PRIDE PotD: June 26, 2011.
Pride festivities photo highlights:
Manila, Philippines (2009 + 2010) | New Dehli, India (2010)
NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 28, 2010):
Commuters in a bus watch gay rights supporters taking part in the Gay Pride Parade in New Delhi on November 28, 2010. Hundreds of gays, lesbians, transsexuals and their heterosexual supporters attended the event. In June 2009, a top Indian court issued a landmark ruling decriminalising gay sex between consenting adults, overturning colonial-era legislation that outlawed homosexuality.
(MANAN VATSYAYANA | AFP/Getty Images)
The following photos of New Delhi Pride 2010 are courtesy of
Christina Karchevskaya (everyone, wave to her) via her Flickr photostream:
MANILA, PHILLIPINES (NOVEMBER 4, 2009 + 2010):
Homosexuals parade with a decorated Volkswagon Beetle car through the streets of Manila on December 4, 2010 for a Gay Pride March, as part of a campaign against sexually-transmitted diseases and against gay and lesbian discrimination. The Roman Catholic church, which wields huge influence in the Philippines, has frequently opposed attempts to promote the use of condoms in the country.
(JAY DIRECTO | AFP/Getty Images)
This is Father Richard Mickley (retired) of the Metropolitan Community Church in the Philippines.
Read an interview he did with the Walk with Pride Project back in 2009 with regard to the lgbtq rights movements in the country.
PRIDE PotD Mood Tune:
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SOURCE:
- The Walk With Pride Project
- New Delhi Gay Pride March 2010 | Christina Karchevskaya's Flickr Photostream
- Daylife.com: New Delhi | Manila