01/11/2026
๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ก๐ง๐
We, in ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ ๐๐๐บ๐๐น๐๐๐ต๐ผ (๐ฃ๐ ๐) and ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ (๐จ๐ฃ๐ฆ), ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ค๐๐+ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ตโ๐ฎ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ (UP Center for Women's and Gender Studies [UP CWGS], 2023; National LGBTQ Task Force, 2024). Yet, as we wave the rainbow flag across our campuses, we recognize that ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ CIVICUS, 2021; CHR, 2020). As we celebrate diversity, we must confront the lived realities that make Pride necessary in the first place. Across our campuses and beyond, LGBTQIA+ Filipinos continue to face discrimination, harassment, and institutional barriers that deny them their fundamental rights. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐, ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ (UP CWGS, 2023; San Juan, 2020). Pride has always been a protest, and today, our collective action demands an immediate end to state-sanctioned violence, anti-LGBTQIA+ discrimination, and administrative repression (CIVICUS, 2021; Valmores-Salinas, 2020).
Despite years of advocacy, the safety and dignity of transgender and gender non-conforming Filipinos remain under severe threat from state betrayal and normalized transphobia (CHR, 2020; Valmores-Salinas, 2020). ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐น. ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ (Laude v. Pemberton / Supreme Court of the Philippines, 2020; Valmores-Salinas, 2020). ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ'๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐, ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐น๐๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ (Human Rights Watch [HRW], 2019; Valmores-Salinas, 2020). Jenniferโs death and the stateโs absolute pardoning of her murderer reflect a violent intersection of imperialist subservience and systemic transphobia that denies justice to q***r Filipinos (Valmores-Salinas, 2020).
Within the University of the Philippines system, the fight for gender liberation and democratic rights continues to face administrative negligence, restrictive guidelines, and state-backed harassment across constituent units:
๐๐ป ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐, transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) students have historically had to navigate rigid institutional hurdles and administrative guidelines regarding binary academic attire for official activities (UP Visayas Office of the University Registrar [UPV OUR], 2022; Marzan, 2022). While student campaigns have pushed the administration toward inclusivity, the lack of uniform, permanent gender-affirming policies across all collegesโalongside delays in building accessible gender-neutral facilitiesโleaves TGNC students exposed to arbitrary bureaucratic enforcement and institutional discrimination (UP Visayas Gender and Development Program [GDP], 2021; Marzan, 2022).
๐๐ป ๐จ๐ฃ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐, while student activism successfully fought to enable graduating students to wear attire aligned with their S*xual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) during commencement rites under the banner of "Wear graduation attire for who you are, not who you are expected to be" (ABS-CBN News, 2022; Inquirer, 2022), students simultaneously endure severe state-sponsored repression and campus control. This was sharply demonstrated by the violent police intrusion and illegal arrest of student activists on the UP Cebu campus during a peaceful protest against oppressive state policies (San Juan, 2020). While UP claims to be a bastion of academic freedom and progressive thought, administrative obstacles, arbitrary restrictions, and state intrusion actively disenfranchise student organizations, suppress q***r activism, and shrink democratic spaces on campus (San Juan, 2020; UP CWGS, 2023).
As socio-political organizations committed to enlightened activism, authentic humanism, and progressive social change, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ค๐๐+ ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐. Oppression does not operate in isolation. It intersects with economic inequality and other structures that limit people's access to education, healthcare, work, and other basic necessities. Genuine solidarity therefore demands more than recognition; it requires collective action to dismantle the conditions that perpetuate them.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ "๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ" ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ (Quezon City Government, 2023; Iloilo City Public Information Office [PIO], 2024). These local ordinances represent crucial milestones and tangible steps toward recognizing q***r unions and dismantling institutional barriers at the grassroots level (CHR, 2023). However, municipal ordinances remain local stopgaps; they cannot replace comprehensive, nationwide legal protections. While local initiatives and institutional policies demonstrate that progress is possible, protections remain uneven, and lack of proper implementation is evident. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ. ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ค๐๐+ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. We call on the government to uphold human rights and ensure that equality is reflected not only in public declarations but also in enforceable protections and accessible remedies.
The fight for the passage of a genuine SOGIESC Equality Bill has dragged on in Congress for over 26 long yearsโmaking it one of the longest-pending pieces of legislation in Philippine history (CHR, 2023; Bulatlat, 2025). For more than a quarter of a century, consecutive administrations and conservative legislators have stalled, diluted, and sabotaged this bill, leaving millions of LGBTQIA+ Filipinos exposed to systemic discrimination in employment, education, healthcare, and public spaces (CHR, 2020; UP CWGS, 2023).
We firmly reassert that the SOGIESC Equality Bill is not a demand for special privileges, nor is it a bill meant only for a specific fewโit is a bill for ALL (CHR, 2020; UP CWGS, 2023). Every single human being possesses a S*xual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and S*x Characteristics (SOGIESC) (CHR, 2020). Protecting citizens from SOGIESC-based discrimination ensures that no Filipinoโq***r or non-q***rโcan be denied employment, ejected from school, or refused public services based on their gender identity or expression (CHR, 2020). 26 years of delay is 26 years of justice denied!
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Hence, we, in Partido sang Mainuswagon nga Bumulutho and the Union of Progressive Students, refuse to remain silent while our rights are eroded and our communities are subjected to violence and repression. The struggle for SOGIESC equality is deeply intertwined with the broader struggle against state fascism, institutional oppression, and imperialist subversion. Pride must extend beyond rainbow flags, commemorative events, and celebrations held within university grounds. It must be reflected in how we organize, how we defend one another, and how we challenge the structures that perpetuate inequality.
We call on the UP Cebu, and UP Visayas administration and the broader UP community to continue advancing gender inclusivity and safeguarding spaces where students can express themselves freely and authentically. We call on student organizations and youth formations to build solidarity with LGBTQIA+ constituents and challenge discrimination wherever it occurs. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ค๐๐+ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
We stand with the LGBTQIA+ community in the continuing struggle for gender justice, democratic freedoms, and progressive social change. We recognize that liberation cannot be achieved through symbolic inclusion alone; it requires collective action against the structures that sustain oppression.
Pride is not simply about being seen. It is about the freedom to live, organize, and exist with dignity. Our struggle does not end when Pride Month does.
Lagiโt Lagi, Para Sa Bayan.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ!
๐๐ก๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐จ๐ฃ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ!
๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ค๐๐+ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฆ!
๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ช โ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฆ!
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐ช๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง!
Photos by Kayla Canizares, Ahmed Illescas, Lemuel Pabalan, and Alexa Sambale
