I found this article that I think will be of interest to some of you. Below is the link and an excerpt from it.
"The hostility to alternate sexualities, LesBIT activists say, is a modern phenomenon. Evidence of lesbian, bisexual and transgender relationships can be found in Vedic literature, tantra, Sufi poetry, and in the ancient sculptures o f Konark and Khajuraho. The criminalisation of gay, lesbian and transgender sexuality is, however, a product of the Victorian morality of British colonialism. What is interesting is that while homosexual marriages are today legally recognised in the United Kingdom, they continue to be criminalised in India".
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/09/09/stories/2007090950090400.htm
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Of interest to our class is the is the idea that many societies who were colonized by the "west" often use rhetoric claiming that same-gender and transgender practices and identities are an import of colonialism. The other argument, however, the one more accurate, is that homophobia and transphobia are imports of colonialism. Further, and tied to our discussion on Tuesday, as globalization heightens it seems the spread of homophobia and transphobia are as well. Thoughts?
should we think of "obias" as colonial imports?
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