Queer love: A new book brings stories of lesbian couples and non-binary persons from across India

I met Aditi in Coimbatore in 2022. Pooja and I had gone to the city on work and, always seeking a chance to hang out with queer folx, we announced a spontaneous queer meetup on our Instagram stories. Aditi and I had already connected on Instagram by then and I invited her to the meetup and she agreed. We were excited to meet her and her partner Ameya and many hours were spent swapping nuggets about our love lives. When I was looking for couples to share their stories for this book, I got in touch with Aditi and was delighted that she and her partner agreed to be part of this love project. I met Aditi online and spent over an hour listening to her. Though I knew bits of her story already, there was still so much I learnt that day. My heart was full.

Aditi was 28 when she met Ameya. At that time, she was still in a heterosexual marriage.

“I had a couple of relationships with men; I ended up getting married quite young and it didn’t work out. I was married for five years, tried very hard and it wasn’t really the best suited for me. Let’s...

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