for the first time hyderabad joined the nationwide demonstration of india coming out day on friday members of the lgbt community congregated at krishna kanth park yousufguda to join hands to release balloons with masks attached to them in the air as a symbolic gesture of coming out cities like mumbai delhi kolkata bangalore and pune have been observing the india coming out day over the years since delhi high court decriminalised gay sex in a historic verdict on july 2 2009 six years on the lgbt community in india is still fighting for acceptance after the supreme court upheld section 377 in december 2013 but the queer community is holding on to the no going back motto as they celebrate india coming out day year after year hyderabad times listens in as members of queer community in the city share their journey and what it took to accept admit and assert their sexualityi came out to myself when i was 30 jayati mathur unable to come to terms with my sexuality i chose to live in denial for most of my life deep down i always felt there was something wrong in my head i was a tomboy in school who would sit with the boys and check out the girls i did not have any romantic relationship until for most of my adult life no emotional attachments what so ever id explained it to myself saying i havent found the right guy yet i was attracted to women all the time but couldnt get myself to fathom the fact that im a lesbian until i met a kindred soul three years ago she was open about being a lesbian and made secret about the fact that she digged me for the first time in my life i had met an openly lesbian girl i was 30 by the time it finally dawned on me that im gay three years later i came out to my family it wasnt easy both my elder sisters werent ready to accept it and there was a lot of friction in the family but i had to be true to myself dont think i wouldve been able to come out when i was younger and financially dependent on my family im sure there are a lot or girls like me out there i have only one message for them there is nothing wrong with youi found myself when i found love sandipan growing up in a small town like ranchi i knew something was different about me because i was always attracted to boys and it wasnt easy being me especially between the age of 1621 i had very very few friends my classmates in school and college always made fun about how effeminate i was they would ridicule me for behaving differently so i forced my self to act straight and mingle with girls i was emotionally very fragile if someone came up to me in a bus and taunted me