Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West.

Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West, by Ruth Vanita, is the first book to examine same-sex weddings and same-sex couple suicides in India over the last two decades, discussing these phenomena in the context of the international debate on gay marriage, and in the context of past and present Indian and Euro-American cultural representation of same-sex union. Examining the changing legal, literary, religious, and social traditions within which same-sex unions are embedded, Love's Rite brings a fresh perspective to the gay marriage debate, suggesting that same-sex marriage dwells not at the margins of society but at the heart of culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

fe/male bodies, soon to be published in Hong Kong and Taiwan, is a bookazine aiming to provide a platform for discussion on the subject of body, gender and sexuality. To know more about fe/male bodies or to order the bookazine, contact [e-mail].

The Toronto Bisexuality Education Project will hold the 9th International Conference on Bisexuality in Toronto, Canada, at Ryerson University from June 15-18, 2006. For more information, email [e-mail] or register online at www.9icb.org.