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Delhi's first Queer Pride march in three years saw over 800 LGBTQ+ people gather to celebrate and protest as pressure mounts on the government to legally recognize same-sex marriage.
The message from the march was spelled out by global business executive Ajay Chauhan.
Only overturned by the Supreme Court in 2018, a 150 year old penal code instituted during the British colonial era had criminalised same-sex relationships.
Those convicted faced custodial sentences of up to a decade.
Despite the recent change, LGBTQ+ marriage remains illegal, leaving LGBTQ+ couples without rights or acceptance.
Despite India having a predominantly conservative social outlook, LGBTQ+ identities are gradually finding increasing acceptance, particularly among middle class urban society.
This loosening of old attitudes is also reflected in Bollywood productions casting LGBTQ+ characters.
Nevertheless, LGBTQ+ people face being ostracised by family, friends and colleagues, meaning that many feel they cannot live an out life.
Equality was once central to India's cultural identity and this proud heritage should return, claims university professor Akash Rathore.
LGBTQ+ couples seeking equal marriage rights to heterosexual couples have lodged petitions with India's Supreme Court.
With judges set to hand down their ruling in the coming months, India may soon join Taiwan as the second country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.
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