With the Clothes on Our Backs and a Song on Our Lips: Courting Queer Love in India.

Event details
Wednesday 17 April 2024
5:30pm
Free
Description
In partnership with Festival of Debate
Same sex marriages are not legal in India, yet a rich archive of evidence shows that couples, primarily queer women, have utilised the theatre of law, the very institution that denies them this option, to execute marriage affidavits with each other. This talk looks at some of those affidavits to discuss the fears and hopes of these unions and in doing hopes to show how lives are forged together outside of legal limitations.
Dr Surabhi Shukla is a lecturer in law at the University of Sheffield who works on law and sexuality in India.
A complimentary light dinner and drinks reception will follow the talk.
Doors open 5pm. Doors close 5:30pm. Late arrivals permitted at 5:35pm.