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100	1		_aLakkimsetti, Chaitanya, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLegalizing sex : _bsexual minorities, AIDS, and citizenship in India / _cChaitanya Lakkimsetti.
263			_a1912
264	3	1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press. _c[2019]
300			_a199
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis original ethnographic research explores the relationship between the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the rights-based struggles of sexual minorities in contemporary India. Sex workers, gay men, and transgender people became visible in the Indian public sphere in the mid-1980s when the rise of HIV/AIDS became a frightening issue. The Indian state started to fold these groups into national HIV/AIDS policies as “high-risk” groups in an attempt to create an effective response to the epidemic. Lakkimsetti argues that over time the crisis of HIV/AIDS effectively transformed the relationship between sexual minorities and the state from one that was focused on juridical exclusion to one of inclusion. The new relationship then enabled affected groups to demand rights and citizenship from the Indian state that had been previously unimaginable. By illuminating such tactics as mobilizing against a colonial era anti-sodomy law, petitioning the courts for the recognition of gender identity, and stalling attempts to criminalize sexual labor, this book uniquely brings together the struggles of sex workers, transgender people, and gay groups previously studied separately. A closely observed look at the machinations behind recent victories for sexual minorities, this book is essential reading across several fields.
530			_aAlso available as an ebook.
650		0	_aSexual minorities _xLegal status, laws, etc. _xSocial aspects _zIndia.
650		0	_aSexual minorities _xPolitical activity _zIndia.
650		0	_aTransgender people _xLegal status, laws, etc. _xSocial aspects _zIndia.
650		0	_aTransgender people _xPolitical activity _zIndia.
650		0	_aAIDS (Disease) _xPatients _xLegal status, laws, etc. _xSocial aspects _zIndia.
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