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  • Hundreds watch rare gay parade in Kolkata, India

    06/29/2003 9:46:54 AM PDT · by MACK_DADDY · 7 replies · 277+ views
    SIFY NEWS ^ | Sun, Jun 29, 2003 | HOOTHAFUK NOES
    Kolkata: More than 100 people marched Sunday in a rare gay rights parade in Kolkata, braving the rain and the glares of onlookers unsympathetic to their cause. Carrying umbrellas in the rainbow colors of the gay rights movement, the marchers held up banners urging more acceptance for sexual minorities, including one saying "Let us love and be loved." Armed police escorted the marchers through the muddy streets to avert trouble. While Kolkata has had small gay "public walks" before, organisers said Sunday's march was hoped to be Kolkata's most visible rally for homosexual rights. Hundreds got out of bed early...