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Do you remember your first pride march?
Entry Feed Trackback[Posting this email I received from Peachy Natividad, an invitation for everyone to participate and support the upcoming 2008 Pride March]
Do you remember your first pride march?
I do. I’m sure we all do. And if you haven’t had the opportunity to participate in one yet, this year’s the perfect time to do so.
This years Pride March is a tribute to our rights, our lives, our loves and our selves. It’s also the celebration of the 10 years of Filipino rainbow pride. It’s a perfect 10 for the success of the past pride marches, and the anticipated one of this year’s. Hence, the theme is A decade of dignity: our rights, our lives, our loves, our selves.
The Pride March is known for its overwhelming attendance. It attracts thousands of participants and generates extensive local and international media attention. This year’s Pride March is also more particularly significant as it coincides with the celebration of the 60th year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the launch in Manila of the Yogyakarta Principles (www.yogyakartaprinciples.org), an international declaration which affirms that sexual orientation and gender identity and expression as fundamental human rights.
But we can’t do it without your help. Community member or supporter, we could all contribute to make this year’s pride march a milestone for our country’s history.
How you can help
There are a lot of ways to help. Right now, the Task Force Pride in the process of organizing and mobilizing the actual march. Tentatively slated for December 5 or 6, the actual march will be surrounded by a lot of activities and programs.
I, together with my friends from Lunduyan ng Sining am officially in charge of the program committee and so my first call is to find people who will:
- Perform we are in need of program performers. Any act or talent you want to share is welcome! These will be for the pre-pride party (tentatively slated Nov. 29, 2008) and for the post-pride program (right after the pride march of December 5 or 6, 2008). If you feel you can bring it, contact Peach at 0917-5392742.
However, there are a lot of other ways you can help too:
- Volunteer we are in need of volunteer committee members. If you think you can help in any which way possible, please drop us a line at tfpmanila@yahoo.com or tfpmanila@gmail.com.
- Help us gather funds Task Force Pride has always been operating through the funds of generous donors and sponsors, as well as contributions of the participants. If you have contacts of rainbow-friendly individuals, companies, donors, sponsors, bars, etc., please let Dee know at divamanila@yahoo.com or 0918-2507470.
- Contribute if you can contribute yourself, in terms of finances or even a venue for us to hold our programs and briefings, let us know! Contact Dee at divamanila@yahoo.com or 0918-2507470.
- Participate in the march If you need more information on how you, your organization, your friends or your family can participate in the march, contact Bruce at bruce.amoroto@gmail.com. (See the call for participation)
- Repost this call! Help us spread the love. Feel free to repost this entry onto your own blogs, or send it to your friends, officemates, etc.
How you can keep updated
While we are in the process of finalizing our website, you can keep yourself updated on what’s going on by logging on to www.pridemanila.wordpress.com.
Thanks and we hope to see you at the march!
Peach Natividad
for Lunduyan ng Sining
Program Committee Head
Taskforce Pride 2008
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What year was the pride that Monique Wilson joined? Anyway…
My first pride march was in 1999. And I didn’t know that the route for the march would be towards taft and around the malate area. People were oggling us from jeeps, buildings, etc. I wasn’t wearing a cap, a pair of shades nor anything that would ‘disguise’ me from the stares, comments, and jeers of the people we passed by. The press were there too with their cameras. Panic mode! Out na nga ako pero nakakanerbyos pa rin pala. You’d hear, sayang ampopogi, mga bakla naman! Smile ka lang, magpa cute, di pwedeng patulan kasi gusto mo maganda image ng mga bading. Pero iba iba talaga, andaming baklang nakipagtarayan sa kapwa umattend. Kung sino mauuna sa pila, kung sino ayaw kasunod. Hay… Pero that was the best pride day i had, because it wasn’t all about the dance marathon that follows at night and the usual throng of cute guys it brings but the time when the sun is up, with nothing to hide, and with much to shout to the world.
Most guys would just come to the party. Let’s support this year’s Pride March!
RonTab at Oct 8, 08 at 6:00 pm
i attended year 2004 that was the first public appearance of Pride Manila Chorus. Hope we could participate again..
the_empr3ss at Oct 10, 08 at 6:10 pm