For the first time since the landmark Section 377 judgement in September 2018, thousands of people in Mumbai took to the streets to celebrate #PrideForAll. India's largest pride march was held on Saturday, 2 February, with residents gathering in large numbers at August Kranti Maidan to demand rights for the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community.
As writer Apurva Asrani put it, “You don't have to be lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender or queer to walk #MumbaiPride today. You just need to celebrate love, freedom & the glorious democracy that India is!”
You don't have to be lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender or queer to walk #MumbaiPride today. You just need to celebrate love, freedom & the glorious democracy that India is! Come to August Kranti Maidan @ 3pm today to a pride that some of us waited our whole lives for. #PrideForAll pic.twitter.com/XhQIIX5K27
February 2, 2019Even CST was lit up in rainbow colours to celebrate diversity and inclusion.
CST lit up in pride colors to celebrate Pride tomorrow!
February 1, 2019
Special thanks to @thehumsafartrustofficial for making this possible.#pride #pridemonth #prideforall #mumbaipridemonth2019 #mumbai pic.twitter.com/PSsj8G05IBPeople. People and people. We lost count. Thank you for making it for the pride. I love you. We love you.
February 2, 2019Thousands of people took to the streets for the pride march, celebrating equality and an end to sexual discrimination. The participants waved rainbow flags and shouted slogans advocating the right to love freely.
Mumbai Pride is totally next level now that #section377 has been scrapped. Amazing. #mumbaipride #prideforall #queerazaadi pic.twitter.com/CQYfU1JsPe
February 2, 2019#MumbaiPride was FUN. pic.twitter.com/nAiryvOewx
February 2, 2019Pride for All in my bay!! #MumbaiPride pic.twitter.com/Z6QojwbClI
February 2, 2019Pride was amazing and SO fun 🌈 pic.twitter.com/mKoyUblzwK
February 2, 2019We are happy to celebrate #Pride4all at the #MumbaiPride march today! #Canada4Pride #LoveisLove 🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/8GC0Wl6iu8
February 2, 2019So finally I was able to witness #QueerAzadiMumbai with #MumbaiPride
February 2, 2019
Josh was definitely beyond High!
A day spent well! ♥️🌈✨#Mumbai #LGBT #Beautifulday pic.twitter.com/V4gnduuZtUScenes from #MumbaiPride that just got over. More than 15 thousand people marched together in a pride that was about intersectionality. 🌈🌈🌈 pic.twitter.com/QKFTvFWddS
February 2, 2019While there's so much work yet to be done, #MumbaiPride2019 was a colourful day to celebrate and witness a march about intersectionality.
Today was a good day. There's still so much work to do if we're going to be truly inclusive (trans rights, sex workers rights, destroying caste, medical rights, etc) but it was lovely to celebrate just being here. #MumbaiPride pic.twitter.com/09Y0zA8upQ
February 2, 2019Twitterati also made a mention of Bollywood's first mainstream film, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga starring Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Anil Kapoor hitting theatres with much fanfare on the same weekend.
Thank you @sonamakapoor & team #ELKDTAL for this warm gift! Representation really matters, especially in the mainstream. Lots of love. Will we see you at #MumbaiPride later today? Come! 🤗😊❤️🌈 #EkLadkiKoDekhaTohAisaLaga @AnilKapoor @RajkummarRao @gazalstune @VVCFilms
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