Dostana Safar

Dostana Safar is the trans-led LGBTQ+ rights group behind Patna's Pride marches. It was formed in 2011 in Bhabua, Kaimur district, and is led by founder-secretary Reshma Prasad, who in December 2023 became the first transgender member of an Indian university senate (Patna University). The group runs Garima Greh, a central-government shelter for transgender people in Khagaul, and organised the 14 July 2025 Pride march and a Valentine's Day 'Lovers Pride Parade' around Gandhi Maidan in February 2025. It has no public drop-in office or published phone number, so it isn't a place to walk into; reach it through its social media.