Photos: Bengaluru celebrates 10th Namma Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba

Members of the LGBTQI community and allies in Bengaluru celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Namma Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba with thousands taking to the streets from Tulsi Park to Town Hall in support and celebration of queer identity.

Updated on: Nov 27, 2017 1:00 PM IST

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A participant dances in the 10th Namma Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba in Bengaluru on Sunday. More than 5000 people joined the march from Tulsi Park to Town Hall, with many donning colourful costumes and holding pro-LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, queer and intersex) placards in celebration, but also defiance in a nation that continues to outlaw homosexuality. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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Namma Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba is organised under the banner of “Coalition for Sex workers, Sexual & Sexuality Minorities’ Rights (CSMR) – Bengaluru” comprising LGBTQI organizations, allied groups, collectives, activists and individuals across Karnataka. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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Members of the LGBTQI community take part in the 10th pride march in Bengaluru on Sunday. In 2014, the Supreme Court held that homosexuality or unnatural sex between two consenting adults under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was illegal and would continue to be an offence. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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People celebrating the 10th edition of the Pride march take selfies as others look on in Bengaluru. The first Bengaluru Pride march was held in the year 2008. In 2016, the Bengaluru Pride & Karnataka Queer Habba was re-branded as Namma Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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A member of the LGBTQI community wears a mask during the annual pride march on Sunday. According to the Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba organization, the carnival is a call to ownership, to identification, and pleas for unity. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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A participant flaunts finger rings during the Namma Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba celebrations in Bengaluru. Over the past decade, homosexuality has gained a degree of acceptance in India, especially in metro cities but the community continues to struggle for wider legal and societal acceptance. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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Supporters of the LGBT community along with activists take part in the pride march in Bengaluru on Sunday. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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A child raises a placard in support of the LGBTQI community during the pride march in Bengaluru. This year, following a Supreme Court judgment guaranteeing the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right with sexual orientation being an essential attribute, members of the community hailed the verdict and said it would boost their fight against the previous judgment. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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A participant sports rainbow coloured wings in the 10th annual celebration of Namma Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba in Bengaluru. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)