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Holding banners and rainbow-coloured flags, around 1, people marched from Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar, protesting discrimination against them and demanding their right to live a life of dignity. Hundreds of gays, lesbians and transgenders marched on Delhi streets, protesting discrimination against them and demanding their right to live a life of dignity. With their faces covered with masks, the participants were seen holding placards that read 'Delhi Pride Festival' and 'Straight but not Narrow'. The LGBT community's aim through this parade is to register their protest against police excesses and forcible marriage by family.

Pride parades in India today are vibrant affairs, where thousands gather to express themselves and offer support to the queer community. But things were very different in , when the country's first Pride walk was organised in the eastern state of West Bengal. Journalist Sandip Roy revisits the trailblazing event. On 2 July , Pawan Dhall, a queer rights activist in Kolkata city, was among the 15 intrepid marchers to participate in what was later called the first Pride walk in India.

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