Despite 377 - India Comes Out of the Closet
August 17, 2008 by James Hipps · Leave a Comment
In a swirl of rainbow flags and feathered masks, India’s most populated city came out of the closet yesterday.
Technically, it happened when the city’s first-ever gay pride parade began amid a frenzy of camera flashes.
But if we’re going on pure emotion, the real moment might have been after the parade, when It’s Raining Men came on a jukebox in a south Mumbai café and men in rainbow cowboy hats jumped up and sang in the restaurant’s busy aisles. The diners clapped, cheered and raised their glasses in salute.
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