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I don’t know if you’re married to a woman, living a lie. Or if you’re free, living with someone you love. I hope it’s the second one.

Mental health care is expensive and scarce. Therapists are often untrained in queer issues. Many still practice “reparative therapy”—a pseudoscientific attempt to change sexual orientation—which was condemned by the Indian Psychiatric Society but is still quietly offered. Indian Gay Boys

“I stopped raising my hand in class when I was 12,” says Vikram, a software engineer in Bengaluru. “I used to love poetry. But after a group of boys mocked my ‘girly’ voice, I trained myself to speak deeper. Now, even in office meetings, I hear that fake voice and I don’t recognize myself.” I don’t know if you’re married to a woman, living a lie