A Study of Homosexual Sub-culture in R. Raj Rao's The Boyfriend

R. Raj Rao’s novel The Boyfriend is all about homosexual relationships in which there are certain places and other things which are known to gays only. There are many places like public toilets, apartments, modelling agency, restaurant, disco and media which is known or common for gays. They go there and enjoy their sex life without being felt marginalized. There is also the issue of dual sexual identity and to keep it hidden how those people manage their public life as well as private life in which they are different from the heterosexual society. Through this paper an attempt is made to made to study the places where gays frequently go and what makes those places different from other places where gays feel comfortable.