Hundreds march in New Delhi for gay pride
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December 1, 2014
![Participants hold a placard during Gay Pride Parade, in New Delhi, November 30, 2014. - Reuters Participants hold a placard during Gay Pride Parade, in New Delhi, November 30, 2014. - Reuters](https://i.dawn.com/primary/2014/12/547c1ee90069d.jpg)
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![Indian members and supporters of the LGBT community hold placards as they take part in a Gay Pride Parade in New Delhi on November 30, 2014. - AFP Indian members and supporters of the LGBT community hold placards as they take part in a Gay Pride Parade in New Delhi on November 30, 2014. - AFP](https://i.dawn.com/primary/2014/12/547c1ee8d3570.jpg)
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Hundreds of gay rights activists marched through central New Delhi on Sunday to demand an end to discrimination against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) community in India.
Holding balloons, flags and placards, activists and their supporters sang songs and danced to the beat of drums as they held hands and walked in the rally, which has been held annually over the past few years.
Many wore multi-colored wigs, while others wore face masks or had painted their faces. Some activists carried a 15-metre rainbow-coloured banner, a symbol of LGBT pride. - Text by AP
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Sheraz
Dec 01, 2014 02:27pm
Very well done India! You are going toward right direction!
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Jakoji
Dec 01, 2014 02:29pm
Good.. To each, his own
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being human
Dec 01, 2014 04:44pm
It was a peaceful March and none of the dreaded RSS attacked it.that's the difference between the right wingers of india and Pakistan.
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Nitin
Dec 01, 2014 04:55pm
Always good to see colorful pictures of India
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ashok
Dec 01, 2014 06:03pm
Good development. It is time people realized that homosexuality is not a disease, but only a condition brought about by our genes.Homosexuals must be allowed lead their lives peacefully.
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Combaticus
Dec 01, 2014 06:04pm
How come a cheerful symbol like "rainbow" and a word like "gay" has to be associated with homosexuals, considering the fact that the intimate act involved in male homosexuality is very disturbing and disgusting. I guess anything can be shoved down the throat of a nation in the name of progress and modernity.
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ConcerenedPakistani
Dec 01, 2014 07:08pm
For some reason, Indian people think its cool to copy west in every walk of life regardless how good or bad it is for their society.
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Mariam
Dec 01, 2014 07:18pm
Wow. That's really impressive!
Live and let live.
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Moiz Omar
Dec 01, 2014 07:42pm
Not an Indian, but good to see increased social tolerance anywhere.
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Moiz Omar
Dec 01, 2014 08:02pm
@ConcerenedPakistani
What is so bad about it?
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jkumar
Dec 01, 2014 11:25pm
@ConcerenedPakistani As long as there is love involved, I am all for it. Look at all the killings going on in the world today in the name of religion.
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being human
Dec 01, 2014 11:56pm
@ConcerenedPakistani how are human rights a western thing alone?
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karma yogi
Dec 02, 2014 01:05am
this is the way! who is society to judge anybody? Good going India! Equality shall prevail1
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ROHIT PANDEY
Dec 02, 2014 05:50am
@ConcerenedPakistani Much of India stills holds to conservative,traditional views about many an issue.
But,in urban areas,liberal ideas are growing....a very welcome change....it has got nothing to do with the West or East.
These liberal ideas find their expression in more mature,affluent societies and if, one is looking for a name for them,..it is called "western" for it first comes from that part of the planet where these ideas take root;;;
I would not want any one to face criminal charges or targeted for being different!!!
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Bas Kar
Dec 02, 2014 08:15am
We will soon see such rallies in pakistan provided Imran comes to power
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doesnt matter
Dec 02, 2014 09:14am
@being human lol..what about #kissoflove event? RSS not to be happy about it, eh?
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Om
Dec 02, 2014 10:13am
being a democratic and liberal country it is duty of India to provide equality to everyone whether they are gay or whatever else.
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Shivaji
Dec 02, 2014 10:50am
When will Pakistani Gays march in Islamabad,Karachi and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir?
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AHZ
Dec 02, 2014 12:33pm
The Final day of Judgement will eventually decide the fate of this pathological deed / behavior.
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ayub
Dec 02, 2014 01:22pm
i don't support gay culture.but what's going on in our country..killing innocent people by name of religion and showing intolerance,is worst than gay parade.
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Jeeshan
Dec 02, 2014 01:30pm
@ConcerenedPakistani So you think that these people are pretending to be gay to match with westerners , you sir need serious thinking to do about your perceptions.
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Mohit
Dec 02, 2014 05:48pm
This is real democracy. Everyone is allowed to air their views.
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Moiz Omar
Dec 03, 2014 04:51am
@Shivaji Sorry, I think you mean Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The currently occupied Jammu and Kashmir is the one occupied by India.
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Aamir
Dec 03, 2014 06:15am
@ayub well said my friend..
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Asher
Dec 03, 2014 12:53pm
Really glad to see liberalism progressing in the neighboring country. Kudos to the youth for taking a bold step.
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jen
Dec 03, 2014 03:00pm
Like all their other superstitious beliefs, muslims have been brainwashed to believe that homosex is actually a disease. Why muslims never question their almighty that why that almighty chose to design a human as a gay or LGBT? oh yes, slaves never had the guts to question their almighty and as a consequence their ability to live independent of someone else's beliefs/behaviour is lost. Pathetic community.
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the eddy
Dec 03, 2014 09:02pm
@Moiz Omar AJK is not really Azad . Who rules it & when were the last elections .
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SSSX
Dec 04, 2014 01:50am
@ashok
Being homosexual is a choice, you choose your sexual preference , being gay is a result of your choices, you guys are not special, I do not have to agree to the homosexual agenda, end of the day, families are not born from gay couples
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Black Sabbath
Dec 04, 2014 06:10am
@Moiz Omar : For Indian's the occupied Kashmir is on the other side of the LoC!
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Allaisa
Dec 04, 2014 08:49am
@Moiz Omar There is no Azadi in Azad Kashmir. But Indian Administered Kashmir is freer than even Pakistan itself, according to Transparency International. But who cares it is not written in any Pakistani Text book!
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Abdul
Dec 04, 2014 09:40am
@Moiz Omar LOL Azad if occupied by Pakistan and not azad if occupied by India. Whatever be your POV, you are not going to get an inch of it.
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Chanakya
Dec 04, 2014 10:13am
@Shivaji Why Indians try to hammer Pakistan at every given opportunity? Show some class and maturity, if you have one and keep going.All over the world there more problems than solutions.We should learn how to stay quiet too.
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welldone
Dec 04, 2014 12:02pm
@ConcerenedPakistani Tolerance which is alien to you is the bigger picture...
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Mudassar_Kashmiri
Dec 04, 2014 02:00pm
Azad Kashmir is ruled by Pakistan. Cheers to our azadi!!
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Bobby
Dec 05, 2014 12:56am
still hiding faces...........but anyways its not easy to comeout publicly so easily
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Rizwan
Dec 05, 2014 08:47am
Good for India! hopefully a liberal city like Lahore or Karachi can be as open as Delhi one day.
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Rizwan
Dec 05, 2014 08:49am
@being human Yes, the RSS maybe didn't know. But the RSS also attacks women who go to bars, and couples on Valentine's Day, so lets not act like your extremists are so kind.
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Rizwan
Dec 05, 2014 08:55am
@Allaisa whether or not Indians allow elections in Kashmir does not negate the fact that Kashmiris simply do not wish to be Indian. Has there ever been a massive Anti-Pakistan rally in Muzaffarabad or elsewhere as there commonly are on the other side of the LOC? No. Is there a huge Pakistani army patrolling every street corner in Azad Kashmir like there is on the other side of the LOC? No. Azad Kashmir doesn't have the same feeling of being an occupied land. Azad Kashmiris never rebelled against Pakistan, even though there is no massive Pakistani Army presence in its cities. I know this for a fact because I am from a very small village right on the LOC called Chakothi, and no one ever wants to rise up against Pakistan like my relatives in Uri on the other side of LOC hate India.
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Moiz Omar
Dec 08, 2014 01:23pm
@Rizwan Agreed.
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