Understanding Gays

Indian society remains largely homophobic because we are highly traditional with strong family values [My Child Is Gay, July]. Can we call it a family if two same-sex people live together? Does it have any future? Same sex marriages are not going to help—instead they will create problems.

Ancy Antony, Kochi

I am 18, and I had kept my gay sexual orientation a secret. I have spent countless nights crying and wondering what my mother would say if I ever told her. “Why me?” I wondered. “It’s unfair.” I reasoned that this must be because God has given me other great things in life— I’m tall, good-looking and intel-