The medicalisation of sex
Science, sex and the market form a cosy mAcnage-a-trois today. Biomedical knowledge, practices and techniques have taken sexuality from the most private hidden spaces to the centrestage of international conferences. The medicalisation of sex makes a cure that comes in a foil strip far more seductive than an overhaul of a lifestyle, personality, family system or state policy
HIV, sexuality and identity in India
There has been a legitimate emergence of sexual minorities in India over the last decade. But even as transsexuals or sex workers exult in the opportunity to be heard and seen in mainstream society, we must realise that this is just one small evolutionary step towards raising the self-esteem of marginalised groups