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Himadri Roy, M.Phil. (JNU), Ph.D. (JNU), is a faculty in the School of Gender and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. Before joining here, he also had been teaching in the University of Delhi and was an assistant faculty with Centre of English and Linguistics Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He teaches Queer theories, Queer liberation and movements, Queer Literature, Gender, Arts, and Media. He has been a regular contributor to Gaylaxy, the online journal of the queer community of India. He has presented several papers on LGBT and Cinema, LGBT and Human Rights on international and national seminars, conferences and symposium. He has published several articles on feminism and literature, LGBT and Indian Writings in English in different edited volumes. He has also published a book on Aboriginal Literature, entitled Exoticisation vs. Marginalisation: The Portrayal of Aboriginal People of Australia Literature. He has been working for the upheaval of the queer community for more than two decades.