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LGBTQI Pride In Kolkata, India

LGBTQ community and various student participate pride march to celebrate pride month in Kolkata,India on June 18,2022.June, recognised as Pride month, is a political movement for and by the queer and transgender community. As conversations around the LGBTQ+ community entered the mainstream, the presence of the corporate sector escalated. Today, every company worth its salt “celebrates” pride with product launches and lip-service. Movies and campaigns around LGBTQ+ themes create an idea of progress hardly reflected in contemporary society. The passing of the regressive Trans Act 2019 in India, rejection of the Equality Act in the US and the general rollbacks of protections across nations, all point to the reality on ground. On top of everyday discrimination, 2021 saw the most number of registered murders of transgender people across the world, with a total of 375 deaths. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto)