The first month of the New Year has once again brought a rainbow to the city skies. Pride Month is upon us, and like every year, there are a slew of events slated for the coming weeks. The culmination will be the Mumbai Pride March, happening in early February, a fitting flourish to Pride Month.

It was heartening to see yet more spaces opening up to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community. This paper had a front-page report about how the Mahalaxmi race course is going to play host to Gulabi Mela, or the Pink Fete, in late January. This fete is organised by a gay youth support group, with stalls selling merchandise from mostly LGBT+ entrepreneurs, although there are some participants from outside the community as well. The fete will be held in a fairly new space within the race course, which has recently been opened up for events.