He didn't swoop in and swoop out in typical journalistic fashion. Instead, South African journalist Mark Gevisser chose to interact with his subjects over the course of seven years. Gevisser spoke to people from all over the world, be it Egypt, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Palestine, Russia, Uganda or the USA. The result is his deeply personal yet political book, The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers (HarperCollins Publishers India).

Edited excerpts from the interview.