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=== 2018 ===
=== 2018 ===
Delhi Queer Pride 2018 was held on Nov 25th. The march, like every year, started from Barakhambha Road.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaylaxymag.com/exclusive/in-pics-delhis-queer-pride-parade-2018/|title=In Pics: Delhi's Queer Pride Parade 2018|last1=day|last2=founder|first2=transforms into a writer at night He is also the|date=2018-11-29|website=Gaylaxy Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-15|last3=magazine|first3=editor of Gaylaxy}}</ref>
Delhi Queer Pride 2018 was held on Nov 25th. The march, like every year, started from Barakhambha Road.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gaylaxymag.com/exclusive/in-pics-delhis-queer-pride-parade-2018/ |title=In Pics: Delhi's Queer Pride Parade 2018 |date=2018-11-29 |website=Gaylaxy Magazine |language=en-US |access-date=2019-06-15}}</ref>


This was a special march as it was the first Pride in Delhi after section 377 was read down by the Supreme Court of India which decriminalised homosexuality. The energy and the enthusiasm was visible in the humungous turnout. More than 5,000 people from all walks of life identifying with their sexual orientations and genders as they marched in central Delhi in 2018.<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-awash-in-rainbow-colours-as-queer-pride-parade-celebrates-identity-freedom/story-ZIKk15TkMIwXgCGegSRP6K.html|title=Delhi awash in rainbow colours as Queer Pride Parade celebrates identity, freedom|date=2018-11-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-06-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaylaxymag.com/exclusive/in-pics-delhis-queer-pride-parade-2018/|title=In Pics: Delhi's Queer Pride Parade 2018|last1=day|last2=founder|first2=transforms into a writer at night He is also the|date=2018-11-29|website=Gaylaxy Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-15|last3=magazine|first3=editor of Gaylaxy}}</ref>
This was a special march as it was the first Pride in Delhi after section 377 was read down by the Supreme Court of India which decriminalised homosexuality. The energy and the enthusiasm was visible in the humungous turnout. More than 5,000 people from all walks of life identifying with their sexual orientations and genders as they marched in central Delhi in 2018.<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-awash-in-rainbow-colours-as-queer-pride-parade-celebrates-identity-freedom/story-ZIKk15TkMIwXgCGegSRP6K.html|title=Delhi awash in rainbow colours as Queer Pride Parade celebrates identity, freedom|date=2018-11-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-06-15}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>


A group of people danced their way under the nearly 15-metre-long pride rainbow flag, accompanied by dholakwalas. Participants in bright, colourful sarees and feathered head accessories posed with onlookers for selfies and videos, as they marched for more than four hours.<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>
A group of people danced their way under the nearly 15-metre-long pride rainbow flag, accompanied by dholakwalas. Participants in bright, colourful sarees and feathered head accessories posed with onlookers for selfies and videos, as they marched for more than four hours.<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>


=== 2020 ===
=== 2020 ===
Because of COVID-19, the Pride Parade in 2020 and 2021 was virtual. WeWork India also hosted an online pride parade. From sticker packs and rainbow hashtags to highlighting LGBTQI expressions over the internet frequented by Indians was visible and went viral.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/pride-month-is-here-but-this-years-parade-has-to-go-virtual/articleshow/83186748.cms</ref>
Because of COVID-19, the Pride Parade in 2020 and 2021 was virtual. WeWork India also hosted an online pride parade. From sticker packs and rainbow hashtags to highlighting LGBTQI expressions over the internet frequented by Indians was visible and went viral.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/pride-month-is-here-but-this-years-parade-has-to-go-virtual/articleshow/83186748.cms|title=Pride month is here. But this year’s parade has to go virtual &#124; Delhi News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>


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