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  Openess may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start." -Jason Collins This blog is a 'thank you' to those who use their platform for good. Parmesh Shahani Is an author, LGBTQIA+ inclusion advocate and the Vice President of Godrej Industries Ltd. His book Queeristan: LGBTQ Inclusion in the Indian Workplace throws light on the adversities that the LGBTQIA+ community has faced at workplaces. Mr. Shahani believes that creating inclusive workplace is very important, because workplaces are often crucibles of identity and personality formation in India, beyond just homes, schools and colleges. His books inspire millions willing to stand up against the gender based discrimination in their work place and change narrow mindsets. The work places in India have seen a huge change from commitment to bring about change, to workplaces having a rainbow PR plan, to social justice movements taking place around the nation. His book Gay Bombay provides an engaging ...

 "The beauty of standing up for your rights is that others see you standing and stand up as  well." - Cassandra Duffy The courage of those who walked the Pride Parade brought about tumultuous changes in  many parts of the world. Here are some:   Australia: Australia has the highest number of laws protecting LGBTQIA+ community from  discrimination in workplaces and in general. Among the plenty rights available to the  community, the prominent ones are: change of sex, personnel allowed to serve in military,  marriage, adoption, and running for political positions. France : France has the reputation of being the most gay-friendly countries, Paris being called the  most romantic cities in the world,how can it become a hindrance to love! The country allows  most of the rights to the LGBT+ community, although large numbers of homophobic and  transphobic attacks are observed every year due to the orthodox thinking still prevailing.  USA: C...

  Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone. ~Andy Biersack How does India accept it? As we are largely familiar,some minds in India do not bond well with the idea of LGBTQIA+ community, even in the 21st centuary. It would naturally come as a surprise, then, that the first protest held in India opposing continuous harassment against gay men on August 11th, 1992. The first Pride Parade was observed 7 years later, in 1999, in Kolkata, comprising just a group of 15 gay men. They marched off to spread basic awareness of the LGBTQIA+ community and their issues, which some people were still absolutely unaware about.  The Pride Parade then grew into a much bigger fair, spreading to the major cities by 2008. What started with just 15 men trying to change something, now sees lakhs of people holding a rainbow flag across the country. Faces behind the work One of the earlier ones, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, is a transgender rights activist in Mumbai, India. In 2008, ...

  There is nothing wrong with you, there is a lot wrong with the world you live in- Chris Colfer       Pride is showing your flying colours to the world with gratification,same goes with  the Pride movement it brings out the colours of various sexual orientation who  haven’t been given the gratification they deserve. Pride stands up for getting identity to the LGBTQIA + community which means  Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and + represents  many more.  What does LGBTQIA + mean?   A Lesbian is a homosexual woman in other words a woman who is sexually  attracted to other women. A Gay is a homosexual man, that is a man who is sexually attracted to other men. Bisexual is when a person is attracted to people from two or more genders. Transgender is a term that describes people whose gender identity or expression  does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. Queer is an umbrella term which means ...