The advertisement in the matrimonials section of the Indian tabloid Mid-Day, in late May 2015, was almost mundane: "SEEKING 25-40, well-placed, animal-loving, vegetarian GROOM ... (36, 5 11") who works with an NGO, Caste No Bar (Though IYER Preferred)," a mother had written. In South Asia marital ads are commonplace and sometimes dominate whole sections of newspapers.
The surprise was the missing three words: "for my son". Homosexual sex is a criminal offence in India – deemed so by a colonial-era law that ranks gay sex as akin to bestiality – and coming out to families remains a source of fear and shame for a majority of India's gay population.
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