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Mayor Joy expresses support to LGBTQIA+, QC Pride Festival

Published Jun 8, 2023 06:40 am
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has expressed full support to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community as the city will host the “Pride Festival” for the second time on June 24. The Pride Festival is a one-day event that celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community through several activities including a “Pride March,” the local government said on Thursday, June 8.  The event, themed “Love, Laban: A Celebration of the Fight for Love in All Forms and Ways,” will be spearheaded by Pride PH, a network of LGBTQIA+ individuals and organizations in the country, in partnership with the city government. It will be held at the Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC).   “More than a celebration, the Pride Festival is a call to end the discrimination, hate and prejudice among members of the LGBTQIA+. We are holding this activity not because this sector is seeking special treatment. Rather, what they long for is simply a halt to the undeserved ill treatment and denial of opportunities they continue to suffer from,” Belmonte said. (Photo from Quezon City Government/ MANILA BULLETIN)
The first Pride Festival in Quezon City was held at the QMC on June 25, 2022, which was participated by over 25,000 members and supporters of the LGBTQIA+ community.  “We are grateful that we have the local government of Quezon City as one of the biggest allies of the LGBTQIA+ community. This is the second year that the local government of Quezon City has welcomed us into their home. And we have been blessed to have the support of Mayor Joy, who has been a consistent genuine ally of the community since day one,” said Mela Habijan, Miss Trans Global 2020 and Pride PH lead convener.  The route for the Pride March in QC is still being finalized, the local government said. The city government said that aside from the QC Pride Festval, several Pride Month celebrations will be held in Makati, Baguio, Quirino, Cagayan De Oro, and Cebu on June 24. Regional Pride Marches will also be conducted in various cities like Zamboanga, Romblon, and General Santos City until the end of the month, it added. The Pride Festival will be live streamed on the official Facebook pages of  Pride PH and the Quezon City Government.  “The pride marches are seen as safe spaces that provide a venue to push for equality and inclusivity. And while these festivities remain celebratory, Pride is still a protest and should remain so.  Not until the LGBTQIA+ community no longer needs to fight for their human rights, their right to love, and the freedom to be their true authentic selves,” Habijan said, 

 

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