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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a south Asian American I have found that in India and Pakistan and the middle east even, there are behaviors we (Americans) associate with being gay but are not . We can cynically see all these people as closeted or we can recognize that our perception of gender and sexuality is very limited.[/quote]

I think you’re partially right.  But not entirely.

It could also be that gay men exist in India just as they do here...and it is not socially acceptable to be gay, so they date & get married instead. [/quote]

No, the pp is right.  So many things would be viewed as gay here but are normal parts of society there.  You are trying to project again.

For example, there is no weirdness about two straight, male friends walking while holding hands.  It happens all the time.  It's a sign of friendship.  There would be no weirdness about a male wearing 'eyeliner', aka kajal.  There would be no weirdness about a man wearing a dhoti, which is basically a sarong.  It is common, traditional clothing. Men learn traditional dance like Bharatnatyam, not weird.  Being a tailor, weaver, embroidery,  artist, are all professions that straight men are in and are not labeled as things that only mostly women do.

Now of course gay men exist in India just as they do here.  And are you implying that it is socially acceptable here? Moreso than there, where things like 3rd gender have always been on official forms? Where it was never illegal until the British Penal code that implemented Christian morals into the rule of law. Of course, some men will not come out and marry a beard instead, just like here. And of course there is societal judgement, just like here.  And there is a very strong movement there for LGBTQ rights, just like here. They face hardships there, just like here.

But no one getting legally thrown off of buildings for being gay.   [/quote]

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