LGBT Identity: The Illustration of “Othering” in India

What is it about?

The concepts of “other” and “self” have been popularized aer the emergence of postmodernism and postcolonialism. The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community can be regarded as “other” of the male–female binary. The state has a big role to create and/or erase the differentiation between “self” and “other.” The demand of the LGBT community, that is, the exclusion of Section 377 from the Indian Penal Code is yet to be fulfiled by the Indian State, “but it also made possible the formation of a ‘reverse’ discourse: homosexuality began to speak in its own behalf, to demand its legitimacy” (Foucault 1976, 101). The aims of my paper are to find out the theoretical aspects of the otherness in the case of LGBT. What should be the way of inclusion of the LGBT community in the mainstream?

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Why is it important?

The aims of my paper are to find out the theoretical aspects of the otherness in the case of LGBT. What should be the way of inclusion of the LGBT community in the mainstream?

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