We may face the prospect of our fate being decided by the Parliament. As a sexual minority community we are recriminalized and now face the uncertainty of several review petitions being heard out in the Supreme Court. Is our Queer identity influenced by other contemporary social movements or does it have its own identity? The time to ask this question has arrived.Īfter a long protracted legal fight in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court on section 377, we are back to ground zero. These ideologies shape our politics, the candidates we vote for and the political parties we support. How do the diverse social ideologies that pervade our existence further compound with our ideology of being Queer. Besides the rhetoric of Indian identity, one asks what it means to be gay, queer, lesbian, transgender in the Indian context. The pre and post independent social movements in India have had a far reaching influence in our social ideologies, our value systems and our identity as Indian citizens. Please RSVP: Queer Movement in India is a little over 20 years old but is relatively still a new movement in the political landscape of the Indian Sub continent. Location: Morello Hall, Holy Family Hospital, 6th Flr, Holy Spirit Complex, Hill Road, Bandra West
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