It was hard to even know what Gay is.

It was hard to even know what Gay is being born and brought up in a country like India.

Back then in those days when I was a kid, I was molested not once not twice but more than that. And I was too small to understand the difference. By the time I knew it was wrong, it was too late, but then I fought for myself and resisted their wrong actions. They were my relatives only.

Although I had a huge crush on a girl back then in my school days, there was always somewhere in my mind that I was doing something wrong.

Watching Gay movies - relating to them made me feel so overwhelmed.

Coming to the college days, the amount of attraction towards man manyfolds. I had a huge crush on the most handsome guy in my batch and OMG whenever I look at him right now I get turned on.

I don't know if he knew or not but he directly said no to me. He can't talk to me and all. I felt bad and cried the whole night with a question in my mind.

Why me? What's my fault?

NOT considered Homosexual if you’re not into sex or never experienced sexual contact with the same sex/gender.

If you’re a very Masculine guy, you would be told that you’re Straight, looking down upon guys that are Feminine, and confused.

Sexual harassment by co-workers, including inappropriate touching; the refusal of co-workers or supervisors to take their complaints about such harassment seriously.

Having colleagues publicly argue that homophobia and discrimination are not topics that academic departments and professional societies should concern themselves with.

Well, these are just some examples that come to my mind.

I don't even want to think about the hardships we are facing.

I wanted to belong somewhere. Somewhere that has people like me.

I wanted to talk about our feelings, and how we deal with them.

Well, believe it or not, it started to get better when I came across Boys! Boys! Boys! through one of my queer friend's suggestions.

The world's first fine art photography magazine dedicated to queer and gay photography.

I was surprised not knowing that before. It is a stimulating-bold way to show we gay, queer males have vulnerabilities.

Represents more than 78 photographers from 33 countries - including India, China, Iran, Kenya, Poland, Russia, and Turkey where gay rights are repressed and queer lives are under constant threat.

Seeing someone's work from my country is strange. I almost know what they go through daily.

With that, I also started photography.

Just give it a go mate. It made me feel that I'm not alone.

The new volume features nine photographers from around the world: Kenya, the USA, Belgium, Argentina, and India.

You will find some part of yourself here. Just give it a go.

Best of luck mate.