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It’s All About Pride!

November 28th, 2007

From Task Force Pride (TFP) 

 This year’s Pride March aims to bolster the struggle to reduce and eliminate the stigma and discrimination against the LGBT community. It also hopes to contribute to an effort in Congress to enact a measure that penalizes discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

The Pride March, which will be held on December 8, 2007 as part of the Human Rights Week celebration, affirms the universality of human rights and fundamental freedoms and the endurance of solidarity between and among vulnerable communities. The Parade shall take place in Manila City, from Rajah Sulayman Park along Roxas Blvd and culminate in a brief cultural program.

As we continue to oppose homophobia and hatred and push for the recognition of our human rights and fundamental freedoms, we recognize that our efforts can only achieve results with your support and participation. In this light, we would like to invite you to join and support this year’s Pride March and the activities before and after it. Below is a calendar of activities for your reference. Your participation in these events will significantly contribute in our collective goal of mainstreaming our community’s advocacy against discrimination and homophobia.

Here’s a detailed Calendar of Events: (Click on Image to Enlarge)

Manila Pride 2007

For more information, please get in touch with task Force Pride: tfpmanila@yahoo.com or visit the 2007 Manila Pride blog.

Erotica: Be Seen, Be Bold, Dare to Bare!

November 27th, 2007

We’re cutting off the short break again for a very special community announcement.  If you’re not doing anything on the night of November 30th and you want to have fun and party and at the same time helping out your gay community, check this out:

Be Seen

Be Bold

Dare to Bare

Erotica The Sexy Party

Erotica: The Sexy party aims to raise more funds for the upcoming 2007 Pride March (December 8). Proceeds of this event will go to Task Force Pride to help in the efforts of coming up with a successful event championing the cause of the LGBT community.  Fight for our rights!  Join the party and don’t forget to join the 2007 Pride March. 

Event Details:

Date: November 30, 2007

Time: 10:00 PM

Venue: PALAWAN 2 Bar

              Yale St., Cor. Aurora Blvd., Quezon City

              (Near Gateway and Aurora Blvd.)

For more details on The Erotica Party, email the organizers here: tfpmanila@yahoo.com.

More details on the Pride March? Click here.

Doing Our Part

March 8th, 2007

Got this from the Ang Ladlad Community on Livejournal. Let’s all do our part in advancing the representation of the LGBT community to the Congress. 

Not only has the Comelec denied accreditation to Ang Ladlad, it ahs also branded Danton Remoto, who is running for Senate, as a nuisance candidate. This despite the fact that Remoto is ‘a university professor, Fulbright scholar and author of some 20 books…and taught for a year at Rutgers University in New Jersey.’
Apparently Richard Gomez has better credentials.

The Inquirer has an article about it, and I find it funny that the Comelec finds Richard Gomez’ ‘popularity as an actor’ as an indicator of how serious he is to run for the Senate.

Comelec okays 37 senatorial bets
Gay candidate among 42 dubbed nuisance

By Jerome Aning
Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections on Friday approved the senatorial candidacies of 37 people, at the same time declaring 42 others as nuisance candidates.In Resolution No. 7832, all six Commissioners voted to “give due course” to the certificates of candidacy filed by 34 people running under 13 registered political parties and three more running as independents.Among those declared nuisance candidates were Danton Remoto, Theodore Aquino, as well as others described by the commission as “habitual filers,” namely Orlando Abitona, Eduardo Flaminiano, Gherry Guillergan, Daniel Magtira, Manuel Po, Francisco Tajanan, and Camilo Tiqui.Those who made it to the official list, by political affiliation, were:
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan: Joselito Cayetano, Melchor Chavez, Antonio Estrella, Oliver Lozano, Eduardo Orpilla, Ruben Enciso, and Victor Wood
Nationalist People’s Coalition: Francis Joseph Escudero, Loren Legarda, Vicente Sotto III, and Tessie Oreta » Read more: Doing Our Part

Danton Remoto on Comelec Disqualification

March 6th, 2007

Danton Remoto, head of party-list Ang Ladlad, talks about the Comelec’s disqualification.

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