The Charminar City witnesses ‘Hyderabad Queer Swabhiman Yatra'
The Charminar City witnesses ‘Hyderabad Queer Swabhiman Yatra'
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 19 (NT): The Hyderabad city on Sunday witnessed the yearly astonishing 'Pride Parade' with over a thousand members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community captivating to streets.

"The 'Hyderabad Queer Swabhiman Yatra' is an inventiveness  conducted by Hijra, Transgender, Lesbian, Kothi, Gay, Bisexual, Pansexual, Inter-sex, Inter-gender, Asexual, Queer and Allies of Telangana (HTLKGBPIIAQA) individuals and civil society groups working to reclaim our self-respect that is continually under assault by the cultures of silence, invisibilisation, prejudice and violence," read an official note.

The parade was earlier acknowledged as Hyderabad Queer Pride, evolved to be Hyderabad Queer Swabhimana Kawathu in 2015 after the creation of Telangana, organized by queer individuals and allies building a dialogue around HTLKGBPIIAQA lives and realism in association with other social movements and marginalized communities, it added.

Parade-goers marched on the street with rainbow flags and placards, with messages in shore up the LGBTQ community.

The 'Pride Parade' long-drawn-out for 3.5-km from Kachiguda Railway Station to GHMC Playground, Amberpet in Hyderabad.

Earlier in the month, Guwahati and Lucknow organized their own queer pride parade. (NT)

 

 

 

 

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