sex is a step in the wrong direction for the world’s largest democracy. 

The Colonial-era law was implemented by the British. India's Supreme Court ruled that only the legislature could change the law, not a court.