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GAY PRI EVENTS PHILIPP
Makibeki Ngayon, At Ang Panahon” as this year’s theme on Saturday, June 4. The group took to the streets to mand regnn of their rights, hoistg a banner fieldg a number of slogans such as, ‘gay and proud, ' ‘babae sa babae, ' ‘we’re g out, ' ‘we will be visible; we are vcible, ' ‘eedom of choice, ' and ‘labanan ang homophobia. On June 26, 1994, the Progrsive Organizatn of Gays the Philipp (ProGay Philipp) and the Metropolan Communy Church (MCC) took to the streets of Quezon Cy followg the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Rts that occurred the Uned Stat.
() "Why is there no gay liberatn movement the Philipp? Garcia pos this qutn the begng of his magisterial book, Philippe Gay Culture: Babae to Bakla, Silahis to MSM (1996, 2008). In the ntext of the early 1990s, he wonrs why there was "no unified, ntuo effort to anize" among ntemporary Filipo gay men (2008: 5).
Philippe Gay Culture was released the same year that all active queer activists and activist groups Metro Manila gathered for the 1996 Metro Manila Pri March. An example of this is the foundg of Lbian and Gay Legislative Advocy Network Philipp ( Lagablab) 1998. At the very least, we need to unter the domant tenncy to center our histori on the experienc of gay men.