Organizers say that the Pride parade in Bacolod City serves as a mourning, a protest, and a celebration! PHPride2019 ResistTogether IN PHOTOS: LGBTQ+ community, allies hold Pride parade in Bacolod City
PRIDE MARCH. LGBTQ+ youth and allies unite in a Pride parade in Bacolod City on Saturday, June 22. Photo by Jorge Gamboa
SUPPORT. Members of the Taculing LGBTQ chapter show unity during the Pride parade in Bacolod City on Saturday, June 22. Photo by Nichol Francis AnduyanShowing their support for the LGBTQ+ community, youth leaders and activists took the frontlines carrying rainbow flags and giant Pride letters.The parade also called for justice for slain members of the LGBTQ+ community.who was shot by unknown gunmen on June 15. Hubilla was an openly gay man and a senior high school student.
"By having an ordinance for establishing intensive SOGIE programs in our local government unit, I believe we can educate more minds and break the stigma against the community," Akbayan Youth member Charisse Erinn Flores said. Bacolod City Councilor Wilson Gamboa also showed his support in front of the congregation, vocally expressing his support for the LGBTQ+ community.This was echoed by youth activist Manuelito Garcia. For him, the Pride parade gave the LGBTQ+ an avenue to amplify their voices for people in power to hear them.
In 2013, Bacolod City passed an anti-discrimination ordinance that prevents the discrimination of a person based on gender, disability, age, health status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and religion.One striking image at the parade showed Clint Severino, a father who proudly carried a sign saying"Free Dad Hugs.""I've always been a supporter of LGBT rights, but I've done most of that in social media....
According to Severino, one of the biggest hurdles members of the LGBTQ+ community face is discrimination from their own families.
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