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1Department of English, Government Science College, Chhotaudepur, India.
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The article analyzes queerness among Adivasi communities in Chhotaudepur, Gujarat, contesting metropolitan queer frameworks that emphasize visibility, identity assertion, and legal recognition. Ethnographic fieldwork (2024-2026), including participant observation and semi-structured interviews across multiple villages, reveals that gender fluidity-manifested in rituals like marriage roles and Geriyani-has historically been part of Adivasi worlds without social crisis. However, religious homogenization is "deodorizing" these indigenous intimacies. Critically, the study shows the misalignment in NGO-led interventions: by focusing on bureaucratic certification and identity workshops, they fail to address the region's primary emergencies-water scarcity, seasonal migration, and exploitative labor. Furthermore, the entry of queer individuals within spiritual economies often reproduces internal hierarchies rather than pure resistance. Consequently, the article proposes an Adivasi-queer politics that refuses artificial separation of identity and economy, grounding justice in infrastructural dignity and collective livability.
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