Thousands of LGBTQIA+ advocates and allies waved rainbow flags. On Saturday, June 24, they marched for justice and freedom during the Pride Month finale in Quezon City (QC) and Makati City. | ManilaBulletin
The “Love Laban” Pride Festival was held at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City, while the “Tayo Ang Kulayaan: Pride March and Festival” was conducted at the Circuit Events Grounds in Makati City.
The parade featured rainbow floats covered with flowery ornaments, marchers in glamorous attires, families hand-in-hand with their children, and pets wearing rainbow neckties and t-shirts. Some sectors included muses, clothed in elaborate costumes, as heads of their clusters in the parade. The Manila Pride Color Guard enthralled bystanders with dance routines as they waved and twirled their flags in the streets.
"We always have your back to help and protect our SOGIESC, our LGBTQIA community. That is the purpose of the bill. We should sanction and penalize those who would violate the rights of our SOGIESC," said Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas in English and Tagalog at the Makati Pride. "Kung maiintindihan lang sana nila kung anong ipinaglalaban nito, matagal na sana itong naipasa. Dahil isa lang naman ang sinisiguro ng SOGIE Bill, ang magkaroon ng patas na karapatan ang lahat ng Pilipino ,” she added.
At the Makati Pride Festival, an impromptu dance battle and dance showcase occurred at the center of the Circuit Events Grounds field, much to the delight of the audience. "The LGBTQ community is one with millions of Filipinos who dream of a future that is colorful, equal, and free. This Pride, let us all shout, we will not go away, or be erased)," a representative from BAHAGHARI exclaimed in English and Tagalog.
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