Description
The last decade of the 20th century in India has seen the emergence of another form of political assertion centring on the hitherto private realm of sexuality. We are increasingly witnessing people asserting their right to be different as sexual beings in terms of sexual orientation or gender identity. The traditional definitions of activist politics are being forced to engage with new political concerns articulated by people who claim gay, lesbian, hijra, transgender, Kothi and numerous other identities. What is common to these identities, apart from their roots in sexuality, is the fact that they question the heteronormative ideal that the only way in which two human beings can relate romantically, sexually and emotionally is within a heterosexual context.
ISBN: 978-9380403144
Arvind is a visiting faculty at the School of Policy and Governance. He has been involved with research, writing and practice related to law and social concerns. He has a bachelor’s in law from the National Law School of India University(NLSIU), followed by a master’s at the University of Warwick on a Chevening scholarship. He is currently in the process of doing his PHD on ‘Mapping the elements of an Ambedkarite jurisprudence’ at the NLSIU.
He is the author of co-editor of Law Like Love: Queer perspectives on Law, as well as the co-author of Breathing Life into the Constitution. He was also a part of the team of lawyers challenging Section 377 of the IPC right from the High Court in 2009 to the Supreme Court in 2018.
Arvind is the Founding Member of The Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore.
