Nepal Pride Parade

Nepal Pride Parade or Nepal Queer/PoMSOGIESEC Pride Parade is organized by Queer Youth Group and Queer Rights Collective in Kathmandu on every second saturday of June. The Pride Parade became the first ever pride parade to be observed on the pride month. Nepal observes a number of LGBT marches, however this was the first pride parade. The first parade drew around four hundred people on the busy streets of Maitighar Mandala. [1] #NepalPrideParade and #NPP(the year) are the official hashtags used in social media to make posts about the event.

Nepal pride Parade
The first ever Pride March in Nepal
Location(s)Kathmandu
InauguratedJune 29, 2019 (2019-06-29), the other day of the Stonewall Riot anniversary
Organized byQueer Youth Group and Queer Rights Collective

By year

2019

People gathered at Maitighar in the morning and marched towards New Baneshwar. Around 400 people showed up. [2] [3] People held Rainbow Pride Flag, Bisexual pride Flag, Transgender Pride Flag, Genderqueer Pride Flag, Genderfluid Pride Flag, Intersex Pride Flag along with slogans in four different languages. [4] [5] [6] The theme of the pride march was ‘Inclusion of queer (gender and sexual minorities) at all levels of state and decision-making process.[7] [8]

2020

Due to COVID-19 pandemic the second annual Nepal Pride Parade was conducted online. The day started with Tweetathon & Instathon that led to virtual sessions being conducted.[9][10][11]

Characteristic features

The Pride Parade did not use the abbreviation 'LGBT' and rather used 'Queer/MOGAI'. Large banners written in English and Nepali were carried which had more than 25 terms of gender and sexual identities. Intersectionality was kept at its core and there were signs raising voices for queer people who are dalits, ethnic minorities, indigenous, Madhesis, people with disabilities, etc. [12] [13] [14] [15]

From 2019

See also

References
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  2. "Nepal hosts first- ever pride parade marking pride month". My Republica.
  3. "यौनिक तथा लैङ्गिक अल्पसंख्यकको पहिलो गौरव यात्रा". OnlineKhabar.
  4. "First Pride Parade in Kathmandu – Happy Pride Month!". NepalBuzz.
  5. "Sexual minority groups holding pride parade in Kathmandu". OnlineKhabar.
  6. "Marking pride month, Nepal's first pride parade to take place tomorrow". The Kathmandu Post.
  7. "Nepal Pride Parade". Thuprai.
  8. "What is Pride Parade and its significance?". Rising Junkiri.
  9. "Nepal Pride Parade 2020: The show must go on(line)". The Himalayan Times. 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  10. ""We're here, we're queer and we're not going anywhere": Here's why the Pride Parade matters". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  11. queeryouthgroup (2020-05-17). "Second Annual Nepal Pride Parade". Nepal Pride Parade. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  12. "Despite visibility for the LGBTIQ community, societal acceptance remains difficult". The Kathmandu Post.
  13. "Nepal holds parade during international Pride Month".
  14. "Nepal holds first Pride parade in Kathmandu". PinkNews.
  15. "LGBT community celebrates the first pride parade in Nepal". South Asian Times.
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