ABSTRACT
In India, nontribal queers need to come together with Indigenous communities to cocreate a ‘third’ space of resistance against the state’s homogenising practices. The tribal people who do not have any significant share in framing the policies which affect them most are the most dependable companions for queers to ally with in their fight against discrimination. Experiencing the five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance—as formulated by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, the queer Indian, in an intimate bond with the tribal Dalit Bahujan, can gradually start admitting that there cannot be a worse threat. The conclusion looks forward to the possible emergence of a queer community in India as neo-Bahujan.
