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Index

AIDS
Bhedbav Virodhi Andolan
(ABVA), 104

identities, class, race and

Altman, Dennis, 28, 48, 51, 57, 58

ethnicity, 247–48

Altorki, Soraya, 71
n
44, 124, 131, 132, 155,

parting thoughts on Indian gayness,

166
n
31, 167
n
55, 168
n
78, 168
n
82–83

305–08

Appadurai, 31–34, 55–58, 77–80, 107, 124,

self-identity, 271–73

165, 278–79, 283, 288, 292, 308–10

marriage dreams, 264–65

imagined worlds, 32

globalization, definition of, 34

Benedict Anderson’s

model or theory of rupture

imagined communities, 32

dimensions of global cultural flows

Benkert, Karoly Maria, 44

(scapes), 31–34

berdache, 48

Ashok Row Kavi, 83–85, 107, 115, 186, 192,

Bhabha, Homi, 28, 70
n
19, 147, 171

282, 301–07, 312–13

Bhishma-ashtami, 299

autobiography

BJP, 33, 66, 91, 92, 280, 309

gay chat experience, 58–60

Bobby Darling, 281

gay, being:

actor, gay celebrity, 95

first act, 119

Bombay Dost
,
85, 179–80, 210, 218, 249,

socializing, 23

262, 275

Gay Bombay

establishment of, 85

awareness of, 228

BOMgAY,
197, 207, 289

perceptions, experiences, 231–34

Bourdieu, Pierre, 63, 126, 287

as counter public for research, 34

Brinda Bose

as focus group for MIT research

gay and lesbian identities, 27

project, 26

Bruckman, Amy, 154

gay life

Butler, Judith, 46, 62, 242

in America, 25

in Bombay, 23

Campbell’s practice of open-ended

gay lover:

interviewing, 36

acceptance by partner’s family, 23

Castro, 25

first, 23

Clifford, James, 43, 126, 127, 128, 131, 133,

experiences, 22–23

134, 155, 166
n
39

gay masseurs and doctors,

closet(ed), 44, 180, 189, 225, 244, 257–58,

experiences with, 81–82

276

gayness

coming out, 23, 37, 46, 86, 122, 159

being recognized, 220–28

at MIT, 25

coming out, subsequent family

Congress Party, 88, 89

ties—self and partner, 226–28

Cory Walia, makeup guru, 186

344
Gay

Bombay

‘cultural interventions’ by ‘media activists

Fraser, Nancy, 34, 64, 70
n
29

collectives’, 106

Freshlimesoda
, 26

cyberculture studies, 41–43

cyberspace, 41, 43

gay(s)

coining of, 40

activism:

against police brutality, 178–84

Debonair
magazine sex survey (1991),

agenda for, 46

186–87

extent of progress of, 183

‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, 25

fighting for marriage equality in

the West, 46

economic liberalization of India (1991),

political and sexual health

88–90

oriented, 85

El-Solh, Camilla Fawzia, 71
n
44, 124, 131,

bashing, 189–90

132, 155, 166
n
31, 166
n
48, 167
n
55,

being, in India, 174–79

168
n
78, 168
n
82–83

being recognized as, 220–28

ethnography

capacity to network, 226

activities involved in, 123–26

celebrities, 95

carrying out, 123–26

coming out, 23

changes in contemporary times,

challenges, timing and acceptance,

127–134

224–28

detachment from object of study,

community:

pros and cons, 126

devastation due to HIV and AIDS

field and home, fading distinctions

in 1980s, 45

between, 130

sexuality helpline, 180

indigenous field worker

conferences, 181

advantages of, 131–34

false media reports on, 178, 189–90

flip side of, 132

globalization, 190–91

meaning of, 123

identities:

subjectivism, 126–34

being selectively out, 240–41

virtual, 43, 168

current histories, ethnographies

ethnoscape, 32–33, 79, 82–83, 90

and sociologies, 27

eunuch,
306

factors that contributed to

emergence of, 27

Farzana Versey, 189

in India, being, 219–28

Ferguson, James, 35, 70
n
33–34, 71
n
42,

in India, history and background,

71
n
51, 73
n
80–81, 124, 125, 131,

102–07

132, 133, 165
n
7, 165
n
14, 166
n
23,

in India

166
n
25–26, 166
n
28, 166
n
36, 166
n
45, marriage pressures, 223–24

166
n
50, 167
n
52–53, 167
n
56

marriage, rebellion against, 224

fieldwork, definition of, 166

liberation movement, 45

financescape, 33, 79

marriages:

Fire
,
190, 193, 206, 216–185, 277, 282,

in ancient India, 48

295, 298–99, 309

in Massachusetts, 25

first Asian regional conference of ILGA in

movement:

Bombay (2002), 181

agendas for, 45

Forum Against Oppression of Women,

in the US, 25

182

public demonstration, first, 182

Index
345

related news stories

HIV/AIDS, as factor for, 277

on television, 193–95

HIV prevention efforts, 258–59

sexuality, 23

human rights framework, existence

Straight acting vs. effeminates, drag

of, 277

queens and hijras, 249–51

identity negotiation in, 286–88

societal stance towards, 220–28

inception to, 24

studies:

launching of, 85

development of, 27, 45

list and discussions, 86

first wave of writing in, 45

mailing list, joining, 25

meaning, 45

mailing list/Yahoo! Newsgroup, 26

origins of, 45

mediascape, influence of, 276–77

threats from hustlers and blackmailers,

modus vivendi, negotiation between

149

conflicting interests, 291–304

Gay Bombay

need for creating, perception of, 120

about, 120–21

negative perceptions of, 231

access and impact, 228–31

newsgroup:

accessing, 228–31

administration and maintenance

and Humsafar:

of, 134–36

concurrent views, mutual

forming of, 134

appreciation and unity,

signing up, reasons for, 228–30

260–63

subscribing to, 135

differences with, 248–60

parting thoughts, 305

as a community, 288

party organized by, 24

beginnings of, 26

parents’ meet, 26, 87, 121, 122,

politiscape, influence of, 278–80

being gay in, 283–86

positive perceptions of, 230–31