SOC346H5 Lecture 7: SOC346-LEC7
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Lecture 7 (de)criminalization of same sex sexual activity: a focus on india. Captures the long term impact of colonialism: very important to most of the world, gives you a perspective on the lasting effects of colonialism. How to this day it continues to dictate debate regarding gender and sexuality: as (cid:449)e"ll see toda(cid:455), la(cid:449) did (cid:374)ot e(cid:454)ist i(cid:374) the (cid:271)ooks, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:449)as (cid:271)rought i(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) the. But it was not because the law was brought in through colonialism. A very vibrant sexuality rights-movement- the focus has been on law and rights discourse. The focus in indian queer rights movement has been on rights discourse. There are other movements that are not about rights/ not about legal reform- e. g she says black lives matter. Shows us the similarity with other sexuality right debates in other parts of the world. Fight for decriminalization of section 377 of the indian penal codde.
