Tag: Nationalism

“When Sex Threatened the State”: An Interview with Saheed Aderinto

By notcheseditor August 25, 2015 Author Interviews 0 comments

Interview by Pat Omoregie Saheed Aderinto’s When Sex Threatened the State: Illicit Sexuality, Nationalism, and Politics in Colonial Nigeria, 1900-1958 (Illinois, 2015), explores tensions in colonial Nigeria through the lens of a struggle over how to control and regulate prostitution. Aderinto argues that the British perceived prostitution as evidence of […]

“Cow protection or Gay protection?” LGBT rights, “Hindu” tradition and the Indian elections

By Onni Gust May 13, 2014 LGBTQ 5 comments

Onni Gust with Radhika Govindrajan Elections in India are drawing to a close with results pending. Amongst the 814 million eligible to vote are 28 000 gender non-conforming people, many of whom are hijra, who can now register as “third gender.” The competition for seats in the Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of Parliament, […]