Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. Medicalisation -- 'It's not my job to tell you it'sokay to be gay ... ' Medicalisationof Homosexuality -- Medical Students' Attitudes, Knowledge and Perception ofHomosexuality1 in India -- Medical Response to Male Same-sexSexuality in Western India -- Mental Health Professionals'Perspectives about Lesbian Women -- Sex Change Operation andFeminising Procedures forTransgender Women in India -- Pendulous Penises andCouture Clitorises -- II. De-Pathologisation -- A Comparative Study ofHomosexuals and Heterosexuals withRespect to Quality of Life, SubstanceAbuse and Suicidality -- Validity of 'Ego-dystonicity'in Homosexuality -- Why Should Therapists beSensitive to Sexual and GenderNonconformity? -- A Psychologist's Journey to theUnderstanding of Sexual Orientation -- Transgender and Transsexual Issues -- Contexts of Distress for LGBT People -- Coming Out to Parents and Friends -- Religion and Sexual Orientation -- III. Human Rights -- Section 377 and the MedicalEstablishment -- Human Rights Violations Against theTransgender Community -- Pushing the Boundariesof Transgender and IntersexPersons Rights -- About the Editors and Contributors