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Lakkimsetti, Chaitanya,

Legalizing sex : sexual minorities, AIDS, and citizenship in India / Chaitanya Lakkimsetti. - 1 online resource. - NYU scholarship online . - NYU scholarship online. .

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This 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.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9781479845996 No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sexual minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
Sexual minorities--Political activity--India.
Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
Transgender people--Political activity--India.
Sex workers--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
Sex workers--Political activity--India.
AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
Law.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.

LC Class. No.: KNS2107.G38 / L35 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 342.54087