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Title: UNVEILING THE SELF: UNDERSTANDING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF-EXPRESSION IN QUEER INDIA
Authors: Leissha Passi
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Leissha Passi The Shri Ram School Moulsari
MLA 8 Passi, Leissha. "UNVEILING THE SELF: UNDERSTANDING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF-EXPRESSION IN QUEER INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 7, July 2022, pp. 1791-1797, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i07.003. Accessed July 2022. APA 6 Passi, L. (2022, July). UNVEILING THE SELF: UNDERSTANDING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF-EXPRESSION IN QUEER INDIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(7), 1791-1797. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i07.003 Chicago Passi, Leissha. "UNVEILING THE SELF: UNDERSTANDING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF-EXPRESSION IN QUEER INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 7 (July 2022), 1791-1797. Accessed July, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i07.003.
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ABSTRACT: The rights which have been obtained by the queer community and their opportunities for selfexpression and visibility have grown in India in the past decade, with multiple strides made towards treating the queer community with equality. Queer expression has also increased due to these circumstances and in large part due to increased digital adoption and the opportunities for queer spaces provided through social media platforms. However, there remain fundamental issues pertaining to the expression of queer identity, and the exclusion of those in the queer community from backward castes such as Dalits or socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, including those who identify as women. Concerns have arisen that queer selfexpression is dominated by upper caste Hindus who identify as men, with an ‘acceptable’ version of nationalistic queerness which ignores the lived realities of the majority of the queer community. This paper draws upon queer theory, and in particular queer phenomenology and queer digital media phenomenology to examine feminist and queer re-conceptualizations of the identity formation as a method of self-expression, care, and resistance. This paper suggests future avenues for research in the field, to understand the intersections between queer expression and marginalization to ensure that the spaces for queer expression are truly inclusive.

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