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Indian gay rights parade demands greater tolerance

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Demonstrators carry a banner Sunday at a gay pride parade in New Delhi, India. Until 2009, gay sex was punishable by up to 10 years in prison in India.

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Hundreds of gay rights activists marched through New Delhi on Sunday to demand that they be allowed to lead lives of dignity in India’s deeply conservative society. Dozens of demonstrators carried a nearly 50-foot-long, rainbow-colored banner and waved placards demanding that the government extend the scope of anti-discrimination laws to schools, workplaces and public and private spaces.