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Budapest turns grey as drably dressed protesters mock Pride ban law

world news

Updated on Apr 12, 2025 10:00 PM IST

AFP |

Amid protests by Sikh organisations, pride parade in Amritsar cancelled

“This year, due to opposition, we are informing that Pride Amritsar is cancelling the Pride Parade 2025 scheduled to be held on April 27 at Rose Garden,” said the organisers.

Following widespread opposition from people, especially the Sikh community, the Pride Parade which was slated to be held in Amritsar on April 27, was cancelled by the organisers. (HT File)

cities

Published on Apr 07, 2025 08:30 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Amritsar

Year-ender 2024: Time to reel in the drama from Delhi University's campus

Here’s a rewind of some of the notable moments from 2024’s #CampusKeDin. Read on to recall everything from DUSU elections to Hindu College's 125 years.

Here's a round up of some of the memorable moments of 2024 from DU campus.

htcity

Updated on Dec 30, 2024 03:33 PM IST

ByKriti Kambiri, Alina Azfar

Satrangi Salaam for Love and Fabulousness at Delhi Queer Pride 2024

With placards, performances, and an outpouring of love, Delhi Queer Pride Parade’s 15th edition reminded Delhi that the fight for equality is far from over

Satrangi Salaam for Love, same-sex marriage and Fabulousness(Photos: Manoj Verma/HT)

htcity

Published on Nov 28, 2024 01:00 PM IST

ByAlina Azfar

Vibe 25: India marched for love during its first Pride Parade in Kolkata in 1999

Attended by 15 people, India's first-ever pride parade took place on July 2, 1999 at Park Circus Maidan in Kolkata.

Participants of India's first pride parade that happened in Kolkata

htcity

Published on Feb 16, 2024 05:07 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Watch- Paris Hilton performs in rainbow mini dress at ‘Pride Festival’ in NYC

During her DJ set at Sunday's Dreamland Pride Festival in New York City, Paris Hilton was dressed in a rainbow mini dress.

entertainment

Updated on Jun 27, 2023 09:30 PM IST

ByAdarsh Kumar Gupta

Bizarre visuals dominate Pride Parade as marchers take to NYC streets

Thousands of marchers took to the NYC streets as club music played in the background and confetti showered down on Sunday, June 25, at the Pride Parade

Marchers arrive to attend the NYC Pride parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)(AP)

world news

Updated on Jun 26, 2023 11:06 AM IST

BySumanti Sen

Watch | Drag marchers stir controversy with cheeky chant at NYC's pride event

The march, a vibrant display of LGBTQ activism, took place as part of the New York City's Pride Month celebrations

Drag artists and supporters pose for a selfie at Tompkins Square Park before taking part in the New York City Drag March in New York.(Twitter/@EPA_Images)

world news

Published on Jun 25, 2023 06:50 PM IST

ByPaurush Omar

Austria foils pride parade attack plot, 3 ‘Islamic State sympathisers’ arrested

The men aged 14, 17 and 20 and suspected of being Islamic State (IS) sympathisers were held ahead of the parade, the government said.

A view of the annual Gay pride Rainbow Parade, in Vienna, Austria, on June 11, 2022. (AP)

world news

Published on Jun 18, 2023 04:49 PM IST

AFP | | Posted by Nisha Anand

From drag performer to critic - George Santos's Twitter rant against 'Drag Nuns'

New York Congressman George Santos stirs controversy with a Twitter rant targeting "drag nuns," calling their mockery of the Catholic faith offensive and wrong.

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters outside the Capitol, as his top political aide Vish Burra, second from right, listens, after an effort to expel Santos from the House, in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. A man who briefly worked as an aide to Santos told House investigators Wednesday, May 31, that he got his job after sending a series of payments to Burra, Santos' director of operations.(AP)

world news

Published on Jun 09, 2023 03:30 AM IST

ByPrapti Upadhayay

Congress backs Pride Month after poll-bound Rajasthan opposes same-sex marriage

The Congress party’s tweet of support for LGBTQIA+ rights comes as India awaits a Supreme Court verdict on the legal recognition of same-sex marriages.

People from the LGBT community take part in the Doon Garvotsav pride parade, in Dehradun.(File/ PTI)

india news

Updated on Jun 01, 2023 01:23 PM IST

ByRitu Maria Johny

London LGBTQ Pride draws a million-strong crowd

The Pride parade in the UK capital marked half a century of progress in the fight for LGBTQ equal rights.

Organizers said more than 30,000 people took part in the Pride parade, watched on by a crowd of around a million(Henry Nicholls/REUTERS )

lifestyle

Published on Jul 03, 2022 12:13 PM IST

ByDeutsche Welle

Pride Matters | Conquering the mental health woes of the queer community

In a world comfortable only with heteronormativity, being queer is often shamed. This can lead to mental health stressors unique to the community. As a mental health practitioner, I've found ways to conquer these feelings of shame to embrace inclusivity

LGBTQIA+ people often grow up feeling a sense of alienation, leading to self-hate, shame, or even disgust because they believe what the world tells them — that it is wrong to be you and to be true to yourself.(Unsplash)

opinion

Published on Jun 27, 2022 07:53 PM IST

ByShruti Chakravarty

Pride matters | The quest for gender-inclusive educational spaces

Practising diversity in the classroom is a slow evolution to unlearn and move away from binaries, stigmas, and preconceived constructs to arrive at a common ground of shared realities, where differences are understood, accepted, and then etched into one's understanding of diverse ways of life.

A participant poses in front of young students (and supporters) of the Delhi Queer Pride movement. (Manoj Verma/HT Photo)

opinion

Updated on Jun 24, 2022 05:42 PM IST

ByAndy Silveira

Pride Matters | The fight for meaningful queer emancipation

Has India moved forward in the inclusion of the queer community since the scrapping of Section 377? With Covid-19 as an example of a trying time for the community, their fight for fundamental rights continues, while the State is often found wanting

While legal change is critical, it goes hand-in-hand with social change. For that, the State and society have an obligation to fulfil. (Samir Jana/HT Photo)

opinion

Updated on Jun 22, 2022 10:25 PM IST

ByVivek Divan

Transgender Visibility Day: A long road ahead, but some are making a difference

Started by Project Accelerate, a programme raising awareness on HIV and AIDS, Mitr Clinics support and address the needs and issues of members of the transgender community by engaging in conversations and activities built on trust.

People belonging to transgender community during a special registration camp for voter ID cards.(PTI)

india news

Updated on Mar 31, 2022 05:38 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

First trans beauty pageant finalist makes history in Nepal

When Angel Lama sashays down the catwalk in the Miss Universe Nepal finals on Wednesday she will make history as the first transgender woman to be a finalist in the Himalayan nation’s most glamorous annual event.

“I have come to Miss Universe Nepal to show the diversity of people in the society,” Lama, 21, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, who will compete against 17 other finalists.(Instagram)

lifestyle

Published on Dec 30, 2020 10:32 AM IST

Kathmandu | ByReuters | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta

Taiwanese indigenous drag queens fight stigma one wig at a time

At a rowdy gay bar in Taipei, 28-year old Vilian ends a Friday night drag show by putting on a traditional tribal tunic over his white silk negligee and dancing to an aboriginal song that has become a rallying call for Taiwan’s indigenous minority.

An ethnic Bunun, Vilian is among a handful of indigenous drag queens who use their performances to fight against the double stigma of being part of the LGBTQ+ community and of the island’s historically oppressed indigenous minority.(Reuters)

lifestyle

Updated on Oct 30, 2020 06:26 PM IST

Taipei | ByReuters | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta

Pride 2020: In NYC, marking 50th anniversary of Pride amid Covid-19 pandemic, no matter what

With the city’s massive Pride parade cancelled, Sunday’s performances were virtual, the flags flew in emptier than normal spaces and the protesters were masked.

People hold signs as they participate in a queer liberation march for Black Lives Matter and against police brutality, Sunday, June 28, 2020, in New York.(AP)

lifestyle

Updated on Jun 29, 2020 06:17 PM IST

New York City | ByAssociated Press | Posted by: Alfea Jamal

Over 1,000 LGBTQ members hold pride parade in New Delhi

Carrying rainbow flags, balloons and placards and dancing to the beat of drums, they demanded self-identification in any gender for legal recognition rather than first registering as a transgender and then providing proof of surgery to authorities, as suggested by a government bill.

More than 1,000 members of the LGBTQ community and their supporters marched through New Delhi on Sunday to celebrate India’s sexual diversity.

lifestyle

Updated on Nov 25, 2019 04:22 PM IST

Associated Press | ByAssociated Press, New Delhi

Bosnians march in first Gay Pride under tight police protection

The parade in the capital Sarajevo ended peacefully despite fears of violence prompted by aggressive hate speech online in a country where anti-gay sentiment can often be heard in public.

lifestyle

Updated on Sep 10, 2019 03:44 PM IST

SARAJEVO | ByReuters

Deepika Padukone’s Cannes, Met Gala looks inspire pride parade in Vadodara, she says ‘they look absolutely stunning’. See pic

Deepika Padukone shared a picture from Vadodara pride parade, where a group of people are seen dressed in clothes inspired from her looks from Cannes Film Festival and Met Gala earlier this year.

Deepika Padukone walked the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival and Met Gala earlier this year.(Instagram)

entertainment

Updated on Jul 09, 2019 11:27 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Hindustan Times

Millions celebrate LGBTQ pride in New York amid global fight for equality

Some 150,000 parade marchers and an estimated 4 million spectators commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising that triggered the modern LGBTQ movement, with corporate sponsorship and police protection that would have been unthinkable half a century ago.

Millions lined the streets of New York on Sunday to wave rainbow flags, celebrate the movement toward LGBTQ equality.(PTI Photo)

world news

Updated on Jul 01, 2019 04:46 AM IST

New York | ByReuters

The misplaced idea of straight pride

Perhaps it needs an academic approach to understand the insecurities and discomforts of majorities in order to explain to these dominant groups that equality and social justice are not threats, but something to be aspired for

While the Pride Parade was devised as a way for those who are afraid to be in public to occupy public spaces and become unafraid of being visible, the concept of straight pride requires that social sanction be granted to the notion that the heteronormative majority’s rights to public space have somehow been curtailed(Kunal Patil/HT Photo)

editorials

Updated on Jun 14, 2019 08:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Indian-American held for brandishing gun, causing stampede at pride parade

Chaotic scene were seen in downtown Washington DC after word spread like a wildfire among the thousands of participants of the LGBTQ pride parade that someone was carrying a gun.

An Indian-American was arrested in the US for threatening a person with a BB gun and causing a stampede during an LGBTQ pride parade.(AFP)

world news

Updated on Jun 10, 2019 12:53 PM IST

Washington, USA | ByPress Trust of India

Several injured in Washington, DC, pride parade from gun scare

Seven people were taken to hospitals with non-life threatening injuries after a man with a gun had fired shots.

Gay pride is celebrated around the world in June, with some parades set around June 28 to mark the anniversary of a 1969 police raid at the Stonewall Inn gay bar in New York.(AP File Photo / Representative iamge)

world news

Updated on Jun 09, 2019 10:27 AM IST

ByReuter

See pics: Rainbow flags fly across Europe at Gay Pride parades

Peaceful parades took place across European cities including the capitals of Italy, Greece, Latvia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland.

A rainbow flag is seen in front of the Parliament building during a Gay Pride parade in Athens, Greece on June 9.(REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Jun 10, 2018 01:58 PM IST

Bucharest | ByAFP

People from LGBT community face subtle discrimination even in ‘gaybourhoods’

Straight people living in neighbourhoods mostly populated by LGBT folks say they support gay rights in theory, but their street interactions contradict those sentiments.

Prejudice and discrimination still exist- it’s just more subtle and difficult to detect.(Shutterstock)

lifestyle

Updated on Apr 15, 2018 10:29 AM IST

Asian News International, Washington DC | ByHT Correspondent

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Latest from pride parade

Budapest turns grey as drably dressed protesters mock Pride ban law

“This year, due to opposition, we are informing that Pride Amritsar is cancelling the Pride Parade 2025 scheduled to be held on April 27 at Rose Garden,” said the organisers.

Here’s a rewind of some of the notable moments from 2024’s #CampusKeDin. Read on to recall everything from DUSU elections to Hindu College's 125 years.

With placards, performances, and an outpouring of love, Delhi Queer Pride Parade’s 15th edition reminded Delhi that the fight for equality is far from over

Attended by 15 people, India's first-ever pride parade took place on July 2, 1999 at Park Circus Maidan in Kolkata.

During her DJ set at Sunday's Dreamland Pride Festival in New York City, Paris Hilton was dressed in a rainbow mini dress.

Thousands of marchers took to the NYC streets as club music played in the background and confetti showered down on Sunday, June 25, at the Pride Parade

The march, a vibrant display of LGBTQ activism, took place as part of the New York City's Pride Month celebrations

The men aged 14, 17 and 20 and suspected of being Islamic State (IS) sympathisers were held ahead of the parade, the government said.

New York Congressman George Santos stirs controversy with a Twitter rant targeting "drag nuns," calling their mockery of the Catholic faith offensive and wrong.

The Congress party’s tweet of support for LGBTQIA+ rights comes as India awaits a Supreme Court verdict on the legal recognition of same-sex marriages.

The Pride parade in the UK capital marked half a century of progress in the fight for LGBTQ equal rights.

In a world comfortable only with heteronormativity, being queer is often shamed. This can lead to mental health stressors unique to the community. As a mental health practitioner, I've found ways to conquer these feelings of shame to embrace inclusivity

Practising diversity in the classroom is a slow evolution to unlearn and move away from binaries, stigmas, and preconceived constructs to arrive at a common ground of shared realities, where differences are understood, accepted, and then etched into one's understanding of diverse ways of life.

Has India moved forward in the inclusion of the queer community since the scrapping of Section 377? With Covid-19 as an example of a trying time for the community, their fight for fundamental rights continues, while the State is often found wanting

Started by Project Accelerate, a programme raising awareness on HIV and AIDS, Mitr Clinics support and address the needs and issues of members of the transgender community by engaging in conversations and activities built on trust.

When Angel Lama sashays down the catwalk in the Miss Universe Nepal finals on Wednesday she will make history as the first transgender woman to be a finalist in the Himalayan nation’s most glamorous annual event.

At a rowdy gay bar in Taipei, 28-year old Vilian ends a Friday night drag show by putting on a traditional tribal tunic over his white silk negligee and dancing to an aboriginal song that has become a rallying call for Taiwan’s indigenous minority.

With the city’s massive Pride parade cancelled, Sunday’s performances were virtual, the flags flew in emptier than normal spaces and the protesters were masked.

Carrying rainbow flags, balloons and placards and dancing to the beat of drums, they demanded self-identification in any gender for legal recognition rather than first registering as a transgender and then providing proof of surgery to authorities, as suggested by a government bill.

The parade in the capital Sarajevo ended peacefully despite fears of violence prompted by aggressive hate speech online in a country where anti-gay sentiment can often be heard in public.

Deepika Padukone shared a picture from Vadodara pride parade, where a group of people are seen dressed in clothes inspired from her looks from Cannes Film Festival and Met Gala earlier this year.

Some 150,000 parade marchers and an estimated 4 million spectators commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising that triggered the modern LGBTQ movement, with corporate sponsorship and police protection that would have been unthinkable half a century ago.

Perhaps it needs an academic approach to understand the insecurities and discomforts of majorities in order to explain to these dominant groups that equality and social justice are not threats, but something to be aspired for

Chaotic scene were seen in downtown Washington DC after word spread like a wildfire among the thousands of participants of the LGBTQ pride parade that someone was carrying a gun.

Seven people were taken to hospitals with non-life threatening injuries after a man with a gun had fired shots.

Peaceful parades took place across European cities including the capitals of Italy, Greece, Latvia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland.

Straight people living in neighbourhoods mostly populated by LGBT folks say they support gay rights in theory, but their street interactions contradict those sentiments.

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