09 November,2010 08:18 AM IST | | Mid Day Correspondent
Around 2000 people to participate on November 28
Delhi is all set to host the third edition of the Gay Pride parade on November 28, an organiser said Monday.
A celebration by gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders, the parade is expected to see around 2,000 people march from the Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar in central Delhi.
"The venue for the march is actually subject to police permission, but we are expecting it to be in central Delhi. We will have a fund raiser for the march Nov 12," an organiser said.
In 2008, the parade was organised for the first time in the national capital. The previous two editions of the march were organised in the months of June. On July 2, there was a march by the gay community in the capital to mark a year of decriminalisation of homosexuality in India.
2,000 People likely to participate in the gay parade
| Stealing a march |
| On 29 June 2008, four Indian cities (Delhi, Bangalore, Pondicherry and Kolkata) saw coordinated pride events. A rainbow parade was held at Chennai the next day. About 2,200 people turned up overall.u00a0 On August 16, 2008 (a day after the Independence Day), the gay community in Bombay held its first ever formal pride parade (although informal pride parades had been held earlier), to demand that India's anti-gay laws be amended. Delhi High Court ruled on 2 July 2009, that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults was not a criminal act. |
