Liveable Lives: Living and Surviving LGBTQ Equalities in India and the UK

Liveable Lives explores what makes life liveable for LGBTQ+ people beyond equality reforms, linking the concept of liveability with decolonial literature on sexualities. It provides a multifaceted investigation of two divergent contexts, offering a queer collaborative praxis that refuses familiar Global North/Global South practices.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 29 June 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Beyond equality reforms, Liveable Lives delves into the factors that make life livable for LGBTQ+ individuals. It challenges the notion of merely surviving in a "regressive Global South" and thriving in a "progressive Global North." By intertwining the concept of liveability with decolonial literature on sexualities, this open-access book draws on personal narratives, art, and writing to explore how lives become livable across India and the UK. Through a multifaceted examination of these two divergent contexts, where activists refuse local frames of exclusion/inclusion, the book offers a profound exploration of LGBTQ+ lives that are continually reimagined. Embracing a diverse range of methodologies, including workshops, in-depth interviews, street theaters, and web surveys, the book exemplifies a queer collaborative praxis that departs from conventional Global North/Global South practices of theorizing and data gathering. The ebook editions of this book are freely accessible under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

Weight: 268g
Dimension: 215 x 137 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350286788