Third gender

[Peter Wyzlic]

Am 09.05.2012 14:20, schrieb lmfosse at GETMAIL.NO:
> Do any of you know of papers / studies of non-standard sexualities in 
> ancient India (homosexuality, transsexualism, lesbianism etc.)?
>
Here are some examples:
Syed, Renate: Tṛtīyā Prakṛti: Das "Dritte Geschlecht" im Alten Indien, 
in: Asiatische Studien, 57, 2003, S. 63-120 (available on-line, URL: 
<http://dx.doi.org/10.5169/seals-147596>)
Ruth Vanita (ed.): Same-sex love in India : readings from literature and 
history / edited by Ruth Vanita [et al.]. - Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000 
[+ later reprints].
Rutha Vanita (ed.): Queering India : same-sex love and eroticism in 
Indian culture and society / ed. by Ruth Vanita. - London [et al.] : 
Routledge, 2002
Ruth Vanita: Love's rite : same-sex marriage in India and the West / 
Ruth Vanita. - New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2005

By the way, there is a website of the GALVA association: 
<http://www.galva108.org/> (i.e. Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association).

Hope it helps
Peter Wyzlic

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