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Protecting the rights of LGBTIQ people around the world: Beyond marriage equality and the decriminalisation of homosexuality
In just a few decades, discussions regarding same-sex relationships have gone from taboo to almost fashionable.1 In many countries, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people are now able to marry. But in other parts of the world, engaging in same-sex sexual conduct and ‘cross-dressing’ (expressing a gender different to the sex assigned at birth) are still considered criminal acts, disorders or both.
Contested feelings: Mapping emotional journeys of LGBTI rights and reforms
This reflection explores how emotion shapes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights and law reforms.
Feeling Terror - Right Now
Terrorism is ordinary. It may seem paradoxical or even perverse to make such a bold claim. After all, the horrors of the Sydney Siege and Charlie Hebdo were witnessed by many as extraordinary acts of violence perpetrated by “fundamentalists.” Yet, mapping terrorism according to these discrete moments of public rupture obscures the far more pervasive and pernicious acts of terror that many of people live through on a daily basis.
Stonewall Riots: Remembering the Renegade Origins of the Gay Rights Movement
Millions of people will take to the streets around the world in the coming weeks to celebrate “Pride”. Those who find themselves doused in glitter or wrapped in rainbow flags may think this is merely an annual summer party of sexual and gender diversity. But, the last weekend in June anchors Prides around the world for a reason: it marks a queer uprising that took place at New York City’s Stonewall Inn in 1969.
global legacy shows there's no simple story of progress for gay rights
Millions of people will take to the streets around the world in the coming weeks to celebrate “Pride”. Those who find themselves doused in glitter or wrapped in rainbow flags may think this is merely an annual summer party of sexual and gender diversity. But, the last weekend in June anchors Prides around the world for a reason: it marks a queer uprising that took place at New York City’s Stonewall Inn in 1969.
How the SC judgement on Section 377 ties constitutional values with emotion
What does it mean to love in law? On Thursday 6th September, my social media feeds lit up with heart emojis, #lovewins hashtags, and status updates expressing love in response to the of India’s unanimous decision to decriminalise gay sex. There was a collective sigh of relief as the court lifted the weight of criminality from those who lived in the shadow of India’s law criminalising homosexuality, specifically of the Indian Penal Code 1860 – a vestige of British colonialism.
Section 377: How Indian judges wrote LGBTQ love into law
What does it mean to love in law? On Thursday Sept. 06, my social media feeds lit up with heart emojis, #lovewins hashtags, and status updates expressing love in response to the supreme court of India’s unanimous decision to decriminalise gay sex.
Is love the path to justice?
India's Supreme Court on September 6 struck down the ban that has been at the centre of years of legal battles. "The law had become a weapon for harassment for the LGBT community," Chief Justice Dipak Misra said as he announced the landmark verdict. Source Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP WHAT does it mean to love in law?
How India Wrote Love Into Law as They Legalized Gay Sex
What does it mean to love in law? On Thursday 6th September, my social media feeds lit up with heart emojis, #lovewins hashtags, and status updates expressing love in response to the Supreme Court of India’s unanimous decision to decriminalize gay sex.
How Indian judges wrote love into law as they decriminalised gay sex
What does it mean to love in law? On Thursday 6th September, my social media feeds lit up with heart emojis, #lovewins hashtags, and status updates expressing love in response to the Supreme Court of India’s unanimous decision to decriminalise gay sex.
Using AI to determine queer sexuality is misconceived and dangerous
How do we know if someone is gay? A recent Stanford University study has claimed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) using a facial recognition algorithm can more accurately guess whether a person is gay or lesbian than human beings can.
On sexuality, the law still takes public disgust into account.
We tend to assume that law is objective and disembodied, but the story of the decriminalization of homosexuality in the U.K. shows that, like the people who create it, it is in fact an emotional creature, animated by visceral human feelings – and as far as sexuality is concerned, the chief emotion at work is often disgust. You don’t have to look very hard to see how much it was disgust, not a concern for morality or justice, that shaped the laws governing homosexual activity.
On sexuality, the law still caters to the norms of public disgust
We tend to assume that law is objective and disembodied, but the story of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK shows that, like the people who create it, it is in fact an emotional creature, animated by visceral human feelings – and as far as sexuality is concerned, the chief emotion at work is often disgust. You don’t have to look very hard to see how much it was disgust, not a concern for morality or justice, that shaped the laws governing homosexual activity.
On sexuality, the law still caters to the norms of public disgust
You don't have to look very hard to see how much it was disgust, not a concern for morality or justice, that shaped the laws governing homosexual activity. In fact, in the UK, homosexuality was long deemed so perverse that to even speak of it in public would stain your character. Criminal punishments for homosexual activity, which included the death penalty, thrived on disgust for centuries.
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