'It's interesting that the law brought over by the colonisers said that was an 'unnatural act', and those are the same words that my dad used,' says Lokesh.
Homosexual acts were rendered a criminal offence until 2018, when the law was overturned.ĭespite the legal judgment, seen as a victory for India's LGBTQIA+ community, Lokesh believes the legacy of the laws live on. Lift your legs up toward his shoulders, and either by hooking them or having your. By now, all you have to do is a quick Google search and. How To Do It: Lie on a bed or table, anything that is a bit lower than your partner's pelvis. 'Anything that deviated from the norm on ideas about the family, sexuality male and female behaviour was seen as deviant.'Īnti-sodomy laws were imposed by British officials in India from 1861. Over the years, the Kama Sutra positions guide has become so popular that people have added (unofficially) more and more positions to it. ' couldn't go around the whole place, stamping out the hijras and forcing them to stop doing what they were doing, but what they did was create a kind of social construct,' she explains.
Loading YouTube content The influence of the BritishĪccording to Devleena Ghosh, a professor in social and political sciences at the University of Technology, India's colonisation by Britain was a significant contributor.
