Essays about: "Section 377"

Found 4 essays containing the words Section 377.

  1. 1. Right to be and act Queer? : A descriptive analysis of how Indian LGBTQI activists framed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code in order to challenge it, preceding the 2018 Indian Supreme Court verdict to overrule the law

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linn Sjöde; [2019]
    Keywords : India; LGBTQI activism; Section 377; Indian Penal Code; Frame Analysis;

    Abstract : This study aims to contribute to the under-researched area of LGBTQI activism in the ‘Global South’ by performing a case study of LGBTQI activism in India, a country that provides an intriguing setting in which a wide range of sexual expressions has developed over time with attitudes towards them varying alongside. Same-sex activities have since the 1860s been considered a penal offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code but in September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court overruled the law and decriminalized same-sex conduct. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Because it is too late, you cannot put it back into the box.” A qualitative study on LGBTQ activism in Mumbai

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Anika Ritter; [2017-04-27]
    Keywords : LGBTQ; Section 377; queer theory; intersectionality;

    Abstract : People of other sexual and/or gender identity than the prevailing are subject to discrimination. In India a law criminalizing homosexual acts, known as Section 377, was read down in 2009 to be reinstated in 2013. READ MORE

  4. 3. In fact, some LGBTQ people are happy that they criminalized homosexuality again A qualitative study about LGBTQ activism in Mumbai

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Michaela Åhlvik; [2016-05-19]
    Keywords : Section 377; activism; LGBTQ; queer theory; intersectional theory.;

    Abstract : India is one of many countries in the world where homosexual acts are still illegal. India, however, represents a somewhat unusual development regarding the legal rights of lesbiangay-bisexual-transsexual-queer (LGBTQ) people. READ MORE

  5. 4. Exhaustion Doctrine: Close to the Ultimate Aim of Copyright

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Hongkai Zhang; [2009]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The exhaustion doctrine (also known in some jurisdictions as the ''first sale doctrine See U.S. Copyright Code Section 109(a)'') is one of the basic rules of intellectual property (IP) system, and is applied to many IP rights, from copyright to trademark. READ MORE