Event Host: Humanities Institute
Short Description: Suparna Bhaskaran of the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies will talk about her work on some of the debates in the aftermath of the decision to repeal India's ban on same-sex relationships as it pertains to issues of anti-discrimination, the linkages between social, economic and political rights for LGBTQI people in India, and diasporic solidarity.
On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India made the historic decision to repeal, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the ban on same-sex relationships. The British colonial-era statute, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, made sexual behavior “against the order of nature” illegal and punishable by imprisonment.
Decriminalization marked a significant step forward in the recognition and promotion of the human rights of LGBTQI people and queer politics in India. Suparna Bhaskaran, lecturer in the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, will talk about her work on some of the debates in the aftermath of this decision as it pertains to issues of anti-discrimination, the linkages between social, economic, and political rights for LGBTQI people in India, and diasporic solidarity.
