For a long time, I prayed to God that I become a girl the next day and that people forget I was ever a boy -- because for me, to love a man, it was necessary to be a woman!
By MJ Oct 23 2017 |
The response I get from friends, marchers, onlookers during pride walks, where I march in different attires. It gives me a boost, and makes me proud for being out and talking about it.
By MJ Oct 9 2017 |
Coming out is a modern, specifically Western, form of social validation of your identity. It's as if, if you're not out, you're not really being your true and authentic self.
By MJ Mar 29 2017 |
I absolutely believe being gay and Indian makes it more difficult to come out of the closet. Then again, there are communities where you could die if you are outed.
By MJ Jan 18 2017 |
Between my friend, and me our friendship only grew stronger. Between my mother, and me our relationship matured to a whole new level.
By MJ Jan 10 2017 |
My mother took it very hard as in she did ask me a lot of questions, there was drama and when I saw Kirron Kher in the movie Dostana, without a fraction of a second I related her to my mother completely!
By MJ Nov 7 2016 |
Some of them were proud of me for the courage I was displaying, some cut-off all ties, some were neutral and some wanted to pray for me.
By MJ Sep 1 2016 |
I like to believe that time will heal everything.
By MJ Mar 28 2016 |
I had to go through counseling and pooja’s to get rid of my Gay ‘Prem’ as they thought of it to be alien.
By MJ Sep 21 2015 |
Well, I discovered my sexuality as Gay when I was around 15 but the additional Gay was added after I attended my very first Gay Pride in 2010.
By MJ Aug 17 2015 |
I have experience homophobia at every sphere of my life.
By MJ Jun 3 2015 |
I walked out of the ‘closet’ into the broad sunshine with a nice shiny bright rainbow full of promises, there was no looking back!
By Queer Coolie Mar 18 2014 |
I guess in my teens I realised that I was different from others, over the years the gay identity emerged.
By MJ Jun 8 2013 |
In my early 20s I remember hiding behind the term ‘bi’ for a while & then eventually coming to terms with the fact that I only really do like boys.
By The Cathartist Apr 25 2013 |
I came out to myself somewhere between seventh and ninth grade; it’s a bit fuzzy and I think it happened in pieces.
By Chicklet Jun 1 2012 |
My first girlfriend outed me when we were 13. I told her that I loved her. She asked me what I meant by that - whether I loved her in the same way a guy loves a girl.
By MJ Apr 13 2012 |
Whoring for a cause is something that all of us should engage in, though the flip side is that people would brand you as using the cause for getting famous.
By MJ Mar 28 2012 |
My ex girlfriend who was apparently straight and was always discreet about our relationship always introduced me to her friends/family as her “Gay Best Friend”. At first I was pretty cool about it but after a certain point it was one of the major reasons for our break up.
By MJ Mar 12 2012 |
Bangalore, the beginning of winter. The days are shorter, the monsoon leaves its last spells of wet love on every roof, tree and head covered with dense hair. A chilly …
By Srini Dec 24 2011 |
This is a dialogue, this is a conversation that I have in my mind every single day of the week, only difference is, today I have an audience.
So allow …
By Srini Dec 22 2011 |
