Open invitation to all organizations, companies, businesses, and student councils. Join forces with us as we take little steps and big strides towards our movement for equality!
The book, Gender and Society: Understanding the Gender Dimensions of Philippine Culture and Society, by Carolyn Sobritchea, Sylvia Estrada-Claudio, Marie Aubrey Villaceran, Excelsa Tongson, Eric Julian Manalastas, Beatriz Torre, Nathalie Africa-Verceles, Jaclyn Marie Cauyan, Jhoanna Cruz, and Veronica Gregorio is now available for purchase at the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) for P650 per copy. For orders, please email Cecile via [email protected]. Deliveries and payment via GCash are also available.
Join us as we celebrate pride and queer joy through this year’s UP Pride Film Festival! This year’s Film Festival aims to celebrate the LGBTQI culture and experience, and lets you peek at it on the big screen. This event is part of the annual UP Pride celebration. Send in your queer film applications through the link: http://tinyurl.com/UP-Pride-Queer-Film-Fest. Deadline for submissions is on 13 October 2023.
NOTE: Terms and conditions apply. More information can be seen in the link above.
[NOTE: The deadline for submission of artworks is extended until 30 September 2023.]
Calling on all queer artists!
Get a chance to adorn Parola: Fine Arts Gallery with stunning rainbows! For this year’s UP Pride, celebrate by submitting your (queer!) artworks for the upcoming UP Pride Queer Art Exhibit. Let the world see your creative prowess by filling out the form in the link: https://tinyurl.com/Queer-Art-Exhibit. Deadline for submissions is on 23 September 2023.
NOTE: Terms and conditions apply. More information can be seen in the link above.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and the Vibal Group invite everyone to the launch of Gender and Society: Understanding the Gender Dimensions of Philippine Culture and Society on 14 July 2023 (Friday), 3:00 PM at the UPCWGS Conference Room.
Join us tomorrow, June 24 (Saturday), at the Quezon Memorial Circle to reach for the rainbow and make a difference. Catch the many wonderful colors of pride from 10:00 AM onwards as we celebrate pride with Pride PH: Love, Laban.
Join us on 20 June 2023 (Tuesday) for the start of Paint the Rainbow. Together, let us find rainbow connections as we paint along the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and UP Palma Hall as a community.
UPCWGS Street Painting and Rainbow Crosswalk Opening
UPCWGS Grounds
10:30 AM onwards
UP Palma Hall Grand Street Mural Painting
M. Roxas Street
2:30 PM onwards
NOTE: We recommend bringing extra clothes to protect from accidental paint splatters.
There is nothing to fret about because at the end of the rainbow, you will find our pot of gold.
Come join us at the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) Grounds this 20-23 June 2023, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM for a Pride Bazaar.
Let us show our love and support for locally made and queer-supportive businesses.
Once upon a pride, we bring the children along with us as we venture into the beautiful stories of queer lives.
Queens have come near and far to make this a reality and so we proudly present: Tales from the Queendom. Find us at the Kalinga Day Care Center, Area 1, UP Diliman, Quezon City on 19-20 June 2023.
The spaces we take up are a testament to our existence. As we show the intersection of physical spaces and our lived experiences, we tell the world: we have been here; we will always be here; and we will continue to exist.
In celebration of Pride Month, let us map our experiences, and tell the world of the places in time where we felt safe, accepted, loved, and all the messy things in between – the places that have genuinely given us a sense of pride.
Taking inspiration from Queering the Map, you may share your lived experiences of pride in the spaces you took up in UP Diliman: