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Namma Pride 2019: The Pride March Of Celebration And Acceptance
This year Bengaluru will be witnessing its 12th Namma Pride March on 24 November 2019 and it holds immense significance for people belonging to Karnataka's LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) community. The Pride March will also be attended by LGBTQIA+ people from other states.
This event is titled as 'The Walk Of Tribute and Remembrance' and you can also chip in with your friends, family and colleagues and join the walk with pride and love.
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First held in 2008, the Pride March is organised under the Coalition of Sex Workers, Sexual and Sexuality Minorities' Rights (CSMR). The Pride Parade is an outdoor event where people celebrate the social as well as self-acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ people. It is also an encouragement for the legal rights, equality and dignity of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Namma Pride 2018
Last year, in 2018, the event started 2 pm from the Kempegowda Majestic Metro Station in Bengaluru. Thousands of people from the LGBTQIA+ community participated in the event along with their family and friends and marched for three kilometers to reach the Town Hall, which is one of the famous landmarks of the city. Also Read: Photos: Indo-Pak Same-Sex Couple Ties The Knot In FairyTale Wedding.
The participants were dressed in beautiful vibrant rainbow-hued clothes and were chanting slogans in chorus in Kannada, Hindi and English languages. After reaching the Town Hall, the members from the community danced and sang, which was followed by other cultural programmes.
The
Bengaluru
City
Police
also
ensured
that
the
Pride
March
didn't
obstruct
the
traffic.
It
is
said
that
'Happiness
comes
in
all
colours'
and
the
same
was
visible
at
the
Namma
Pride
March
2018.
It
was
quite
special
and
memorable,
as
it
was
the
first
Pride
March
after
decriminalisation
of
Section
377
by
the
Supreme
Court
of
India
last
year
on
6
September.
History
The roots of the LGBTQIA+ Pride March dates back to 27 June 1970 in the US, when the Chicago Gay Liberation organised a march that started from the Washington Square Park in the US to the Water Tower.
The event was organised as a remembrance of the Stonewall riots that took place on the last Saturday of June 1969. The Stonewall riots was a protest carried out by the LGBTQ community, against the sudden police raid at the Stonewall Inn. As the Inn was dedicated to the LGBTQ community who were mostly marginalised and were homeless.
In 1970, the organisers of the Pride thought that organising an event on the last Sunday of June (27 June 1970) will help them to reach out to maximum number of people. As per the planning, this Pride collided with the 'Gay-in' march in San Francisco on 28 June 1970.
Like every year, this year, too, we hope that the Pride walk will be equally memorable in Bangalore.
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