Unshackling Desire
Regressive elements in new laws on surrogacy and transgenders extend the colonial heritage of criminalising sexuality.
Literature, mythology and religious and erotic texts dating from well over 1,800 years ago not only display a deep familiarity with non-binary genders and sexualities, but also emphasise their virtues. Legend has it that Rama dismissed his subjects, who were ready to accompany him into 14 years of exile, by exhorting all 'the men, women and children' to go back home from the edge of the forest. The hijras, fitting into none
