A recent NPR piece about lesbians in Pakistan provides a sobering look at how alternative sexualities are regarded in other parts of the world. As one of the interviewees says, “in our society, women don’t have sexual needs, desires, drives, whatever.” People won’t generally assume that two women holding hands or living together are sexually involved, so in one sense lesbian identities fly under the radar–but lesbians also lack recognition, and must live their lives silently and secretly.
[NPR]
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