My open declaration of my sexuality has helped some people come out of their closet. So many homosexuals and lesbians have written to me via M2M. I know it gets claustrophobic hiding your sexuality. I know of many people who have got into loveless, sexless and acrimonous marriages because they did not have the guts of speaking up.

Speak up guys. It's not worth keeping mum.

When I first told mom that I liked girls more than men she did not believe me. Once she got over the initial shock, anger crept in and she did not speak to me for many days - I guess it was three months. She was shattered and broken. After that she tried reasoning with me and that I think was the most turbulent phase of my relationship with my mother.

This went on for a year and finally she came to terms with it. Initially with a lot of shighs and tears but now she just accepts it. Period.

Dr. Shafique Pathan called me a sinner. Am I?

My mother calls me reckless? Am I?

My friends call me straight? Maybe I am.