摘要：This paper focuses on some Hindi literary texts presenting LGBT protagonists. While literature in English from India has recently shown the producti on of texts by LGBT authors, this seems to be totally absent in literature in Hindi . Nevertheless, "homosexual st o- ries" have been represented in a number of novels, short stories, and non - fictional texts, both in the past and in recent times. I will analyz e the way these texts construe "the homosexual" in order to discuss whether they can be considered LGBT literature, defined both as the co r- pus of texts written for and by the LGBT communities, and as texts focussing on issues, cha r- acters, and narratives re lated to those communities. I will problematize the notio n of gender and the heterocentre d stance that remains visible even in texts that were considered highly challenging when published
