Chennai Pride
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The Chennai Rainbow Pride / Self Respect march will be held on the last Sunday of June, 2024, subject to receipt of police permission. Initiated in 2009, the march went on a two year hiatus (2020-2021). as a precautionary measure against the SARS-COV2 pandemic when many of the Pride volunteers were focused on relief work and resource mobilisation for this purpose.
Stay tuned for Press Release in English and Tamil.
Stay tuned for the calendar of events organised during June 2024, with the involvement in individuals and/or collectives that are part of the Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition.
The website chennaipride.net, hosted by Orinam, contains the press release, event reports, and media coverage, FAQ, and official calendar of events organized by the Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition and/or co-organized by its member organizations and collectives during Pride month. Archives dating back to 2010 may be accessed via the Wayback machine on archive.org here.
Press Releases from 2019 are posted here [CRP2019_PressRelease_English and CRP2019_PressRelease_Tamil] and the calendar as of May 31, 2019 is here.