Lucknow students hold Pride Business Conclave for LGBTQ+ community
The Social Legal economic Consortium, a student-led consultancy firm, held a Pride Business Conclave on Monday to help the members LGBTQ+ community to present their business to a wider audience. With more than 500 attendees, 50 businesses, 2 guest speakers and investors from across the nation, this event turned out to be a success, claimed Kinjalk Sharma, managing partner of the firm who is studying in class 12 at La Martiniere College.
Renowned LGBTQ+ community activist Grace Banu, who joined the conclave from Chennai, appreciated the efforts of the student-led startup for organising this event, said Sharma. Megha Nandi, Lucknow-based LGBTQ activist, spoke about the different reactions of parents to the queerness of their children. The efforts of two non-profit organisations-Mortal’s Well-being Trust (a student led non-profit organisation) and Lipstick Under Your Patriarchy (a student run non-profit feminist blog) were also recognised during the event.
Kinjalk talked about the development of people with time and education to understand the concepts of gender, sexual orientation, etc.
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