r/Queercore_Bongs

People please educate yourselves about Prep and PEP.

As a queer man who used to live in Bengaluru, I spent a fair amount of time on Grindr and other dating apps. From my personal experience, a very large proportion of profiles I encountered (easily 70% or more) identified as bisexual, married to women, had girlfriends, were in heterosexual relationships, or described themselves as bi-curious. This is purely my personal observation and not scientific data.

More importantly, many people in India still don't know about:

PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)

A medication that can significantly reduce the risk of acquiring HIV when taken as prescribed.

PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis)

An emergency treatment that should be started as soon as possible, ideally within 72 hours after a potential HIV exposure.

News article

This will never happen in India sadly

South Asia’s first Pride march was the Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk, held on 2 July 1999 in Kolkata. It began as the “Friendship Walk” because homosexuality was still criminalized in India under Section 377, and organizers wanted to reduce the risk of backlash.

Only 15 people joined the first march, walking through the city in bright yellow T-shirts with rainbow-themed messages.

Participants wore pink triangles, reclaiming a symbol once used to persecute LGBTQ+ people during the Nazi era.

It was organized before social media became common; many participants connected through early internet mailing lists and queer networks.

The event helped inspire Pride marches across India and the wider region, growing from a tiny gathering into an annual march attended by thousands.

Kolkata was chosen because of its long history of social justice and rights movements, making it a natural starting point for a public LGBTQ+ rights demonstration.

Today, the Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk remains the oldest Pride march in India and South Asia, symbolizing how a small act of visibility grew into a major movement for LGBTQ+ rights.