{"id":4150,"date":"2016-04-14T18:52:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2016-04-14T18:52:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:22:47","slug":"trans-bill-same-sex-marriage-the-fight-is-far-from-over-for-mumbai-pride-parade-in-a-post-377-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=4150","title":{"rendered":"Trans Bill, Same-Sex Marriage: The Fight is Far From Over For Mumbai Pride Parade in a Post-377 World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">W<\/span>alking into Mumbai\u2019s first Queer Azaadi march since Section 377 was struck down, and its biggest ever with 15,000 attendees, I was expecting an <\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/columns\/the-view-at-40-why-is-everyone-having-really-loud-sex-in-four-more-shots-please\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">electric<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> atmosphere of celebration. What I got was a maidan covered in saffron flags and political posters, and a banner declaring \u201cBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha\u201d.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a moment, I wondered if there was going to be a clash of factions at Queer Azaadi. Then I remembered that an election year calls for prominent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/the-accidental-prime-minister-review\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">campaigning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and that homosexuality is no longer illegal. When I found the starting point of the march, there was no sign of discord \u2014 only throngs of colourful <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/lesbian-bi-or-pansexual-why-i-refuse-to-label-my-sexuality\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> chatting excitedly, faces painted, rainbow flags held aloft to signal to friends. A giant bunch of golden balloons, spelling out \u201cYAARIYAN\u201d, was bouncing off elaborate glittery updos and unicorn horns, before coming to rest on the ground. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All around, attendees wore gorgeous, spangled dresses, massive wigs, and platform heels that put my serviceable sneakers to shame. Leading the drag charge was one of India\u2019s foremost LGBT+ activists, Harish Iyer, onstage in a space-queen tutu, rallying the crowds before we marched. Through his outreach programmes in schools and colleges, Iyer has inspired countless gathered students to show support, and to come out to their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/columns\/the-view-at-40-why-is-everyone-having-really-loud-sex-in-four-more-shots-please\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">families<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some, like 21-year-old Trupti, believe that parents will not change overnight. \u201cWhen things are interconnected, they take time,\u201d she points out, when I ask her if last year\u2019s SC ruling has changed reluctant minds. Next to her, Shanu, 21, agrees, saying, \u201cWhen I saw the BJP signs, I thought I\u2019m going to get beaten up or something.\u201d When only six months ago, party leaders like Subramanian Swamy <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/subramanian-swamy-gay-homosexuality-section-377\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attacked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the SC\u2019s decision, his caution is not unfounded. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twenty-nine-year-old Manav, however, dismisses any such fears, and claims the BJP will likely try and take credit for Queer Azaadi as much as the 377 ruling. \u201cYou can\u2019t leave any group behind,\u201d he says, echoing the government\u2019s sentiments when they announced this year\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/money-matters\/budget-2019-income-tax-unemployment-rate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">budget<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He and his friend Sonu are Pride veterans, and they recall how, in years past, people wore golden masks to conceal their identities. Today, there is not a mask in sight. <\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">As with Pride movements around the world, there\u2019s a capitalist imperative to speak to the growing numbers who march, and its proved to be a formidable force for change.<\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manav is past hiding, just like he\u2019s done with celebrating the end of Section 377. While many of the college students who\u2019ve grown up <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-review-sonam-kapoor-lesbian-love-story-sec-377\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">watching<\/span><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modern Family<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hope for same-sex marriage (\u201cThat\u2019ll take another 30 years,\u201d remarks 20-year-old Yamini), the seasoned activists know that there are more pressing concerns. There is last year\u2019s inaccurately named Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, which passed in Lok Sabha and all but mandates sexual reassignment surgery, places transgender individuals without family into \u201crehabilitation\u201d centres, criminalises begging, and encourages medical surveillance.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next step for LGBT+ rights is ensuring the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/trans-acceptance-377-verdict-transgender\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">regressive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bill, that would push the transgender community further into the margins, does not pass. Also on the agenda is enshrining anti-discrimination policies into law, and before same-sex marriage, the government needs to address the scourge of forced marriage and conversion therapy \u2014 as much in urban settings as rural and backward areas. One engineering student from a nearby college confides that his father tried to send him to a \u201cbaba\u201d for treatment when he came out as bisexual, while another girl\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/from-fire-to-ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-a-brief-history-of-homosexuality-in-indian-cinema\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">father<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> threatened to disown her if she does anything \u201cgay\u201d. \u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For 26-year-old Ankit Bhuptani, these were the attitudes that made him attempt suicide when he was a schoolkid coming to terms with his identity. Now a stalwart <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/urban-naxals-section-377-lbtq-anti-national\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">activist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Queer Azaadi organiser, Ankit found a safe space at Pride. A fair, diminutive man in a white kurta and massive glasses, Ankit\u2019s wide smile and chirpy, rapidfire delivery is perfect for his main goal: educating kids on gender and sexuality. He believes that change begins with empowering youth, who are already more accepting and informed than previous generations. Part of that, he says, is doing away with the popular misconception that homophobia is an essential part of Indian culture.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many others said that \u201ccenturies-old\u201d mentalities are hard to change, but Ankit insists that we need to become truly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/series\/remnants-of-the-raj\/section-377-a-spectre-of-the-raj-independence-day-kanpur-gay-homosexuality\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post-colonial<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and embrace our LGBT history. Still, he\u2019s far from naive. He draws my attention to the Queer Azaadi posters, covered in big corporate names. The Canadian Embassy has long sponsored the event, and rainbow flags featuring the maple leaf are everywhere. Mirror Now&#8217;s own Faye D\u2019Souza marched, resplendent in a rainbow sari. The Lalit, owned by out-and-proud hotel heir Keshav Suri, hosted Iyer before the event, and even family brands like Godrej have shown their support. As with Pride movements around the world, there\u2019s a capitalist imperative to speak to the growing numbers who march, and its proved to be a formidable force for change.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until now, Pride protesters have been united in their aims to decriminalise the LGBT+ community\u2019s existence. Fewer people showed up in drag, unwilling to announce their outlaw status. Now, you see the flamboyant diversity of Pride in all its glory \u2014 and with that comes a different rights battle for each person. But the war remains singular: dignity, freedom, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/from-fire-to-ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-a-brief-history-of-homosexuality-in-indian-cinema\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">equality<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, regardless of orientation or gender identity. \u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the Mumbai Police usher the laughing, utterly fabulous masses through traffic, signs rise up for all to see. \u201cEat butts not butter,\u201d declares the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/grub\/world-vegan-day\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vegan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> activists\u2019, as wide-eyed kids spin pinwheels and watch, fascinated. Along the march, spectators click pictures and point with good-natured curiosity, and there is a sense of harmony in the chaos. It\u2019s only when a slim, dark man in a fluffy skirt struts by, bearing a sign that proclaims he is a princess, that a couple of guys on a motorcycle read it aloud and jeer. The man in the skirt rolls his eyes and walks on with a practised calm. Unlike the naysayers and rubberneckers who view Queer Azaadi as a sideshow, he\u2019s marching ahead, looking to the future. <\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until now, Pride protesters have been united in their aims to decriminalise the LGBT+ community\u2019s existence. Today, each attendee faces a different rights battle. 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