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Gay Bangalore

LGBTQ+ Travel Guide & City Directory · Karnataka

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🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Legal Status in India

Based on national laws as of 2025

42/100
Partial Rights
Same-sex relations legal
Equal age of consent
Partnership / union
Same-sex marriage
Adoption rights
Anti-discrimination law
Legal gender change

Section 377 decriminalised by Supreme Court in 2018. The Transgender Persons Act (2019) allows legal gender change. Supreme Court declined to legalise same-sex marriage in 2023.

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Bengaluru Pride
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Bangalore, India

Bengaluru Pride

Bengaluru Pride — also known as Bangalore Pride — is one of India's largest and most energetic pride marches, drawing tens of thousands through the streets of India's tech capital each November. Bangalore's young, cosmopolitan population and thriving arts scene give the event a creative, forward-looking energy, and the city's large LGBTQ+ professional community has made it one of the most organised and well-funded pride events in South Asia.

Bangalore Queer Film Festival
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Bangalore, India

Bangalore Queer Film Festival

The Bangalore Queer Film Festival is a cornerstone of South India's LGBTQ+ cultural scene, screening international and Indian queer films to packed audiences in India's most tech-forward city. Bangalore's large, educated, professionally diverse LGBTQ+ community has created real demand for a serious film festival, and this one delivers — with thoughtful programming that spans documentary, fiction, and short film from across the world.

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