Mumbai Pride: the colour, the music, the love

Shannon is Gay Star News' Asia Pacific reporter and lives…
Mumbai’s 10th pride march was one of its largest ever with almost 15,000 people taking to the streets of India’s biggest city to celebrate the LGBTI community.
Organisers of the Queer Azaadi Mumbai – Mumbai Pride said Saturday’s parade was the biggest ever and had the most diverse range of people marching.
‘The atmosphere was colourful, and the parade was very well-organised,’ attendee Aditi Phadnis told The Hindu newspaper.
‘It is so nice to see so many people in Mumbai and in India who voice LGBTQ support. It is a revelation to see a tangible sign of things changing in India.’
As the glitter barely settles on the Mumbai Pride the Queer Azaadi coalition who organise the event are already planning a fundraising drive for next year’s parade.
Mumbai Pride: bright, bold and beautiful
#MumbaiPride is about to start now!@queer_azaadi #itgetsbehtar #LGBT* pic.twitter.com/TUk5JFB9vH
— Henrik Rubner (@Henrik_Ru) January 28, 2017
A photo posted by Gaurav Joshi (@nomadofbombay) on
#ItGetsBehtar and we know it. Till then, India should apologize fr human rights violations. @HumsafarTrust #PrideMarch17 #MumbaiPride17 pic.twitter.com/Vt9XEqYxR2
— Also Hough (@MitaliSrivastav) January 28, 2017
Mumbai Pride brings all the boys to the yard
Just attend my first pride in Mumbai, India. It was crazy fun. pic.twitter.com/t1iIhdAL5k
— Sharad (@OmgSharad) January 29, 2017
Lots of #color #love #positivity #acceptance at @queer_azaadi #MumbaiPride17 #ItGetsBehtar 🌈🏳️🌈💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/GX4sTZD4D9
— Vivek Dsouza ن (@80Vivek08) January 29, 2017
Sisters are doing it for themselves
The march has started! #ItGetsBehtar pic.twitter.com/lmupt3zXlP
— Point of View (@povmumbai) January 28, 2017
3 cheers for the Piramal sisters. Radhika thank you for being an OUT corporate leader. We need more like you. #itgetsbehtar #MumbaiPride pic.twitter.com/krfhNxK26m
— Parmesh Shahani (@parmeshs) January 28, 2017
Different slogans carried out at #MumbaiPride shows that LGBT community has succeeded in reaching more no. of masses pic.twitter.com/1goicLq4jK
— Gaylaxy (@GaylaxyMagazine) January 28, 2017
A photo posted by Poornima Kumar (@k_poornima) on
Soumit like many, was glam AF
A photo posted by Karan Patade (@karanpatade) on
A photo posted by Nakshatra Bagwe (@nakshatra.bagwe) on
Rainbow puppies
Proud doggos spotted at the march
A photo posted by Oindrila Ghosh (@oindrila_ghosh) on
Of course Harry Potter was represented
Definitely Team Dumbledore. From yesterday’s #MumbaiPride pic.twitter.com/FkXVIJPiMJ
— Nasty Woman (@Niharika_Pandit) January 29, 2017