title: Lesbian studies and activism in India.
abstract: This essay surveys public debates and writings about lesbianism and the history of activism around lesbian issues in twentieth-century India. Weddings between women and joint suicides by female couples over the last twenty-five years are among the under-researched, but increasingly reported, phenomena that suggest future directions that activism and the study of lesbianism in India may take.
authors.affiliation: Liberal Studies Faculty, The University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA. ruth.vanita@umontana.edu
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vanita
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012107:Research Design; D012847:Single Person; D012922:Social Change; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D014495:Universities