Mumbai is bathed in rainbow hues as it kicks off the new year with the Gay Pride Month. Starting this weekend, the month-long festival will feature a slew of events, from the Gay Games in Juhu, to the climax — the Gay Pride March in early February.

Last year, amidst reports of books, writers, movies and intellectuals being targeted, it was heartening to see that some cultural, liberal and intellectual spaces were actually opening up to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community.