More than 100k attend QC's Pride Festival

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The LGBTQIA+ community attend the &ldquo;LoveLaban&rdquo; evening concert at the Quezon Memorial Circle grounds during the Pride celebrations in Quezon City on June 24, 2023. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/06/25/20230624-pride-march-qc-mt7.jpg" class="fr-fil fr-dib"/><figcaption>The LGBTQIA+ community attend the &ldquo;LoveLaban&rdquo; evening concert at the Quezon Memorial Circle grounds during the Pride celebrations in Quezon City on June 24, 2023. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) community attend the QC Pride Festival held at the Quezon Memorial Circle on Saturday.</p><p>The local government unit (LGU) said there were more or less 110,752 attendees for this year&rsquo;s pride festival, which was part of the Pride Month celebration in Quezon City.<br/><br/>In a Facebook post in the LGU&rsquo;s official Facebook page, it described the event as one filled with joy, singing, and dancing from various artists.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/QCGov/posts/pfbid02gfFKRPnjsd66dSvEp7N5qgF89jTrNzvK7XQ8uMTseptDmnnyK9SiZcUn12q1DcrEl" data-width="auto"><br/></div><p>&ldquo;Napuno ito ng saya, kantahan, at sayawan mula sa star-studded performances ng LGBTQIA+ artists, allies, drag queens, at celebrities,&rdquo; the post said.</p><p>&ldquo;Nagbigay ng talumpati si Mayor Joy Belmonte bilang suporta sa mga ipinaglalaban ng LGBTQIA+ community,&rdquo; it added.</p><p>The figure of attendees was also confirmed by the event organizer through a Twitter post.</p><p>&quot;AAAAND IT&rsquo;S A WRAP! Maraming maraming salamat sa 100K strong na rumampa, nagmartsa, nagmaganda, nagmahal, at higit sa lahat, LumOVEan! Kitakits ulit next year, mga mahal,&quot; the tweet said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">AAAAND IT&rsquo;S A WRAP! &#127987;&#65039;&zwj;&#127752;&#127987;&#65039;&zwj;&#9895;&#65039;<br/><br/>Maraming maraming salamat sa 100K strong na rumampa, nagmartsa, nagmaganda, nagmahal, at higit sa lahat, LumOVEan! &#128153;&#127752;&#128153;&#127752;<br/><br/>Kitakits ulit next year, mga mahal!<br/><br/>&#128064; Pride PH Festival &mdash; June 29, 2024 &#128064;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LoveLaban?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LoveLaban</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PridePH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PridePH</a> <a href="https://t.co/8IrpZok9h2">pic.twitter.com/8IrpZok9h2</a></p>&mdash; Pride PH (@tfpridePH) <a href="https://twitter.com/tfpridePH/status/1672636897385136128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>As part of the month-long celebration, the Quezon City local government also announced on the launching of a program called The Right to Care Card, which will allow LGBTQ+ couples to make medical decisions for each other just like those under a civil marriage contract.</p><ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/24/23/qc-launches-right-to-care-card-for-lgbtq-couples">LGBTQ+ couples in QC will soon be authorized to make medical decisions for each other</a></li></ul><p>Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said the program was studied by their lawyers.</p><p>The Right to Care Card also allows LGBTQ+ couples to include their partners as a beneficiary in their insurance contracts, which Belmonte said was previously not allowed.</p><p>The Right to Care Card was likewise formally launched at Quezon City&#x27;s Pride program on Saturday.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2693608" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Members of the LGBTQIA+ community attend the QC Pride Festival held at the Quezon Memorial Circle on Saturday.

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More than 100k attend QC's Pride Festival

More than 100k attend QC's Pride Festival

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Published Jun 25, 2023 05:47 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 29, 2024 03:51 PM PHT

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