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It was not until 1861, with the imposition of the British legal system in India, renamed Indian Penal Code (IPC), that sodomy, and thus same-sex acts (again, among men), were outlawed among Indians across the whole of British-held subcontinental territory, via IPC article 377 (Which was recently repealed in 2018 in Independent India) This act marks the supplanting of local time/spaces of queer acceptance, as evidenced in texts and practices mentioned above, with generalized male homosexual repression. Read Full Article by clicking on Link Bio #newblog #article #india #queer #Homophobia #lgbt #colonialism #britishindia #section377 #pride https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnrfg16o1Pf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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What is the meaning of the username?

It means “Will you go to bed with me” in Latin. If you recall, it was in The Secret History when Francis first meets Richard. Francis asks him “Cubitum eamus?” then Richard says “What?” to which Francis replies, “Nothing.”