The Digital Pride Festival, which was started in 2020, \u201charnesses the potential of digital spaces with the aim to create fresh art and encourage skill building\u201d. With a mission to mainstream conversations on LGBTQIA+ rights, the festival has curated dialogues around advocacy through art, pleasure, healing and mental well-being, and showcased genre-bending performances celebrating queer self-expressions. The events, which have ranged from film screenings to dance, music and theatre performances, have also included masterclasses and workshops equipping young creators with the tools to share their stories and amplify their voices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Artist and educators Durga Gawde and Kareem Khubchandani, dancer Raheem Mir, LGBTQIA+ choir Rainbow Voices, photographer Roshini Kumar, filmmaker Shiva Raichandani and theatre writer-director Vikram Phukan are among the performers and speakers who have been part of the Digital Pride Festival so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Past editions of the Digital Pride Festival in 2020 and 2021 have been staged virtually, while the 2022 edition comprised both online events and in-person pop-ups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n