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LGBT Pride Parade: Striped in colours, Delhi demands free love

Updated On Nov 29, 2015 08:52 PM IST
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Hundreds of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) activists and supporters celebrated the 8th Delhi Queer Pride parade from Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Nov 29, 2015 08:52 PM IST

Hundreds of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) activists and supporters celebrated the 8th Delhi Queer Pride parade from Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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The participants danced to drum beats with rainbow-striped flags and balloons as they marched in a parade celebrating what they call the diversity of gender and sexuality. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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The participants danced to drum beats with rainbow-striped flags and balloons as they marched in a parade celebrating what they call the diversity of gender and sexuality. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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While the activists at the Delhi Queer Pride parade celebrated the gains India’s LGBT community has made in recent years, they also wanted to highlight the continuing discrimination it faces. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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While the activists at the Delhi Queer Pride parade celebrated the gains India’s LGBT community has made in recent years, they also wanted to highlight the continuing discrimination it faces. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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The LGBT Pride parade had participants from all sects of the society, also some expats marking their presence and support to the movement. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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The LGBT Pride parade had participants from all sects of the society, also some expats marking their presence and support to the movement. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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As the partiticpants expressed their love freely during the LGBT Pride parade, the Delhi Queer Pride Committee also demanded the repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes homosexual acts. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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As the partiticpants expressed their love freely during the LGBT Pride parade, the Delhi Queer Pride Committee also demanded the repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes homosexual acts. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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Thanks to such LGBT Pride parade and similar movements, the homosexuals have gained a degree of acceptance over the past decade in parts of deeply conservative India, especially in big cities. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Thanks to such LGBT Pride parade and similar movements, the homosexuals have gained a degree of acceptance over the past decade in parts of deeply conservative India, especially in big cities. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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LGBT activists and founder of Queer rights NGO Astitva, Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi poses for a selfie with one of the participants of the Gay Pride parade in New Delhi on Sunday. Tripathi was the first transgender person to represent Asia Pacific in the UN in 2008. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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LGBT activists and founder of Queer rights NGO Astitva, Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi poses for a selfie with one of the participants of the Gay Pride parade in New Delhi on Sunday. Tripathi was the first transgender person to represent Asia Pacific in the UN in 2008. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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Despite many open movements to gain attention of the Indian judicial system over the LGBT rights and Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, being gay is seen as shameful in most of the country, and many homosexuals remain closeted. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Despite many open movements to gain attention of the Indian judicial system over the LGBT rights and Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, being gay is seen as shameful in most of the country, and many homosexuals remain closeted. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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The Gay Pride Parade makes an attempt to wipe out the stigma surrounding the Section 377 and Queer movement in the country. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Nov 29, 2015 08:52 PM IST

The Gay Pride Parade makes an attempt to wipe out the stigma surrounding the Section 377 and Queer movement in the country. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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