Let’s never forget that inclusivity begins with us
Updated On: 20 May, 2023 06:27 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
This paper recently carried a report about a Sanskrit teacher who conducts gay marriages. Though these weddings do not have legal sanction, several same-sex couples do hold ceremonies with all the rituals and sometimes, celebrations of a heterosexual marriage
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It is about safe spaces, and making new spaces safe, when it comes to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) community.
Recently, this paper carried a first ever Pride march to take place in Vasai Virar. That is surely opening up a new landscape for the community. For many years the march took place in south Mumbai, the first of which itself was pathbreaking. It is vital because it breaks barriers not just metaphorically but literally. too, as the space that the community marches on, the route becomes more than just symbolic. It states that the place is for everybody, it is as much the LGBTQ community’s as it is everybody else’s. They have a right to be visible and they have a right to be safe being who they want to be. This then, is about inclusivity in the most powerful and meaningful way.
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