chhatrapati sambhaji maharaj garden jm road and fergusson college road flowed with rainbow hues as the 10th edition of lgbtqia pride walk 2022 returned to pune after two years of pandemic the theme for this year was marriage rights for all but what caught everyones attention was the fact that many parents of members from the queer community and allies walked with pride driving home the importance of acceptance in familiesread alsohow corporate india needs to look beyond rainbows and become really inclusiveits pride month and across the world organisations are bringing out the rainbow flags and other markers to show they support diversity and inclusion in the workplace but is this really the case do minorities feel like they are valued members of an organisation simply because roses are handedchum darang its a matter of pride that badhaai do was screened at kashish film festival exclusiveactress chum darang attended the kashish international queer film festival in mumbai on thursday for the occasion the actress opted for a loose white shirt teamed with a red skirt she was all smiles as she posed for the pictures now while talking to etimes chum talked about her experienceakshata lovalekar who attended her first pride march with her mother and grandmother in support of the community says when i told my mom about this she asked me to take aaji grandmother along too the moment my aaji heard about this she was so interested to walk for the cause she said that people from her generation should also know about this and support such a noble causeanjali lovalekar akshatas mother both allies of the community says i belong to an earlier generation and was brought up differently but my daughters have helped me change my perspectives in many ways parents should always be supportive of their children no matter what genders they believe in after all gender is just a part of life its extremely sad to see how older doctors shun the community members as sick she further adds the theme was gay marriage rights if two individuals are in love and want to stay together who are we to stop them why do they need to fight and shout for it just let them be happyorganiser bindumadhav khire director queer rights foundation author and lgbtqia activist who along with yutak lgbtq support group organised the pride march shares we thought that the weather could be detrimental to the footfall but to our utter surprise over 1000 people turned up to participate in the walk the pride march which returned to the streets of pune after two long years of pandemic saw true diversity this year we could see people coming from the rural parts of india walking this year to support the cause of gay marriage rights we also saw a lot of parents walking with their children it feels great to find parents who want their children to be aware and grow inclusive of all other genders even some