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{{Short description|LGBTQ event in Patna, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Tone|date=August 2020}}

The '''Patna Pride March,''' held in [[Patna]], [[India]], is a [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] march for [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[Bisexuality|bisexual]], [[transgender]], and [[queer]] ([[LGBT community|LGBTQ]]) people to build communities and socialize. There have been three iterations of the march over a period of seven years.

== 2012 Pride March ==
The city of [[Patna]] saw a Pride March on 29 March 2012. This was a small procession, starting at the historical [[Gandhi Maidan]] and concluding at the busy Dak Bunglow Chowk.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Now-Seen-Rainbow-Dreams-in-Patna/articleshow/15358468.cms|title=Now Seen: Rainbow Dreams in Patna - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inextlive.com/bihar/patna/gay-pride-parade-201206290060|title=Chhup Chhup Gay Kyun Jiyen|work=Jagran}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaylaxymag.com/latest-news/patna-the-latest-indian-city-to-hold-gay-pride-parade/#gs.8BRnQrE|title=Patna- The Latest Indian City to Hold Gay Pride Parade - Gaylaxy Magazine|website=www.gaylaxymag.com|date=July 2012 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hindi.oneindia.com/news/2012/06/29/bihar-gay-takes-out-gay-pride-parade-in-patna-219387.html|title=(Patna me Samlaingiko ki Gay Pride Parade) प्‍यार किया तो डरना क्‍या, पटना में समलैंगिकों की 'गे प्राइड परेड'|work=hindi.oneindia.com|access-date=2017-06-17|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/BIH-gay-took-out-gay-pride-parade-in-patna-3461692.html|title=जब समलैंगिकों का 'गे प्राइड परेड' निकला पटना की सड़कों पर...|date=2012-06-29|work=dainikbhaskar|access-date=2017-06-17|language=en}}</ref>

This march was organised by Project Pehchaan and a local [[Patna]] group called Dostana Safar. It was a small event with just 20 attending participants.{{fact|date=January 2023}}

[[Patna University]] also had previously organised a session on Queer Literature at a refresher course for English Lecturers.<ref name=":0" />

== 2017 Pride March ==
In 2017, the Pride March was repeated when members walked on [[Beer Chand Patel Path|Veer Chand Patel Marg]], from R-Block to Miller High School. The group then stood outside Miller High School, holding placards and banners.{{fact|date=January 2023}}

The 2017 march was held to demand respect and create sensibility towards the community and also demand for equal rights. The regional manager of the Voluntary Health Services (VHS) Girish Kumar<ref name=":0" /> said that the charter of the demands will be sent to the chief minister, Mr. [[Nitish Kumar]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/transgenders-hit-the-streets-for-pride/articleshow/58449949.cms|title=Transgenders hit the streets for 'pride' - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>

== 2019 Pride March ==
To mark [[International Non-Binary People's Day]], the 2019 Patna Pride March took place on 14 July 2019.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.patnabeats.com/patna-walked-in-pride-in-support-of-lgbtq-community/|title=Patna walked in Pride in support of LGBTQ+ Community|last=Tiwary|first=Nabhaneel|date=16 July 2019|website=PatnaBeats|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-21|archive-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721123818/http://www.patnabeats.com/patna-walked-in-pride-in-support-of-lgbtq-community/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The centerpiece of the march was the world’s largest [[Transgender flags|transgender flag]], although only a few feet wide, it was long, with over 500 people carrying it in the parade route.<ref name=":1" /> They went from the historic Hindi Sahitya Samelan to [[Rajendra Nagar, Patna|Rajendra Nagar]]’s Prem Chandra Rangshala, the path of which covers 1.8 kilometers of the city.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Portal bar|Society|India|LGBTQ}}
{{LGBT in India}}

[[Category:Pride parades in India]]
[[Category:Culture of Patna]]
[[Category:2012 establishments in Bihar]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 2012]]

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Patna Pride March - Revision history

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