N., 25, Delhi (Photo by Andrea de Franciscis) Naveen gestures as to ease the words out, while lining up the events of his life. As a kid he used to wear his mom and aunt’s sarees – he was fascinated by the bangles and the bindi on the forehead. At some point tough, his parents forbade him to dress up in girl’s clothes. He kept on doing it in secret, when he was home alone. He couldn’t avoid it. Naveen, now 25, says that his effeminate nature was the reason why he has always been bullied, humiliated and called names also from his teachers. His school years turned into a nightmare. “Back then I didn’t know I was gay: I only knew I was an effeminate guy and people made fun of me. I didn’t talk to anyone. I had no friends. I changed school, but it was all the…

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