Sexual Orientation

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Being honest about my bisexuality

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Ashley discovered that she liked men and women both. It didn’t stop her from loving herself. Read how Ashley deals with traditional societal norms while being bisexual.

I am not interested in having sex!

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Auntyji, everyone around me keeps talking about sex but I am hardly interested in it. Is something wrong with me? Mangal (23), Indore.

Aligarh: A film about India’s attitude towards homosexuality

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Director Hansal Mehta made the film Aligarh to portray taboos around homosexuality in India. Kiran Rai reviews the film for Love Matters India.

Are most straight women really bisexual?

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How many women get turned on by other women: (a) some, (b) most, (c) nearly all? New research reveals the truth. Put it this way: women’s sexuality is amazingly flexible!

I came out to my Mom on Facebook

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In India, people from the LGBTQ spectrum are often bullied. Read on to find out how a young boy used Facebook to react to a homophobic attack and come out to his mom at the same time.

Gay sex isn’t just anal sex

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Only just over third of the gay men surveyed in a US study said they had anal sex last time they made love. Men who have sex with men have a much wider repertoire of sexual activities, researchers say.

Why I married my gay best friend

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Vibha and Shaan have been best friends since kindergarten. Their parents joked that they would fall in love and marry each other when they grew older. And true to predictions, that's exactly what happened. But Shaan is gay. So why did Vibha marry him? Find out more…

I’m homophobic – so what’s wrong with that?

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Q: I know I'm homophobic, but what can I do about it? It's a phobia, just like being scared of spiders. Gay people are just so disgusting, why do I need to like them? Vivek (27), Guwahati