Congratulations to the Ang Ladlad LGBT political party!
The Philippine’s Supreme Court has approved a petition of the Ang Ladlad group to be listed in the May 10 elections.
This was the political party that was at first denied accreditation on grounds of “immorality”, and that they were a “threat to the youth.”
The WWP project is very honored to be featured on the Outrage Magazine GayZine.
“Outrage Magazine is the first online publication for the Filipino gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and ally (GLBTQIA) community, and aims to be the complete sourcebook for everyone queer.”
Check out the full article at:
Outrage Magazine – “Walk with Pride: Capturing History”
Posted in Philippines, Special
Tagged Capturing History, Culture, gay, Manila, Manila Pride March, Outrage Magazine, Philippines, photography project, pride, pride parade, Walk with Pride
Playing around with Photoshop, Chad created these signs the other day. They are based on some of the signs held up during the Manila pride march.
What do you think?
Original:
Photograph by Charles Meacham
New Alternative:
Original:
Photograph by Charles Meacham
New Alternative:
A little more positive don’t you think.
(Just a reminder, email/Facebook us any examples of your favorite pride slogans or posters, we’d like to post them!)
Posted in Philippines
Tagged gay, gay activist, human rights, LGBT, LGBT rights, Malate, Manila, Manila Pride March, march, pride, pride parade, Protest, Sign, Walk with Pride
I was looking online today to see what pride signs I could find. Though most are pretty spread out across the Internet, I did find some good ones. Please send me your favorites, I’d love to post them.
From: The 50 Best Protest Signs of 2009
From: The 50 Best Protest Signs of 2009
From: The 50 Best Protest Signs of 2009
From: About.com: Political Humor
From: About.com: Political Humor
And of course, here are some of our favorites from the Manila pride parade:
Photograph by Charles Meacham
Photograph by Charles Meacham
Photograph by Charles Meacham
You can find even more ideas for gay protest signs at: Join the Impact
Or, lots of the products available at Top Pun’s Rainbow Store also display gay pride slogans.
If you want to check out the opposition, Queeried (GLBT News and Lifestyle Magazine) has posted on article showing 10 signs from the anti-gay side, here.
Send me your favorite gay pride posters,
and I’ll share them on the blog! 
Posted in Philippines, Special, Uncategorized
Tagged anti-gay, gay, gay activist, Malate, Manila, Manila Pride March, Parade, Philippines, photography, pride, pride parade, pro-gay, Protest, Sign, Walk with Pride
(Blog post by Charles Meacham – thoughts on photographing the 2009 Manila Pride March)
I’ve spent a lot of time in airplanes, but rarely has that time been spent sleeping. Hundreds of bad movies, cheap travel magazines, and “single serving” conversations have kept me up past time zones, date lines, and of course my bed time. My flight to Manila was no different, and I found myself walking passing customs at just after 3 in the morning. There are no cars waiting for me, no drivers holding a sign with my name. There are no reservations at a local hotel. At this time of night there is only an empty bench, and an hour or two before the sun comes up. Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time sleeping on airport benches and floors during these early morning hours. I enjoy the silence in a place that is usually bustling with people and all the noise that comes with them.
Sun comes up, taxi ride, hotel check in. My hotel in Manila was just a two minute walk from the meeting point of the parade, so that morning, still unable to sleep, I headed out with a map showing the parade route. Click here to read more
Posted in Philippines
Tagged gay, Malate, Manila, Manila Pride March, pride parade, Walk with Pride
Helping people sign up at the 2009 Manila Pride March, Fr. Richard Mickley continues to show his support for the LGBT movement, as he has done for the last 40 some years.
With firsthand experience of the founding of MCC Philippines, along with memories of starting the first Manila Pride March in 1994, Fr. Richard took the time to share these reflections and others with me recently concerning his involvement with MCC.
Fr. Richard at the 2009 Manila Pride March
The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) is an international Christian denomination that reaches out to the LGBT community. There are MCC churches around the world, including four churches in the Philippines. Rev. Ceejay Agbayani is a clergy member of the MCC church in Quezon City, and led this year’s candle light vigil at the 2009 Manila Pride March.
Rev. Ceejay was kind enough to answer some questions concerning MCC and the recent pride parade.
Rev. Ceejay at Manila Pride March, 2009
Posted in Interviews, Philippines
Tagged Ceejay, gay, gay clergy, Manila, MCC, MCCQC, Philippines, pride
Visiting the 2009 Manila Pride March was a hugely positive experience. As you can see from the pics, the parade was full of energy and color. Many thanks to all the members of the Philippines LGBT community who have made the experience so welcoming.
Even before the march, we’d been in contact with several individuals that helped us get connected with the community. One of these persons was Bruce Portugal Amoroto, a gay activist living in Manila. Bruce is the President-Coordinator of the Philippine Forum on Sports, Culture, Sexuality and Human Rights (TEAM PILIPINAS), Vice President of the Gay and Lesbian Asia Pacific Sport Association (GLISA Asia Pacific), and a member of the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA) International Board of Directors. And, most recently Bruce has been kind enough to answer some questions I posed him about TEAM PILIPINAS, the “I Am Not Immoral” project, and his thoughts on this year’s pride parade.
The Seal of TEAM PILIPINAS
Posted in Interviews, Philippines
Tagged Bruce Amoroto, gay activist, human rights, LGBT rights, Manila, pride parade, TEAM PILIPINAS
Check out videos of the Manila Pride March 2009 on the WWPproject’s Youtube playlist!
http://www.youtube.com/theWWPproject
… and share with us any other videos you might have of the parade, we’re happy to add them to the channel.
Posted in Philippines, Pride Parade Videos
Tagged Malate, Manila, Philippines, pride parade, Walk with Pride, Youtube
Just under 4,000 photos were taken by Charles at this year’s Manila Pride March. Images can be viewed at the WWP: Behind the Photos blog, and we are working to upload even more onto Flickr. Expect to a see some additional blog entries about the parade, plus interviews with members in the Philippines’ gay community following within the next few days.
We’d love to see your pictures of the parade as well – if you have photos on Flickr you can share them by adding the WWP project as a friend. Thanks! http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithpride/
Team Pilipinas at the Manila Pride March, Dec. 5, 2009
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