Delhi gay parade to be about celebration, awareness
November 22nd, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) It will be a riot of colours and celebration at the third edition of the Delhi gay parade to be held Sunday. But the event will also see participants speaking out against discrimination faced by homosexuals every day.
Around 2,000 people are expected to participate, the organisers claim.
“Just like the previous years, this year too the funds for the march were raised by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community. On the day of the march, we will distribute masks, rainbow coloured scarves, whistles, candies, amongst other things,” Mohnish Malhotra, one of the organisers, said.
However, he said the march was not just about celebration.
“We will also protest against discrimination faced by the LGBT community. The community is often subjugated to violence by police and thugs, they are blackmailed and forced into marriage by families, which lead to suicides,” he said.
“But even as we demand that the government extend anti-discrimination laws, we will nevertheless celebrate the Delhi High Court’s judgment earlier this year which decriminalised consensual homosexual relationships,” he said.
Participants of the Delhi gay parade, popularly referred to as queer pride, will march from Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar off the posh commercial district of Connauht Place.
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