The parade on Sunday is one of several Pride Month events in the city, as the Tamil Nadu Indradhanush alliance is back after a gap of two years.
The parade on Sunday is one of several Pride Month events in the city, as the Tamil Nadu Indradhanush alliance is back after a gap of two years.
Chennai Pride Parade is back. After a two-year hiatus driven by the pandemic, the Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition (originally established as the Chennai Rainbow Coalition) has once again announced a slew of events for Pride Month, including the Chennai Pride Parade on Sunday and its traditional prequel. – Includes Pride Cultural. The incident happened on Vanangal Saturday.
The alliance is celebrating its 14th year of glory in Chennai this year. It was formed in 2009, when several local groups and grassroots groups working for a variety of LGBTQIA-related causes – from spreading awareness about gender identity to fighting for human rights and security – set out to band together. decided. The city’s first Pride March was held on the last Sunday of June that year.
This year, the Chennai Rainbow Collective is once again organizing a slew of events through the month, all set to culminate as usual with the Pride Parade beginning at Langes Garden Road on 26 June. The queer cultural festival Vanangal will be held for two hours. Programming, including a fashion show by members of the transmasculine community on June 25 at Community Hall on Harrington Road. Past events this month have included ‘know your rights’ panel discussions with lawyers, spoken word and poetry events, film screenings and more.
A full list of events associated with Pride 2022 can be found at https://tinyurl.com/tn-pride-2022-calendar. In addition, do’s and don’ts for affiliates, corporations, and others who want to show support are also available on Instagram pages and the websites of organizations that form alliances, such as orinam.net.
For details, visit chennaipride.net or email to tamilnadurainbowcoalition@gmail.com.