Your June schedule’s about to be booked, busy, and bright AF with all these Pride events this Pride Month 2024!
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Celebrating Pride has never felt so colorful, purposeful, and meaningful as it has in recent times, as people marry celebrations of love and identity with tirelessly advocating for safety, equality, and liberation. Every Pride Month reminds us that the LGBTQIA+ community still face plenty of hurdles to their existence. From the SOGIE Bill being in limbo at the national governance level to queer individuals still facing threats and backlash for expressing who they are, it’s an ongoing fight for freedom to love and exist.
Pride events are spaces where that fight manifests—safe, inclusive, and celebratory spaces that many queer Filipinos deem a relatively rare joy to partake in (though we should advocate for queer freedom all day, everyday). Pride itself is a protest, a resistance against norms that subject the queer community to injustice and inequality. Gatherings of queer people and allies partaking in brave, loud expressions of living and belonging—don’t they sound like the places to be?
This June, be one with the community in taking space and fighting for queer joy and liberation by partaking in Pride marches, drag shows, concerts, parties, protests, intimate hangouts, art fairs, and more. Whether you want to attend a huge, city-wide event or have a more intimate get-together with members of the community, these Pride events have got you covered. Check them out below, and block off your schedule ASAP!
PRIDE PH FESTIVAL
The much-awaited QC Pride is coming back bigger and better with Love Laban 2 Every One! Pride Festival 2024 in Quezon City with special guests like Vice Ganda, Elijah Canlas, Astrid Mercury, and more. Drop by on June 22 at the Quezon Memorial Circle!
SURFTOWN PRIDE
Celebrate Pride at La Union this June 6 to 9 with the four-day Surftown Pride event. On their sixth year, Surftown Pride hops from La Union spot to La Union spot, taking space and making sure the community feels safe and welcomed with every party, workshop, or parade.
GOD SAVE THE QUEERS, BLESS THE BADINGS
Weave together queerness, art, self-discovery, and faith with The Elephant Party and Inferno London at their God Save The Queers, Bless The Badings event at Gravity Art Space this June 7 featuring artists from the UK and the Philippines, as well as drag performer Pura Luka Vega.
PINK PONY CLUB
The Sunny Club PH is tireless in mounting sapphic-, women-loving-women-, and queer female-only events all over the Metro, providing fun, safe spaces where they could hang out and express themselves freely. On June 11 at Hoesik Poblacion, they’re holding a Chappell Roan Night filled with music and dancing—one of many events they’re going all-out for this Pride Month.
PARA SA BADING II
Filipino band Cup of Joe’s fanbase organized their own Pride event in collaboration with AOR Community and Street Kohi this June! Be one with the community celebrating art, music, and inclusivity at their Para Sa Bading II Fundraising Gig on June 15 at the 123 Block in Mandaluyong.
QUEERTALK
We're bringing #Pride closer to the community through this year's #QueerTalk! 🏳️🌈
— Queer Safe Spaces ™ (@queersafespaces) May 29, 2024
We've partnered w/ various orgs for a back2back, F2F series of panel discussions this #PrideMonth! 🥳
📌 Stay tuned for details!#QueerTalk2024 #LGBTQIA #PrideMonth2024 #SOGIESC #QueerSafeSpaces pic.twitter.com/VXZoavNNV8
Looking for something educational? Through QueerTalk 2024, Queer Safe Spaces in partnership with a variety of organizations is hosting a series of educational talks across Quezon City, Laguna, and Batangas on June 15, 16, 22, and 29 all about queerness, youth, politics, and the community.
KOMIKET PRIDE
The year-long komik and art fair is hosting their biggest market and event yet with Komiket Pride, from June 7 to 9 and June 14 to 16 at Ayala Malls the 30th! The fair will have plenty of art, komiks, crafts, and more from hundreds of queer creatives and artists. The best part? Entrance is free! But fair warning: ready your wallets.
NO BOYS ALLOWED
When they say No Boys Allowed, they mean it! The concert and girls’ night at Vinyl on Vinyl gallery will feature performances and music from artists like Leanne & Naara and April Hernandez, as well as tattoos and tarot reading from queer female artists.
A FRUITY AFFAIR
Queer creatives rise! Have a fruity mixer at Studio Segui’s A Fruity Affair designed specifically with local queer creatives in mind. From DJs to drag performers, this pride party on June 15 at the Annex House in Makati is all about craft, connections, and creativity between the queer community.
QUEERLAYAAN 2024
Sticker Con 2024’s first event of the year is a colorful celebration of local art, queer artists, and creativity with QUEERLAYAAN 2024: A Pride Celebration and Art Market! QUEERLAYAAN will be held at Whitespace Manila in Makati on June 16.
DRAG ARENA
Live out your Drag Race contestant dreams at OnlyPans Taqueria’s Drag Arena Lip Sync Battle in San Juan, La Union on June 8!
OUT, LOUD, AND PROUD DRAG PRIDE FIESTA
Out, Loud, and Proud Drag Pride Fiesta 2024 hosts a slew of top drag performers both locally and internationally, like Precious Paula Nicole, Marina Summers, Detox, and Brook Lynn Hytes. Buy your tickets and go beyond limits this June 15 at Filinvest City Events Grounds in Alabang.
RUNRIO PRIDE RUN
Run for a cause at RUNRIO Pride Run! The running event calls on everybody, from queer runners to allies, to run for diversity and inclusivity at the SM Mall of Asia Complex on June 22. Register here. They also have a costume contest on race day, as well as a virtual running event where you can run and celebrate Pride wherever you are.
ANIMO PRIDE 2024
The De La Salle University University Student Government and the university’s LGBTQIA+ organization DLSU Prism is bringing in some big drag names to their Drag Concert Extravaganza for their Animo Pride 2024 events on June 20 at their Manila campus. Open to students and outsiders, the event features performances from Marina Summers, Taylor Sheesh, Arizona Brandy, and more.
QUEER PROM
It’s still prom season—but this time, for the queer community! The LGBTQIA+ community have had many struggles with prom rules, like not being allowed to dress the way they want to or a prom date of the same sex. Have a fancy night out of music, dancing, and romance at Queer Safe Spaces’ Queer Prom 2024 at SPACE at One Ayala. Get tickets here.
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