Photos: 16th Rainbow Pride Walk for LGBTQ rights held in Kolkata

Started in 1999 as The Friendship Walk, the Kolkata Rainbow Pride March is one of the oldest pride marches in South Asia. This year the march took place from Deshapriya Park to Park Circus n Kolkata and coincided with the International Human Rights day, celebrated every year on December 10.

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A participant holds up a fist in the colours of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community’s rainbow flag during the 16th Kolkata Rainbow Pride walk. Started in 1999 as The Friendship Walk, it is one of the oldest pride marches in South Asia. While the intention of the march revolves around equality and tolerance, the participants also walk in solidarity with other rights based movements. (Samir Jana / HT PHOTO)

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Participants wave rainbow flags and shout slogans during the Kolkata Pride Walk. Hundreds of supporters and members of the LGBTQ community took part in the march from Deshapriya park to Park Circus in Kolkata on Sunday. (Samir Jana / HT PHOTO)

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Under Indian Penal Code Section 377, same sex relationships are considered ‘unnatural’ and are subject to criminal prosecution. Earlier this year, the LGBTQ community across India welcomed the Supreme Court’s Right to privacy ruling and said it would boost their fight against the 2013 SC judgment which re-criminalised gay sex in December 2013 — popularly known as the Naz verdict. (Samir Jana / HT PHOTO)

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LGBTQ rights activists participate in the Rainbow Pride Walk in Kolkata. The day of the march coincided with the International Human Rights Day, celebrated on December 10 every year. (Bikas Das / AP)

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LGBTQ supporters raise slogans during 16th Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk in Kolkata on Sunday. (Ashok Bhaumik / PTI)

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A participant dressed as Shiva-Parvati takes a selfie during the 16th Rainbow pride walk in Kolkata. The organisers claimed that the march witnessed its highest ever turnout this year. (Samir Jana / HT PHOTO)

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Social activists, participants and members of the LGBTQ community shout slogans in protest of the transgender laws during the pride march in Kolkata. Some of the demands included renouncing of Section 377, implementation of NALSA judgment which recognises transgender as a third gender and revisions to the Transgender Bill of 2016. (Samir Jana / HT PHOTO)