ABSTRACT
Using an ethnographic approach to study men who practise same-sex sexualities in cities, towns and rural areas of Karnataka, the chapter aims to bring out the nuances of how men understand, communicate and put into practice queer lives. It is argued that the characteristics of the non-metropolitan put strong limits for men to pursue their sexualities. Nevertheless, men navigate these limitations by materializing sexual practices through a constellation of strategies and spatial networks worked through online mediums that run connecting towns, villages and cities. In the process they produce distinct geographies of non-metropolitan sexualities.
