Patna Gets Coloured With Pride, Walks Alongside the LGBT Community

Photos of the Bihar Pride Parade show how India Is slowly changing.

A group of LGBTQ activists posing in front of the pride parade in Bangalore. The image has been used for representational purposes. 

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On 14 July Patna came out on the streets to participate in the pride parade. When the world celebrated international non-binary day, Patna decided to come out of the closet and march alongside the city’s LGBTQ+ community.

Patna had organised its first pride in 2012 when only a handful of people turned out. However, Vice reported that about 200 people turned up this year to celebrate everyone’s right to love.

According to Patna Beats, more than 500 people lifted the world’s largest transgender flag while rallying from the historic Hindi Sahitya Samelan to Rajendra Nagar’s Prem Chandra Rangshala covering 1.8 kilometers of city.

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“Things might not change much right after the pride, but at least people will start thinking about it (Queer Community’s rights) and eventually it will all change for good”.

A participant to <a href="http://www.patnabeats.com/patna-walked-in-pride-in-support-of-lgbtq-community/">Patna Beats</a>

There were several cards that rallied against the Trans Bill that has been introduced by the government. One of the trans participants told Patna Beats that no one from the community was consulted before drafting the bill.

“The bill states that one has to go through a District Magistrate to receive a certificate and the DM is allowed to give a certificate approving one’s identity as a trans person. It seems like the government has not even consulted any trans representative before drafting the bill.”

Here’s how the city celebrated with pride!

Patna goes the pride way. (Photo: IANS) 

Love is love. (Photo: IANS) 

An artist walks the streets in solidarity. (Photo: IANS) 

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Under the pride rainbow, there is no discrimination. (Photo: IANS) 

We’re all humans after all. (Photo: Mohit Mehta/Patna Beats) 

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Despite the historic 6 September judgment by the Supreme Court that quashed Section 377, members of the community are still in search of a respectable life sans bullying. The community still does not have the right to marry or adopt children.

Pride parades are a wonderful way to normalise the existence of the community. It is definitely a start. Let’s hope that our homophobic country changes soon.