Over 1,000 LGBTQ members hold pride parade in New Delhi

More than 1,000 members of LGBTQ community and ir supporters have marched through New Delhi to celebrate sexual diversity, which y say is progressing but still has a long way to go to become a more accepting place for m.

Carrying rainbow flags, balloons and placards and dancing to beat of drums, LGBT supporters demanded self-identification in any for legal recognition rar than first registering as a trans and n providing proof of surgery to authorities, as suggested by a government bill.

y say bill, yet to be approved by Parliament, contricts a landmark judgment by Supreme Court last year striking down a colonial-era law that me gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison.