Bhopal: LGBTQ community is organizing a carnival of pride in the state capital on Wednesday. Few youngsters, who support the community and want their friends to speak and open up for their social acceptance have helped host the event.A parade will be held from Van Vihar National Park to Hotel Lake View Ranjit at 5pm.The carnival to discuss the issues started Saturday May 13 itself with known LGBT rights activist Harish Iyer, of Humsafar trust, talking about creating local support systems for people in community of Central India. He was joined by Kalki Subramaniam, who is also an activist.There are over 3,000 people from community in Bhopal who are surviving with the support of NGOs and most of them had always tried to hide their identity. Bhopal pride parade invites all to join in from nearby districts also to come out of shell and show their independent identity to the society.One of the members of the Bhopal Pride committee, the organising committee of the parade, Kokila Bhattacharya, said, “Thousand people in Bhopal face abuse, humiliation, social-boycott and isolation everyday. We will not be debating or protesting peoples' beliefs, we will only talk about fundamental human rights and a life for the LGBTQ community of dignity and social acceptance.”This has been made possible with the collaboration of local organizations Citizen Action Network, Mitra Shringar Samiti, Anmol Seva Sansthan and Center for Social Justice.While talking about the first parade in Central India, Harish Iyer said, “It’s the courage of few young people that we will be able to reach LGBT community people in Madhya Pradesh and help the community members open. There have been many queries coming in from central India seeking support from us. We cannot ask them relocate at metropolitan every time. We need to create the local support system for them, so that they can be loud and clear.”If it can happen in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, I am sure, every one will support the parade in Madhya Pradesh too, he added. He will also be sharing his story.