I am still exhilarated from the Chennai’s ninth Rainbow Pride parade that we celebrated on the 25th June this year. Contrary to the popular belief that the Pride parades are exclusionary, the Pride parade in Chennai tries to be a space that has people from all walks of life. Since the parade route was moved to the Pudupettai stretch, there have been complaints from certain quarters about how ‘cheap’ the parade is. This year, there wasn’t any major discussion regarding the route; thanks to the Jallikattu protests earlier this year. Because of which, the city police do not allow any sort of mass gathering in either in Marina or the Besant Nagar beach on any day.