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Kolkata Rainbow Pride Festival (KRPF) is a Kolkata based open collective of individuals, networks and organizations that support LGBT rights. The collective organizes the annual Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk , which has become the longest-running event of its kind in South Asia .
Kolkata's pride march 1999 was the first ever such march in India, organised on 2 July 1999. [3] [4] [5] The walk was called The Friendship Walk. [3]The march began with hardly fifteen participants and some of these participants came from other cities in India, including Mumbai and Bangalore.
The festival also seeks to voice concerns and issues that the LGBT community faces. In 2017, the festival featured 55 films from 21 countries. [35] Chennai International Queer Film Festival, also known as Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival, is a three-day
Sappho for Equality is an organization based in Kolkata, India, working for the rights of lesbians, bisexual women, and trans men in Eastern India. [ 1 ] It focuses on community empowerment and support, engagement with civil society and other organizations, and advocacy and lobbying.
The following is a calendar of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) events. This list includes gay pride parades as well as events ranging from sporting events to film festivals, including celebrations such as Christopher Street Day.
The list presents the largest LGBTQ events (pride parades and festivals) worldwide by attendance. Statistics are announced both by the organizers and authorities (police). In this table, the largest single event by city as well as notable international events such as WorldPride or Europride are indica
STORY: Wearing rainbow masks and waving flags, participants browsed some 72 booths set up by human rights groups, university LGBT clubs, embassies, religious and progressive organizations, taking ...
It was selected to be shown at the New York LGBT Film Festival in October 2017. The film was also selected in Dialogues Kolkata LGBT fest and had its Indian Premiere there. The film had its Chennai Premiere in 15th Chennai International Film Festival by December 2017. The film had great response in Kolkata and Chennai.