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Footprints of a Queer History | In her new book, Sharma writes about people who challenge norms around gender and sexuality

Chintan Girish Modi

5 min read Last Updated : Sep 16 2022 | 9:52 PM IST

Footprints of A Queer History: Life Stories from Gujarat

Author: Maya Sharma

Publisher: Yoda Press

Price: Rs 699

Pages: 370

If you are interested in narratives from the Indian LGBTQIA+ movement that foreground non-metropolitan experiences, read Maya Sharma’s new book Footprints of a Queer History: Life Stories from Gujarat (2022). It comes 16 years after Sharma’s first book Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India (2006), which is regarded as a path-breaking study.

In her new book, Sharma writes about people who challenge norms around gender and sexuality. Some do not identify with the gender that they were assigned at birth. Some

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