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Mumbai: Month-long celebrations began on Saturday world-wide to observe ‘International Pride Month’. June commemorates the violent police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York in June 1969. The police action started a movement for gay rights, with the first pride marches in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and other cities.

Mumbai will celebrate the month with fashion pageants, food festivals, drag acts, and job fairs for the LGBTQ+ community and their supporters. Humsafar Trust, the country’s oldest group working on the health and rights of the LGBTQ+ community has announced ‘Reflect.Empower.



Unite’ as the theme for the month. The month has been dedicated to a campaign for inclusivity, solidarity, diversity, and creating safe spaces for the community. Speaking about the beginnings of the ‘International Pride Month’ in India, Suhail Abbasi, Co-founder and Chairperson of The Humsafar Trust, said, “It did not start in a big way, but over time a few events started and it took off organically.

There are no clear answers about when it started.” Though June is the month for ‘Pride Marches’, many cities hold the event outside the month. January is also a period for events in India, including the march, largely because of the more favourable weather.

On June 8, dating app Tinder and Gaysi will organise the third edition of ‘Queer Made Weekend’ at Jio World Drive, Bandra Kurla Complex, with food, music, and shopping. The event will feature businesses b.

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