Open AccessThose Who Have Loved Are Those that Have Found God: Queer Sikh Narratives in Sab Rab De Bande (We’re All God’s Creation) (2020)
Author(s) -
Regiane Corrêa de Oliveira Ramos,
Jairo z Adrián-Hernánde
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista canaria de estudios ingleses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2530-8335
pISSN - 0211-5913
DOI - 10.25145/j.recaesin.2021.83.10
Subject(s) - queer , identity (music) , narrative , context (archaeology) , gender studies , intersectionality , sociology , caste , religious identity , face (sociological concept) , lesbian , religious studies , aesthetics , political science , history , art , social science , philosophy , literature , law , negotiation , archaeology
Religion and non-heterosexual and gender identifications have a complex relationship in most societies. The religious discourse in most communities condemns the LGBTIQ+ community and even deny them to access and practice their religious experiences/practices. In India, where religion and rituals are embedded in daily practices, religious identity can rarely be disassociated from other identities and added factor like caste and social class. India is if anything saturated with hundreds of religions which translates into multiple identities, sometimes overlapped and in confliction with each other. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the documentary Sab Rab De Bande (We’re all God’s Creation) (2020) produced and directed by Sukhdeep Singh to highlight the challenges that the queer Sikhs in India face when reconciling their religious identity with gender identities and sexual orientations. The corpus of this analysis sheds light on intersectionality, which allows us to see the collision of structures and the simultaneous interaction of identity avenues.