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Awadh Queer Pride March | LGBTQIA+ members call for acceptance and civil rights

To echo their voice and sentiments for more acceptance and civil right, the members LGBTQIA+ communities and allies held in Awadh Queer Pride March in Lucknow.

Members of LGBTQIA+ communities and allies taking out Awadh Queer Pride March in Lucknow(Photo: Mustaq Ali/HT)

cities

Published on Feb 25, 2025 05:14 PM IST

ByDeep Saxena

Rainbow Lit Fest: Authors, artistes assemble in Delhi for queer, inclusive fest

Talks, films, music acts and drag shows will highlighting the issues of LGBTQ. Filmmakers Hansal Mehta, Faraz Ansari, and actor Sandhya Mridul will join too.

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, actor-author Sandhya Mridul, and filmmaker Faraz Arif Ansari will be at the fest in its third edition.

htcity

Published on Dec 08, 2024 10:25 AM IST

ByHenna Rakheja

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 7 December 2024

The day of Dec 7 promises to offer loads if you wish to explore the culture of Delhi-NCR. Before you plan your day, check out HT City Delhi Junction on Insta!

htcity

Published on Dec 06, 2024 06:55 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

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

New rainbows in small-town India

Buoyed by this, a group of 15-20 people banded over WhatsApp groups to hold another event on April 9. They set up Queer Chhattisgarh, a page on Facebook, and were soon inundated with messages from people in other towns and hamlets, and many from anonymous profiles.

LGBT activists dance to Hindi and English songs as part of a queer flashmob outside the Raipur railway station on August 4, 2019.(By special arrangement)

india news

Updated on Sep 06, 2019 03:11 AM IST

Raipur | ByDhrubo Jyoti

Conservative Polish magazine issues ‘LGBT-free zone’ stickers

The campaign includes stickers with a black “x” through a rainbow flag and was announced last week by Gazeta Polska.

Diplomats and opposition politicians in Poland have criticised the Gazeta Polska’s campaign.(Unsplash)

lifestyle

Updated on Jul 24, 2019 05:23 PM IST

Reuters | ByReuters

Lessons from a Queer Festival: Tanuja Chandra on why it may be more fun to be gay!

Parts of culture that harden into ‘the establishment’ and become a long accepted code to live by, are also somewhat dead

To say that a touch of the unfettered spirit of a Queer Festival could do the world a lot of good, will sound simplistic(Photo imaging: Sunil Kumar Mallik)

lifestyle

Updated on Jul 13, 2019 11:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByTanuja Chandra

A ‘pride’ that roared on the streets of Kolkata yet again

On a muggy July afternoon in 1999, 15 people gathered at Park Circus Maidan in the heart of Kolkata dressed in bright yellow T-shirts that said Friendship Walk on one side and ‘Walk into People’s Heart’ on the reverse.

Members of LGBTQ community celebrate 20 years of 'Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk,' at Rabindra Sadan premises, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on Saturday, June 29, 2019.(Samir Jana/HT Photo)

india news

Updated on Jun 29, 2019 10:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByDhrubo Jyoti

Taiwan becomes first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage

Lawmakers comfortably passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to form “exclusive permanent unions” and another clause that would let them apply for a “marriage registration” with government agencies.

Same-sex marriage supporters celebrate after Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei(REUTERS)

world news

Published on May 18, 2019 03:27 AM IST

Agence France-Presse | ByAgence France-Presse

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

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To echo their voice and sentiments for more acceptance and civil right, the members LGBTQIA+ communities and allies held in Awadh Queer Pride March in Lucknow.

Talks, films, music acts and drag shows will highlighting the issues of LGBTQ. Filmmakers Hansal Mehta, Faraz Ansari, and actor Sandhya Mridul will join too.

The day of Dec 7 promises to offer loads if you wish to explore the culture of Delhi-NCR. Before you plan your day, check out HT City Delhi Junction on Insta!

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.

Buoyed by this, a group of 15-20 people banded over WhatsApp groups to hold another event on April 9. They set up Queer Chhattisgarh, a page on Facebook, and were soon inundated with messages from people in other towns and hamlets, and many from anonymous profiles.

The campaign includes stickers with a black “x” through a rainbow flag and was announced last week by Gazeta Polska.

Parts of culture that harden into ‘the establishment’ and become a long accepted code to live by, are also somewhat dead

On a muggy July afternoon in 1999, 15 people gathered at Park Circus Maidan in the heart of Kolkata dressed in bright yellow T-shirts that said Friendship Walk on one side and ‘Walk into People’s Heart’ on the reverse.

Lawmakers comfortably passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to form “exclusive permanent unions” and another clause that would let them apply for a “marriage registration” with government agencies.

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

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