Africa and Latin America, will help put that myth to rest. Homosexuality is still illegal in many parts of the world and people are afraid to speak out, let alone write articles about it. Although the last few years have seen a tremendous increase in the number of lesbian and gay groups, particularly in Latin America, many operate under extremely difficult conditions. In Chile, for example, they are seen as terrorist organizations . Getting the gender balance right was also tricky.
Lesbians are under-represented in most literature about homosexuality.
And they are even more invisible in Third World countries. Gay men in Bombay, say, are obvious - on the streets, the trains and the beaches. But women are meant to stay at home, bound by traditions that generally exclude them from public life. So lesbians living together in India tend to keep a low profile, hoping that their relationship will go unnoticed. Homosexuality as an aspect of human life is interesting in itself.