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[[Bhubaneswar]], the capital city of [[Odisha]], India, held its first Pride Parade on 27 June 2009.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2009/06/28/gaycommunity-stages-rally-inbhubaneswar.html|title=Gay community stages rally in Bhubaneswar|last=Staff|date=2009-06-28|website=Oneindia|language=en|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref> Since then Pride has happened in 2010 and then again in 2018. Hundreds of people from Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack and other parts of Odisha take to the streets to celebrate the city's [[LGBT|LGBTQ+]] Pride Parades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/as-india-awaits-a-historic-gay-rights-ruling-a-city-holds-its-first-pride-march/2018/09/05/e7a14ce4-b0fa-11e8-a810-4d6b627c3d5d_story.html|title=As India awaits a historic gay rights ruling, a city holds its first pride march|website=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-06-15}}</ref>

== History ==

=== 2009 ===
Bhubaneswar's first queer Pride parade was held on 27 June 2009.<ref name=":0" /> It was jointly organised by Sakha, Institute for Development Programmes and Research (IDPR), and SAATHII. The event [http://saathii.org/calcuttapages/leaflet-english-rpw-bbsr-2009.pdf included] keynote addresses by community members, government officials and NGO representatives, a documentary screening, street theatre performances, a public meeting at walk end-point; and concluded with a candle light vigil.{{Citation needed|date= June 2020}}

=== 2010 ===
On 3 July 2010, Bhubaneswar had its [http://www.saathii.org/sites/default/files/05-saathii-coap-rpw10-bbsr-english-leaflet-web-version_0.pdf second Rainbow Pride walk] that included a solidarity event and candlelight vigil. It was organised by Sampark, a coalition of community based organisations working on LGBTI and HIV issues. The event was covered by travel bloggers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Orissa/Bhubaneswar/blog-511777.html|title=Gay Pride Rainbow March - India matures slowly {{!}} Travel Blog|website=travelblog.org|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref>

=== 2018 ===
1 September 2018 marked the third time that the city of Bhubaneshwar witnessed a queer Pride parade. The 2018 Bhubaneshwar Pride was put together by three organisations – SAATHII, an NGO working for the cause of [[HIV/AIDS|HIV-AIDS]] care and LGBTIQ rights, Sakha, which is run by Meera Parida and is an indigenous trans collective that has been supported by the Odisha government, and The Parichay Collective, an LGBQ community in Odisha. The Pride organisers said that a Pride march was essential to foster a spirit of community and visibility for the queer community in Odisha, where tier II cities like Bhubaneshwar did not display much awareness about the LGBTQ+ community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://livewire.thewire.in/gender-and-sexuality/heres-what-it-took-to-organise-bhubaneswars-first-pride/|title=Here's What It Took To Organise Bhubaneswar's First Pride|last=Tweet|last2=WhatsApp|date=2018-09-06|website=Live Wire|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/photos/bhubaneswar-7th-rainbow-walk-pride|title=In Photos: This Bhubaneswar Pride Goes Beyond LGBT Rights|date=2018-09-04|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-06-15}}</ref> The focus of the Pride was not just visibility, but also intersectionality and inclusion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2018/09/bhubaneswar-pride-goes-down-as-the-last-march-to-carry-scrap-377-posters/|title=Bhubaneswar Pride Parade Becomes Last One With ‘Scrap 377’ Posters|date=2018-09-08|website=Youth Ki Awaaz|language=en|access-date=2019-06-15}}</ref> An organiser was quoted as saying, ''"This Pride will not only address the LGBTQIA problems but also the general constructs of the society like shame, untouchability, class bias and sex discrimination within and outside the community and the majority deciding what is best for minorities."''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/bhubaneshwar-in-a-city-of-temples-lgbtqia-pride-parade-marks-a-wave-of-change-352226.html|title=Bhubaneshwar: In A City Of Temples, LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade Marks A Wave Of Change|date=2018-09-01|website=indiatimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-15}}</ref>

The 2018 Bhubaneshwar Pride also had the distinction of being the last Pride March in India that demanded the overhaul of [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code|Section 377]] – the law criminalising "unnatural sex", as Section 377 was scrapped in a historic judgment by the [[Supreme Court of India]] just a few days later, on 6 September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/1380715/section-377-verdict-indian-supreme-court-decriminalises-gay-sex/|title=The world’s biggest democracy just decriminalised sex between gay couples|last=Anand|first=Nupur|website=Quartz India|language=en|access-date=2019-06-15}}</ref>

==Gallery==
;Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018
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File:Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018 01.jpg|Participants of 2018 Bhubaneswar Pride Parade
File:Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018 02.jpg|Participants of 2018 Bhubaneswar Pride Parade
File:Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018 03.jpg|Participants of 2018 Bhubaneswar Pride Parade
File:Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018 04.jpg|Participants of 2018 Bhubaneswar Pride Parade
File:Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018 05.jpg|Participants of 2018 Bhubaneswar Pride Parade
File:Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018 06.jpg|Participants of 2018 Bhubaneswar Pride Parade
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== References ==
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[[Category:Pride parades in India]]
[[Category:2009 establishments in Orissa]]
[[Category:Bhubaneswar]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 2009]]

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>BrownHairedGirl at 21:40, 12 April 2021