The parade on Sunday is certainly one of many Pride Month occasions within the metropolis, as Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition springs again into motion after a two-year hiatus
The parade on Sunday is certainly one of many Pride Month occasions within the metropolis, as Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition springs again into motion after a two-year hiatus
Chennai Pride Parade is again. After a two-year hole induced by the pandemic, the Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition (initially established as Chennai Rainbow Coalition) has as soon as once more introduced a slew of occasions for Pride Month, together with the Chennai Pride Parade on Sunday and its conventional pre-Pride cultural occasion Vannangal on Saturday.
The coalition is celebrating the 14th yr of Pride in Chennai this yr. It was fashioned in 2009, when a lot of native teams and on-ground collectives working for numerous LGBTQIA-related causes — from spreading consciousness about gender id to preventing for human rights and security — determined to band collectively. The metropolis’s first pleasure march was held within the final Sunday of June that yr.
This yr, Chennai Rainbow Collective has as soon as once more been organising a lot of occasions by means of the month, set to culminate as traditional with the Pride Parade ranging from Langs Garden Road, on June 26. The queer cultural pageant Vannangal is about to characteristic two hours of programming, together with a trend present by members of the transmasculine neighborhood, on June 25 on the neighborhood corridor on Harrington Road. Past occasions this month have included ‘know your rights’ panel discussions with legal professionals, spoken phrase and poetry occasions, movie screenings and extra.
The full record of occasions related to Pride 2022 may be discovered at https://tinyurl.com/tn-pride-2022-calendar. Moreover, Dos and Donts for allies, firms and others who wish to present assist are additionally out there on the Instagram pages and web sites of the organisations that type the coalition, akin to orinam.web.
For particulars, go to chennaipride.web or electronic mail [email protected].
Source: www.thehindu.com
