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Publications

Page Striving for Magic
Article published in Himal on the implication of the Naz Foundation decision
File It's not my job to tell you it's okay to be gay
Medicalisation of homosexuality: a queer critique
File Queer: Law and Despised Sexualities in India
This book serves as an analytical introduction to law and sexuality in INdia. It is also a useful guide for activists and scholars interested in working in the area or needing to contact groups etc.
File Subaltern Queer Cultures in the era of Hindutva
Issues of sexuality remain inextricably linked to questions of both health and human rights. The discourses surrounding health have had a deeply contradictory impact on the human rights of “queer” people in the Indian context. At one level there is the medical discourse which, under the rubric of the International Classification of Diseases, classifies ego dystonic homosexuality as a pathology. At another level, the emergence of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the consequent identification of vulnerable populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM), has opened up spaces for discussion and work around sexuality. This work around sexuality has brought to the fore the existence of various subaltern queer cultures in India as well as the peculiar set of issues that those who come under the rubric of queer have to confront.
File Queer women and the law in India
A paper by Ponni Arasu and Priya Thangarajah
File Sexual Minorities and the Police in India: Towards a regime of accountability
This is a submission to the Soli Sorabjee Committee set up to reform the Police Act. The submission was by 39 civil society organizations working in the area of gender, sexuality and rights and was aimed at suggesting reform to ensure that police took the human rights of sexual minorities seriously.
Page Articulation of Queer Rights
Paper by Arvind Narrain on The emerging right to sexual orientation and gender identity
Page A Note on the Brazil Resolution
In April, 2003 the Brazilian government introduced a historic resolution on ‘Human rights and sexual orientation’. The resolution itself did not go very far as it merely ‘expresses deep concern at the occurrence of violations of human rights in the world against persons on the grounds of their sexual orientation’ and ‘stresses that human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings, that the universal nature of these rights and freedoms is beyond question and that the enjoyment of such rights and freedoms should not be hindered in any way on the grounds of sexual orientation’
Page Sexual Minorites at the WSF
 
Page How the Media helped 'out' LGBT Issues
Article by Siddharth Narrain on Media Coverage of the Naz Foundation decision
Page Is Naaz Foundation the Roe v. Wade of India?
Article by Lawrence Liang on the Naz Foundation decision comparing it to Roe v. Wade
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