Delhi Queer Pride Parade

4th Annual Delhi Queer Pride Parade, November 2011.

Delhi Queer Pride Parade is organised by members of the Delhi Queer Pride Committee every last Sunday of November since 2008.[1][2][3] The queer pride parade is a yearly festival to honour and celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (the whole queer community), and their supporters. The parade usually runs from Barakhamba Road to Tolstoy Marg to Jantar Mantar.

Since its inception in 2008, where some hundreds gathered in central Delhi to celebrate the first public Pride parade, the community-funded march has grown to become a strong movement that primarily addressed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which has since been repealed.

The Delhi Queer Pride has maintained independent operations and have chosen to rely on community funding and rejecting any kind of corporate sponsorship, with the aim to focus this unique collective on equal rights, privacy and freedom. The organisation also supports dalit rights, disability rights and the feminist movements.[4]

  1. ^ "The 4th Annual Delhi Queer Pride March In India (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Delhi Queer Pride 2012: Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgenders at the parade". IBN Live. 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012.
  3. ^ Showkat Shafi (26 November 2012). "India's Gay Pride". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  4. ^ Mukherjee, Paroma (13 November 2017). "10th Delhi Pride Parade: We're here and we're queer". Mint. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.