Monday, June 27, 2016

GURUGRAM OBSERVES ‘RAINBOW’ AS FIRST PRIDE PARADE PROMOTES LOVE AND EQUALITY!!

We have brought the highlights from the first-ever pride parade held in Gurugram…
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Leisure valley park was decorated with balloons/flags..sadly well to do families made away with them for their kids!pic.twitter.com/DjKhcrV4el
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‘Freedom from sexual orientation to ensure social justice and a truly inclusive environment’ and revoking ‘Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code,’ was the theme and aim of Gurugram’s first LGBTQ pride parade that took place on June 25 at Leisure Valley park in Gurgaon.
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Though the number of people who turned out was small (150-200 turned up), their enthusiasm and spirits were on a high.
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~150 people eventually turned up in the sweltering heat.. Much lesser than Delhi but a start pic.twitter.com/w8HtM4BFGx
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The crowd marched through the streets raising, ‘Gurgaon ab door nahi‘, addressing people about the ‘queer’ concept and also about section 377.
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Naarebaazi against sec 377, intolerance, sedition, homophobia, islamophobia & various others at pic.twitter.com/djVSR5ov1f
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“It’s a call for freedom from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation to ensure social justice and a truly inclusive environment that has no one left on the margins,” their Facebook page states.
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It’s a celebration of an inclusive dialogue resting on a political stage that is built on the notion of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersexual Queer pride, a carnival of individual identities, human rights and a larger solidarity against 377.”
Participants lighting candles in memory of the queer community members who lost their lives in Orlando, Mexico and Bangladesh recently was the final activity to end the parade with.


The article first published on www.lafdatv.com

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