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14th Delhi Queer Pride Parade: thousands attend pride march, raise concerns over laws

Dancing to drums and music, the participants walked for more than three hours to Jantar Mantar, holding banners reading &ldquo;Equality for all&rdquo; and &ldquo;Queer and proud" slogans.

More than 2,000 people took part in a gay pride event in New Delhi on Sunday, waving rainbow flags and multicoloured balloons as they celebrated sexual diversity in India but also raised concerns over the country's restrictive laws.
Dancing to drums and music, the participants walked for more than two hours to the Jantar Mantar area near India&rsquo;s Parliament. They held banners reading &ldquo;Equality for all&rdquo; and &ldquo;Queer and proud.&rdquo;
The annual event comes after India&rsquo;s top court refused to legalize same-sex marriages in an October ruling that disappointed campaigners for LGBTQ+ rights in the world&rsquo;s most populous country.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not about marriage. It's about equality. Everybody should have the same right because that&rsquo;s what our constitution says,&rdquo; said Noor Enayat, one of the volunteers organizing this year&rsquo;s event.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court&rsquo;s five-judge bench heard 21 petitions that sought to legalize same-sex marriage in India.
The justices called for steps to raise awareness among the public about LGBTQ+ identity and to establish hotlines and safe houses for those in the community who are facing violence.
They also urged the state to make sure same-sex couples don&rsquo;t face harassment or discrimination in accessing basic needs, like opening a joint bank account but stopped short of granting legal recognition to same-sex unions.
Legal rights for LGBTQ+ people in India have been expanding over the past decade, mostly as a result of the Supreme Court&rsquo;s intervention.
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In 2018, the top court struck down a colonial-era law that had made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison and expanded constitutional rights for the gay community. The decision was seen as a historic victory for LGBTQ+ rights.
Despite this progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi&rsquo;s Hindu nationalist government resisted the legal recognition of same-sex marriage and rejected several petitions in favor. Some religious groups, too, had opposed same-sex unions, saying they went against Indian culture.
Homosexuality has long carried a stigma in India&rsquo;s traditional society, even though there has been a shift in attitudes toward same-sex couples in recent years. India now has openly gay celebrities and some high-profile Bollywood films have dealt with gay issues.
According to a Pew survey, acceptance of homosexuality in India increased by 22 percentage points to 37% between 2013 and 2019. But same-sex couples often face harassment in many Indian communities, whether Hindu, Muslim or Christian.

During Pride month, a group of drag-queens welcomed the arrival of many of the most prominent heads of state at the Summit of the Americas, calling on presidents from the US to Canada to Argentina to become environmental leaders the world could be proud of. The queens paid particular attention to President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau whose countries are behind in paying financial assistance to other nations in the hemisphere to tackle the climate crisis, land degradation and biodiversity loss.
Los Angeles drag-queens Aurora Sexton, Mischa Kinx, Marilyn, Vivienne Vida, Pixie Dot and Hope showed up to the Summit of the Americas dressed as Marilyn Monroe alongside Kalista Stage dressed as Evita. The event, organized by the 70-million member global rights group Avaaz, aimed to draw attention to the extreme impacts the ecological crisis is having across the Americas including tragic migration waves, increased food insecurity, and a mounting financial crisis.

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Los Angeles drag-queens Aurora Sexton, Mischa Kinx, Marilyn, Vivienne Vida, Pixie Dot and Hope showed up to the Summit of the Americas dressed as Marilyn Monroe

During Pride month, a group of drag-queens welcomed the arrival of many of the most prominent heads of state at the Summit of the Americas, calling on presidents from the US to Canada to Argentina to become environmental leaders the world could be proud of. The queens paid particular attention to President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau whose countries are behind in paying financial assistance to other nations in the hemisphere to tackle the climate crisis, land degradation and biodiversity loss.
Los Angeles drag-queens Aurora Sexton, Mischa Kinx, Marilyn, Vivienne Vida, Pixie Dot and Hope showed up to the Summit of the Americas dressed as Marilyn Monroe alongside Kalista Stage dressed as Evita. Also Watch: <a href="https://www.editorji.com/world-news/academy-award-winner-matthew-mcconaughey-calls-for-gun-control-action-at-white-house-watch-1654655129547">Academy Award&ndash;winner Matthew McConaughey calls for gun control action at White House</a> The event, organized by the 70-million member global rights group Avaaz, aimed to draw attention to the extreme impacts the ecological crisis is having across the Americas including tragic migration waves, increased food insecurity, and a mounting financial crisis.

What would we do without social media? Hard to even imagine, right? These platforms have become such an intrinsic part of our lives and have given a space to the LGBTQIA+ community to say, &ldquo;we&rsquo;re queer and we&rsquo;re here!&rdquo; Opening platforms for dialogue, activism, and identity creation, individuals have now found a (relatively) safe space to explore gender, sexuality, existence and pain.
The queer community in India has seen a surge in social media adopters to create spaces that represent the community&rsquo;s needs and wants, bringing them to the forefront. Through the internet, people can now express themselves in ways that are truer to themselves and use it as a medium to challenge the age-old draconian social boundaries.
Video as a medium was once the playground of only Bollywood, where often queer characters were used as comic elements, meant to garner some laughs through slapstick comedy. With the plethora of video (and audio) platforms available today, and the rise of influencers, we are now seeing &lsquo;real&rsquo; voices emerging from within the community to accurately depict their lives and help others to come out of the darkness and into the light, by extending support through conversations and interactions. Every little step taken on social media has such a huge real-time impact, that one cannot help but jump with joy when young children are able to access role models that represent their (often) suppressed inner selves.
These influencers use a blend of art, fashion, comedy, soundtracks, and podcasts as some of the forms of expression to convey views and raise awareness about gender identity. Popular LGBTQIA+ activist,&nbsp;Sushant Divgikar&nbsp;can be seen using several platforms to bring 'drag' to the forefront as a more accessible form of art. A performer and singer, he actively uses his voice to lobby for equality and rights.&nbsp;One of the rising social media influencers, Anwesh Sahoo creates beautiful art illustrations to depict and raise awareness on gender non-conformity. Maitraynee Mahanta is another such influencer whose works reflect a very bold and empowering perspective on queerness.
Apart from being able to create social awareness, the internet platforms like Instagram and Facebook have also aided in developing personal relationships with other LGBTQIA+ individuals and helped create a large virtual family. When queer people are discriminated against at many points in life, the&nbsp;internet has succeeded in providing both the physical and emotional care required to thrive with confidence in online circles. Unrestrained by any boundaries, the LGBTQIA+ have finally found a space through social media and are owning it, one post, live and story at a time.
However, we must add, that while social media is a great space for self-expression, it can also often disappoint. These platforms must work on bettering their policies in order to ensure that trolling, hate comments and violent commentary made against any community is met with stern action.

Queerness and Social Media: What it means to be LGBTQIA+ on the internet today 

What would we do without social media? Hard to even imagine, right? These platforms have become such an intrinsic part of our lives and have given a space to the LGBTQIA+ community to say, &ldquo;we&rsquo;re queer and we&rsquo;re here!&rdquo; Opening platforms for dialogue, activism, and identity creation, individuals have now found a (relatively) safe space to explore gender, sexuality, existence and pain.
The queer community in India has seen a surge in social media adopters to create spaces that represent the community&rsquo;s needs and wants, bringing them to the forefront.&nbsp;
"Social media does play an important role for me to connect with folks more like me, to actually build a community above everything else. And I think especially during Pride month since social media has taken off in India, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, any of these social media platforms, or even Clubhouse for that matter now. It is great that we are able to have these spaces where we can talk about what we are going through, our personal journey and we can look at someone else who has gone through a similar journey and learn a lot from their journey and they can learn a lot from us as well." (Anwesh&nbsp;Sahoo- Visual Designer)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Through the internet, people can now express themselves in ways that are truer to themselves and use it as a medium to challenge the age-old draconian social boundaries.
Video as a medium was once the playground of only Bollywood, where often queer characters were used as comic elements, meant to garner some laughs through slapstick comedy. With the plethora of video (and audio) platforms available today, and the rise of influencers, we are now seeing &lsquo;real&rsquo; voices emerging from within the community to accurately depict their lives and help others to come out of the darkness and into the light, by extending support through conversations and interactions. Every little step taken on social media has such a huge real-time impact, that one cannot help but jump with joy when young children are able to access role models that represent their (often) suppressed inner selves.
These influencers use a blend of art, fashion, comedy, soundtracks, and podcasts as some of the forms of expression to convey views and raise awareness about gender identity. Popular LGBTQIA+ activist,&nbsp;Sushant Divgikar&nbsp;can be seen using several platforms to bring 'drag' to the forefront as a more accessible form of art. A performer and singer, he actively uses his voice to lobby for equality and rights.&nbsp;One of the rising social media influencers, Anwesh Sahoo creates beautiful art illustrations to depict and raise awareness on gender non-conformity. &nbsp;
" I do think that a lot of my work does encompass the idea of the gender spectrum, celebrating gender spectrum, celebrating nonbinary identities, celebrating queer femme folks, and bringing in a healthier representation of them through the popular media. So, I think whatever little popularity or presence I have on the internet, I use it to bring in that positive representation. Because it is missing, let's face it." (Anwesh&nbsp;Sahoo)&nbsp;
Maitraynee Mahanta is another such influencer whose works reflect a very bold and empowering perspective on queerness.
Apart from being able to create social awareness, the internet platforms like Instagram and Facebook have also aided in developing personal relationships with other LGBTQIA+ individuals and helped create a large virtual family. When queer people are discriminated against at many points in life, the&nbsp;internet has succeeded in providing both the physical and emotional care required to thrive with confidence in online circles. Unrestrained by any boundaries, the LGBTQIA+ have finally found a space through social media and are owning it, one post, live and story at a time.
However, we must add, that while social media is a great space for self-expression, it can also often disappoint.
"There are very mean things that sometimes people say especially when you put forth your political views and people just downright brush it off by saying you are a fifty-fifty or why don't you just first decide whether you are a man or a woman and some very insensitive things that people say. Sometimes, I also receive&nbsp;a lot of rape threats which is extremely problematic. I hope that we sort of learn to walk out of that world where we think it is okay for people to or to walk out of a world where we trivialize rape threats, and that's not a good thing to do. We should&nbsp;really be kind to people everywhere, no matter where we meet them, whether offline or online." (Anwesh&nbsp;Sahoo)&nbsp;
These platforms must work on bettering their policies in order to ensure that trolling, hate comments and violent commentary made against any community is met with stern action.
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What would we do without social media? Hard to even imagine, right? These platforms have become such an intrinsic part of our lives and have given a space to the LGBTQIA+ community to say, &ldquo;we&rsquo;re queer and we&rsquo;re here!&rdquo; Opening platforms for dialogue, activism, and identity creation, individuals have now found a (relatively) safe space to explore gender, sexuality, existence and pain.
The queer community in India has seen a surge in social media adopters to create spaces that represent the community&rsquo;s needs and wants, bringing them to the forefront.&nbsp;
"Social media does play an important role for me to connect with folks more like me, to actually build a community above everything else. And I think especially during Pride month since social media has taken off in India, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, any of these social media platforms, or even Clubhouse for that matter now. It is great that we are able to have these spaces where we can talk about what we are going through, our personal journey and we can look at someone else who has gone through a similar journey and learn a lot from their journey and they can learn a lot from us as well." (Anwesh&nbsp;Sahoo- Visual Designer)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Through the internet, people can now express themselves in ways that are truer to themselves and use it as a medium to challenge the age-old draconian social boundaries.
Video as a medium was once the playground of only Bollywood, where often queer characters were used as comic elements, meant to garner some laughs through slapstick comedy. With the plethora of video (and audio) platforms available today, and the rise of influencers, we are now seeing &lsquo;real&rsquo; voices emerging from within the community to accurately depict their lives and help others to come out of the darkness and into the light, by extending support through conversations and interactions. Every little step taken on social media has such a huge real-time impact, that one cannot help but jump with joy when young children are able to access role models that represent their (often) suppressed inner selves.
These influencers use a blend of art, fashion, comedy, soundtracks, and podcasts as some of the forms of expression to convey views and raise awareness about gender identity. Popular LGBTQIA+ activist,&nbsp;Sushant Divgikar&nbsp;can be seen using several platforms to bring 'drag' to the forefront as a more accessible form of art. A performer and singer, he actively uses his voice to lobby for equality and rights.&nbsp;One of the rising social media influencers, Anwesh Sahoo creates beautiful art illustrations to depict and raise awareness on gender non-conformity. &nbsp;
" I do think that a lot of my work does encompass the idea of the gender spectrum, celebrating gender spectrum, celebrating nonbinary identities, celebrating queer femme folks, and bringing in a healthier representation of them through the popular media. So, I think whatever little popularity or presence I have on the internet, I use it to bring in that positive representation. Because it is missing, let's face it." (Anwesh&nbsp;Sahoo)&nbsp;
Maitraynee Mahanta is another such influencer whose works reflect a very bold and empowering perspective on queerness.
Apart from being able to create social awareness, the internet platforms like Instagram and Facebook have also aided in developing personal relationships with other LGBTQIA+ individuals and helped create a large virtual family. When queer people are discriminated against at many points in life, the&nbsp;internet has succeeded in providing both the physical and emotional care required to thrive with confidence in online circles. Unrestrained by any boundaries, the LGBTQIA+ have finally found a space through social media and are owning it, one post, live and story at a time.
However, we must add, that while social media is a great space for self-expression, it can also often disappoint.
"There are very mean things that sometimes people say especially when you put forth your political views and people just downright brush it off by saying you are a fifty-fifty or why don't you just first decide whether you are a man or a woman and some very insensitive things that people say. Sometimes, I also receive&nbsp;a lot of rape threats which is extremely problematic. I hope that we sort of learn to walk out of that world where we think it is okay for people to or to walk out of a world where we trivialize rape threats, and that's not a good thing to do. We should&nbsp;really be kind to people everywhere, no matter where we meet them, whether offline or online." (Anwesh&nbsp;Sahoo)&nbsp;
These platforms must work on bettering their policies in order to ensure that trolling, hate comments and violent commentary made against any community is met with stern action.
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