Hyderabad set to host country’s first interfaith pride fest

The interfaith pride fest is being organised by Dragvanti, Rubaroo, Mobbera Foundation, Humans of Nirvana, on Saturday, June 14 at Bagh Bean Café, Jubilee Hills.

Hyderabad: As part of pride month, Hyderabad is all set to host country’s first interfaith pride fest, a unique event where queerness and spirituality will come together in a safe and creative space for expression, reflection, and celebration, on Saturday, June 14 at Bagh Bean Café, Jubilee Hills.

The interfaith pride fest, being organised by Dragvanti, Rubaroo, Mobbera Foundation, Humans of Nirvana, and Bagh Bean Cafe, has been created in response to the growing religious intolerance queer people face across the country, said founder of Dragvanti, P Chidananda Sastry in a press release on Wednesday.

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Many LGBTQIA+ individuals are told that their faith and their identity cannot coexist. Others are excluded from both religious spaces and queer platforms for being too much of one or the other. We wanted to create a space where both can be held with dignity and respect, he said.

The Pride Fest will feature live performances by queer artists from traditions of diverse faith, storytelling, dialogue circles, and safe space sharing. It is not a platform to debate theology, but a space to share real lived experiences.

Hyderabad has never seen an event like this before. We believe it has the power to shift the narrative and give space to those who are too often erased from both religious and queer stories, he added.