Who am I? A Transformative Process of Same-Sex Sexual and Gender Identities Development in Indian Context

Abstract

Although, sexuality in recent years expanded rapidly across a wide range of social sciences, veryfew Indian researches attempt to question how homosexually oriented men come to adopt sexualidentities and distinct gender identity.The present study captures and explains the transformativeprocess of same-sex sexual and gender identities development. Using constructivist groundedtheory methodology, 16 men with diverse sexual identities and 2 hijra and transgender each wereinterviewed using semi-structured interviews. With constructivist grounded theory principles, thedata elaborates Indian model of same-sex sexual and gender identities and a transformativeprocess of the same in an Indian context.