on issues of sexuality since 1997 according to neha ninety per cent of the callers are female and 70 per cent of them are happy with the dual life they livecertainly more homosexuals are coming out of the closet in india than ever before even twenty years ago the only references to alternate sexuality in indian media would be either to hijras or western ones like rock hudson now you have lesbiangaybisexualtransgender groups in india anthologies like because i have a voice and facing the mirror virtual groups turned real like gaybombay you have rainbow pride walks in calcutta and film festivals in mumbai and many intellectuals hetero or not signing onto a petition to abolish sec 377 but most importantly you have a lot more people who are willing to be visible as lesbian gay bi trans people out in the media as opposed to the time when everyones faces had to be in shadows and blacked out shares royaccording to dr sanjay chugh psychiatrist the trend has changed over the years people are opening up gradually and subtly one can see communities blogs on the internet which exclusively talk about alternate sexuality very candidly there are various forums where such issues are taken up and discussed explicitlyrole models make a huge difference i think when a writer of the stature of vikram seth discusses his bisexuality it sends an important normalizing influence the danger is to reduce someone of seths talent to his sexuality as if that is all he is about adds roy the winds of change are blowing hard homosexuals are expressing their sexuality more vociferously than before the question is is society ready to listen we will explore the answers to this question in the second and concluding part of this article meanwhile write in your opinion on whether india is ready to accept alternate sexualitydo you think india is ready to accept alternate sexuality read what others have to sayalternate sexuality out of the closet part ii