Editing Pride parade (section)

====India====
{{See also|Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk}}
[[File:Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018 07.jpg|thumb|left|Participants of [[Bhubaneswar]] Pride Parade, 2018]]
[[File:Bangalore Gay Pride Parade (15).jpg|thumb|Gay Pride March in [[Bangalore]], India (2013)]]
On June 29, 2008, four Indian cities ([[Delhi Queer Pride Parade|Delhi]], [[Bengaluru Namma Pride March|Bangalore]], [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]], and [[Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk|Kolkata]]) saw coordinated pride events. About 2,200 people turned up overall. These were also the first pride events of all these cities except Kolkata, which had seen its first such event in 1999 - making it [[South Asia]]'s first pride walk and then had been organizing pride events every year since 2003 (although there was a gap of a year or so in-between).<ref>{{cite web |title=As liberal attitudes sweep across Bengal, gays, and lesbians no longer mask their sexuality |date=August 11, 2003 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/as-liberal-attitudes-sweep-across-bengal-gays-and-lesbians-no-longer-mask-their-sexuality/1/205465.html |access-date=May 24, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129082227/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/20030811-as-liberal-attitudes-sweep-across-bengal-gays-and-lesbians-no-longer-mask-their-sexuality-791882-2003-08-10|archive-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref> The pride parades were successful, given that no right-wing group attacked or protested against the pride parade, although the opposition party BJP expressed its disagreement with the concept of gay pride parade. The next day, Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] appealed for greater social tolerance towards homosexuals at an AIDS event. On August 16, 2008 (one day after the Independence Day of India), the gay community in [[Mumbai Pride|Mumbai]] held its first-ever formal pride parade (although informal pride parades had been held many times earlier), to demand that [[India]]'s anti-gay laws be amended.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Reverse_swing_It_may_be_an_open_affair_for_gays_lesbians/articleshow/3186187.cms|title=Reverse swing: It may be an open affair for gays, lesbians|date=July 2, 2008 | work=The Times of India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008222218/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Reverse_swing_It_may_be_an_open_affair_for_gays_lesbians/articleshow/3186187.cms|archive-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref> A high court in the Indian capital, Delhi ruled on July 2, 2009, that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults was not a criminal act,<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm | work=BBC News | title=Gay sex decriminalised in India | date=July 2, 2009 | access-date=2010-05-22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121453/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> although the Supreme Court later reversed its decision in 2013 under widespread pressure from powerful conservative and religious groups, leading to the re-criminalization of homosexuality in India.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/court-in-india-criminalizes-homosexuality/2013/12/11/ea7274a6-6227-11e3-a7b4-4a75ebc432ab_story.html|title=Indian Supreme Court criminalizes gay sex; violators face up to 10 years in prison|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=May 24, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121424/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/court-in-india-criminalizes-homosexuality/2013/12/11/ea7274a6-6227-11e3-a7b4-4a75ebc432ab_story.html|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> Pride parades have also been held in smaller Indian cities such as [[Nagpur]], [[Madurai]], [[Bhubaneshwar Pride Parade|Bhubaneshwar]] and [[Thrissur]]. Attendance at the pride parades has been increasing significantly since 2008, with an estimated participation of 3,500 people in Delhi and 1,500 people in Bangalore in 2010.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} On September 6, 2018, sex between same-sex adults was legalized by India's Supreme Court.

=====Tripura=====
[[File:Tripura Queer Pride Walk.jpg|alt=Tripura's first pride march sends a loud and clear statement, shattering gender preconceptions and stigma.|thumb|Tripura Queer Pride Walk in 1st Pride Festival in Tripura]]
On September 12, 2022, [[Tripura]] celebrated its first 'Queer Pride Walk' held in [[Agartala]].
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nath |first=Abhijit |date=2022-09-12 |title=Tripura : LGBTQ Activists Hold 'Queer Pride Walk' In Agartala |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/12/tripura-lgbtq-activists-hold-queer-pride-walk-in-agartala/ |access-date=March 4, 2024 |website=NET Northeast Today |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914065408/https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/12/tripura-lgbtq-activists-hold-queer-pride-walk-in-agartala/ |archive-date=September 14, 2022}}</ref> The major goal of the queer pride parade is to honor and celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, as well as to raise awareness in society so that people can break free from the stigma and biases that surround them.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-12 |title=Tripura's first 'Queer Pride Walk' was held in Agartala to break the social taboo |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/tripura/story/tripuras-first-queer-pride-walk-was-held-agartala-break-social-taboo-446260-2022-09-12 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=India Today NE |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401140612/https://www.indiatodayne.in/tripura/story/tripuras-first-queer-pride-walk-was-held-agartala-break-social-taboo-446260-2022-09-12|archive-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref> Swabhiman, a non-governmental organization, coordinated the Queer Pride Walk.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banik |first=Mrinal |date=2022-09-12 |title=Tripura's first Queer Pride Parade held in Agartala |url=http://www.eastmojo.com/tripura/2022/09/12/tripuras-first-queer-pride-parade-held-in-agartala/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=EastMojo |language=en-US}}</ref> More than seven months after four transgender people in [[Tripura]] had a harrowing experience at a police station that went viral on social media, the state's queer community held its first-ever pride walk on Monday in [[Agartala]], claiming the right to live in dignity and equality, free of gender discrimination, stigma, and taboo for being different. Hundreds of lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons marched in the colorful pride parade, waving rainbow flags and holding banners urging people to reject gender stigma and sexuality stereotypes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Smashing gender stereotypes & stigma, Tripura's first pride rally sends out loud and clear message |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/smashing-gender-stereotypes-stigma-tripuras-first-pride-rally-sends-out-loud-and-clear-message-8149986/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213130008/https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/smashing-gender-stereotypes-stigma-tripuras-first-pride-rally-sends-out-loud-and-clear-message-8149986/|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> 'Swabhiman' President Sneha Gupta Roy asserted the necessity for the state to establish a Transgender Welfare Board to protect the rights of the gay community, adding, "The society must accept us as we are. We, too, are members of society and should not face discrimination. The source of societal biases, discrimination, and injustice directed at us is, surprisingly, a lack of knowledge. We, too, have the right to live with respect and dignity, and in order to do so, the Central Government must work to develop the community's skills and create employment opportunities that will prevent members of the community from resorting to unethical means of income and thus becoming socially marginalized."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=Tripura: LGBT Community Constitutes Social Welfare Society - 'Swabhiman'; Set To Host Pride-Walk on September 11 |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/06/tripura-lgbt-community-constitutes-social-welfare-society-swabhiman-set-to-host-pride-walk-on-september-11/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Northeast Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Smashing gender stereotypes & stigma, Tripura's first pride rally sends out loud and clear message |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/smashing-gender-stereotypes-stigma-tripuras-first-pride-rally-sends-out-loud-and-clear-message-8149986/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>