title: Homosexuality - leaves from antiquity: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender population: A Tamil perspective.
abstract: Homosexuality has been present in human civilization from ancient times, and the condition as it existed in the Tamil land is described along with a reference to the terminology, concepts, and description. Some instances appear in the old Tamil classics and poems. The present legal status of this sexual orientation is also mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Madras Medical College, Institute of Mental Health, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Ottilingam
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Somasundaram
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Madras Medical College, Institute of Mental Health, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tejus Murthy
keywords: History; Tamil; homosexuality