By Alex Amansec LOVE LABAN The PridePH Festival 2023 makes history by becoming the biggest pride event in Southeast Asia with over 110,000 attendees A lot of commotion could be seen under the tents situated directly in front of the Quezon City Hall. Long lines of people in colorful outfits...
For years, the world celebrate the legacy of the LGBTQIA+ Community—its wins, struggles, and resilience—every month of June. Much like what’s happening around the world, Pride in the Philippines is a protest. It is a call for equal rights, safe spaces, and conversation that sheds light on the...
Saying that the art of drag is a phenomenon these days is an understatement. Before, drag was only alive at night as drag performers hit the bars and clubs wearing their highest heels, sickening looks, and signature mugs. This time, we see drag artists everywhere, still drop-dead gorgeous, but...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The newly-created Cagayan de Oro City LGBTQ+ Federation vowed to strengthen its community in the face of discrimination its members continue to experience, stressing that there are still a lot of programs that need to be pursued. CAGAYAN de Oro City Mayor Rolando Uy waves a...
*BY KHRISCIELLE YALAO AND HANNAH NICOL * Thousands of members of the LGBTQIA+ community, advocates, and allies raised their rainbow flags and marched for justice and freedom during the simultaneous pride festivals in Quezon City (QC) and Makati City on Saturday, June 24, serving as the culminating...
Silent Sanctuary, popular band known for OPM favorites "Kundiman," "Rebound," "Kismet," "Bumalik Ka Na Sa'kin," among many others, has been dropped from the roster of performers at “Love Laban sa QC,” an event meant to celebrate Pride Month held Saturday, June 24 at the QC Circle....
In time for the celebration of this year’s Pride Month, local beauty brand Ever Bilena has dropped a bomb, revealing Drag Queen Lady Morgana as its newest brand ambassador. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ever Bilena Cosmetics (@everbilenaofficial) Lady Morgana rose to stardom as...
POWER PLAY Ang Batang Pulis (Gio Gahol) and Ang Drag Queen (Phi Palmos) in Floy Quintos' *Laro*, directed by John Mark Yap By Alex Amansec Photos by Kyle Venturillo Barefoot Theater Collaborative’s first-ever Pride Plays, a twin-bill production consisting of the plays Unica Hijas and Laro, is an...
People come together to celebrate Pride Month every June. This is to support and promote greater understanding of the LGBTQIA+ community. This year, The Podium embraces the spirit of Pride with colorful installations, pop-ups, and promotions throughout the month to celebrate diversity, equality and...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, June 19, invited members and supporters of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenders, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community to participate in the Pride Festival which will be hosted by the city government on Saturday, June 24. The event, themed6...
Since it’s Pride Month, let us take a look at LGBTQIA+ films screening all over the country starting June 24 until June 30, 2023. Microcinemas such as the FDCP Cinematheque Centers in Manila, Iloilo, Davao, Negros, Nabunturan, and Cinema ’76 Film Society Tomas Morato are showing Wong...
"If you are not accepted, just choose happiness." That's what Vice President Sara Duterte told members of the LGBTQI+ community as her office celebrated, on Friday, Pride Month. Noting that some lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people, particularly the younger ones, were not...
