On 18th June 2021, Ms. Shivangi Prasad participated as a Panellist in a discussion on ‘Legal Way: Know your rights and how can you get the legal help’ at the second edition of Pride LIVE fest (2021) organized by Local Samosa and Social Ketchup. The other panellist was Bodhi, who is a lawyer and an LGBTQ+ activist from Siliguri. 

This was an initiative to celebrate the month of Pride and normalize conversations around the LGBTQIA+ community. It had Inspiring Stories, Panel Discussions, AMAs, Virtual gigs etc. spread across 12 panels with 30+ Speakers and Performers. Here are some of the other discussions that took place:

• 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM | What not to ask a queer person | R Balaji (Queeromania), Suresh Ramdas, Gaya, Ankit Dasgupta
• 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Drag in the Digital age | Cologne, Xen, Samyukta (neonscythe), Miss Bhenji
• 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Acceptance by Brands | Kumar Iyer, Divesh & Atulan (honeyimmhome), Shaurya, Praful
• 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Gender Neutral Fashion | Tejeshwar Sindhoo, Akassh K Aggarwal, Nitasha Biswas, Jason Arland, Saim Ghani
• 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM | Drag Performance by Patruni Shastry
• 4:20 – 4:40 PM | Singing Performance by Teenasai Balamu
• 4:40 PM – 5:10 PM | Life on Social Media – Are platforms becoming inclusive? | Yashi Sinha, RJ Kabir, Prarthana, Arjama Bakshi
• 510:PM -5:30 PM | Quick makeup tutorial session by Ayush Rajani
• 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Legal Way: Know your rights and how can you get legal help | Bodhi Ghosh, Shivangi Prasad, Gaurav Singh
• 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Discussing Portrayal in Indian Entertainment Industry | Kalki Subramanium, Tathagatha Ghosh, Faraz Arif Ansari, Varsha Panikar
• 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Global Practices that India can adopt | Sumeet Sirohi, Gautam Yadav, Karan Tripathi, Akshay Tyagi
• 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Standup act by Navin Noronha