Pride and no prejudice

Abhay Dang (L) and Supriyo Chakraborty, who have petitioned India’s Supreme Court to legalise same-sex marriages, pose for a picture at their home in Hyderabad. Five years after it decriminalised gay sex, India's top court began hearing a clutch of petitions seeking official recognition of same-sex unions. January 22, 2023. Image: NOAH SEELAM / AFP

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A couple from the LGBTQAI+ community holds a placard during Delhi's Queer Pride Parade from Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2023. Image: Ayush Chopra/SOPA/LightRocket via Getty

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Crowds hold up a huge LGBT flag during Nagpur's Pride Parade on January 07, 2023. Image: Azhar Khan/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Same-sex couple Sougata Basu (L) and Mayank Kalra take their adopted children for a walk outside their home in Bengaluru, on February 11, 2023. Image: Manjunath KIRAN / AFP

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A transgender woman mourns her symbolic ‘widowhood’ dressed in a white saree a day after a ritual signifying her marriage to the god Aravan at Koothandavar Temple, in Koovagam village, Tamil Nadu on May 3, 2023. An annual ritual sees members of the transgender community and devotees from all over India gather at the temple each year. Image: R.Satish Babu / AFP

A lone member of the LGBTQ community is seen waving her flag boldly during a Pride rally on a main thoroughfare in Kolkata on May 21, 2023. Image: Biswarup Ganguly / Eyepix Group via Getty Images