Nearly 300 gays and lesbians have paraded through the streets of Calcutta to push for their acceptance in society on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in the United States. The activists, many of them wearing dazzling outfits, held aloft rainbow flags and banners as they walked in silent procession through the eastern Indian city. "We are just a small bunch of the city's largely invisible (homosexual) people, many of whom are unwilling to come out of the closet," said Rafiquel Haque Dowjah, secretary of the Integration Society which organised the event. "The aim of the parade is to create...