As Bindu Madhav Khire said, “Our struggle is for social acceptance and not for people to treat us differently. Not even a single person in the parade was “differently” dressed.
Shirole, former president of the Pune Psychiatrist Association and was led by Darshana Vyas. Doctors, Lawyers, and friends of LGBT people also attended the pride parade.
The Parade was organized in the old city area of Pune, it was flagged off by Dr. It was organized by Samapathik Trust – A men’s sexual health organization.Bindu Madhav Khire, the president of Samapathik Trustwas the one to take the initiative to organize the Pride March keeping in mind the conservative nature of the majority of Pune’s residents.
This Pride March was a “PRIDE MARCH” in true essence and it was a lot different from the parades that we see in the Indian metro cities and abroad. Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra experienced its first ever Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) pride march on Sunday (11 thDecember,2011) morning. Saurav Chatterjee was among those who took part in Pune’s first pride march and shares his experience of how people marched keeping in mind the cultural ethos