This study attempts to provide pertinent insights into the experiencing of black South Africans who are gay or lesbian. The aims of the investigation were to provide more holistic information on the gay and lesbian worldview in general; to provide a conceptualisation of the ontology of black gay and lesbian individuals in South Africa within a psychosocial context, and to explore the effects of a dual oppressive system related to race and sexual identity.

Chatsworth to Chandigarh paints in stories the moments and people that have touched the lives of Sherin and Selina Bickrum and, their dad Bickrum Lachman. They are the simple, untold stories that many of us have. Stories of ordinary people made extraordinary through their wisdom, compassion and humour... These stories capture human snapshots from South Africa, India and the United States...reflecting on grandfathers, parents, siblings and children in the authors' lives