Being born in a small town, this writer was of the idea that spaces for sexual and gender expressions are scarce only in city fringes and rural settings. That was until we started living in a megalopolis in eastern India, where although the need for such spaces was acknowledged, the paucity breathed. Over the years and in other cities — with strangers and neighbours eager to look out for us — the paucity endured.

Panels from Sex in the Indian City