huling hirit ng pride weekend

ay, masaya itey! kitakits sa lovapalooza! tsup tsup! i am so there! taralets!

pride+passion:

The 2007 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT)
Pride March Post Parade Party
(featuring The Great LGBT Kiss Fest)
December 15, 2007, Saturday, 10 pm, Government Bar, Makati City

The Post Parade Party

Every year, Task Force Pride (TFP), the official network that sponsors the annual pride parade in Manila holds an official after-party to celebrate the success of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride March.

This year’s post-parade party, which will be held on December 15, 2007, Saturday at 10 pm at Government Bar in Makati, as in the previous years, aims not only to give members of TFP, its volunteers and all those who supported the Pride March a chance to meet each other and have fun but also to showcase the achievements of TFP and its organizational and individual members to encourage greater participation from the LGBT community here and abroad.

The Great LGBT Kiss Fest (a.k.a. Our Own Version of ‘Lovapalooza’)

On September 1, 2007, almost 7000 couples in Tuzla , Bosnia kissed for 10 seconds thereby breaking the previous Guinness World Kissing Records set by Hungary and the Philippines .

In June this year, 6614 couples gathered in Hungary for synchronized osculation beating the February event in Manila dubbed Lovapalooza with its tally of 6124 couples.

Up to now it is not clear whether LGBT couples were allowed to participate in the Manila kiss fest. Some say they were not. Others say they were, but were not counted.

To put matters to rest, this Saturday we will be holding The Great LGBT Kiss Fest! This community kiss-in aims to gather the largest number of LGBT couples to kiss for 10 seconds as a culminating activity to this year’s Manila pride celebrations. The kiss fest is our community’s way of celebrating LGBT love and will be our greatest show of pride and passion for the LGBT cause.

Gates open at 10 pm for on site registration followed by a short program featuring various performances to entertain the crowd prior to the kiss fest.

MECHANICS

ATTIRE: Please wear something pink (or any of its versions) to be allowed to enter the Kissing Area in Government.

ELIGIBILITY: To join the kiss fest, you and your partner have to be an adult under Philippine law (i.e., you must be 18 years old and above). To prove that you are of legal age, kindly bring any of the following: an ID that shows your birth date (e.g., driver’s license, etc.), an ID and/or a copy of your birth certificate.

BEFORE THE EVENT: To ensure participation, member organizations of TFP including its partners will pre-register couples from now until December 14, 2007, Friday. TFP members are encouraged to pledge a minimum number of couples for the event.

DURING THE EVENT: On-site registration starts at 10 pm at the TFP Booth in front of Government. A separate sign-up sheet for those who want to join TFP will also be available.

WHY KISS IN: Every year we celebrate pride but tend to forget that what we are, in fact, celebrating is love: love for ourselves, our dignity and rights and love for our significant others who are at the core of our LGBT identities. And of course, we’re just really looking for an excuse to kiss in public!

So let’s celebrate LGBT love! Pucker up and come to The Great LGBT Kiss Fest! (If you are single, find a willing partner or friend and join the kiss in!)

See you there!


at ito pa! noon ko pa gusto jumoin pero wala ako kakampi hehe.

one more week...

and thunderbirds are...go! char.

kakabitin! dapat tapos na eh. di pa nangyayari. oh well...

kaya commercial muna.

finally, natapos din yung pinaghirapang tapusing pride9 video ng tfp. expect the full version in the next couple of days or so at youtube. in the meantime, check out the preliminary teaser na ginawa namin para makaabot sa team pilipinas outgames event sa bed malate last week. it's 2something minutes lang. the longer work naman is about 8something minutes, good na rin for a bunch of talking heads chever effect. had to oversee the direction of the postprod work of this one as the prod work was out of my hands. maganda naman ang kinalabasan, thanks to rovie's cool graphics work and toni's original music. yes, naging truli lesbianic production itich. sabi nga ni pau, "i love lesbians!" hehe ako rin.

lesson learned: again, never send a het girl to do a lez girl's job. char.

seriously.

hehe. >:P

naipalabas na naman nila yung longform vid sa palawan event last friday, yung erotica fundraising party, saka sa booklaunch nina danton and neil last night ng ladlad book3. people liked the vid at the booklaunch and at palawan. masaya naman. job well done for all. :)

oh my, never did i realize na may babylon in manila na pala in the form of p2! hanef! yes, babylon, as in queer as folk's babylon mga ati! para siyang ganun. grabe. kaya i felt at home hahaha. too bad my brian kinney bracelet was out of commission to re-live the chenes hehehe. pero syempre hindi naman ako wagi sa lugar na iyon dahil honorary gay man lang ako. kulang sa necessary equipment to function. keber lang. dance dance lang kami ng mga byaningskis doon ever. sarap lang.

how i wish may ganung lugar ulit kaming women loving women, parang third dimension noon or ladida. kahit sampu sampera na ang exclusives these days, iba pa rin yung may fixture na isang lugar na pupuntahan mo na alam mong lbtqi friendly siya.


anyway, less than a week na lang at magkikita-kits na tayo sa pride march. masaya ito mga ati!

EROTICA: an LGBT pre-pride party in QC Nov30

pssst! punta tayo dito! masaya 'to. think of this as an erotic and wittier version of those programs at Zirkoh minus the videoke singing of audience members. may kakanta rin, pero at least singers talaga sila! at saka sasayaw. at saka tutula. at of course magsasayawan tayong lahat!

you don't have to be one of us just to attend. if you like having fun with us,then come! (take note of the correct prepositions ha).

o di ba walang pasok at holiday sa friday? e di dito na gumimik! tamang-tama, malapit lang ito kahit saan, at madaling kumuha ng taxi kahit madaling araw hehe.

see you there. yes, i'll be there. pag sinabi kong see you there, ibig sabihin, andun ako. ang kulit ng mga nagtatanong e.

osya, see u there!

DARE TO BE BOLD!

BE SEEN! BE BOLD! DARE TO BARE!

E R O T I C A
the sexy party for the 2007 LGBT Pride March

WHEN: Fri., Nov 30, 2007 / 9pm - 12mn
WHERE: Palawan2 Bar, Yale St. near corner
Aurora Boulevard, Cubao QC
(across Gateway area, where the jeeps pass by)
HOW MUCH? P170 for this erotic show.

TASK FORCE PRIDE PHILIPPINES invites everybody/everybooty
to attend this event.   

Entrance fee is Php170.
(But if you buy tickets from me in
advance, you get it for Php150).  

This is a fundraiser party so please
feel free to spread the word around.

LGBTs and straights who care about
the cause are all invited!  

Tara!

There will be singing, poetry reading,
video teaser showing, and of course dancing
(because it's not an LGBT thing
if there's no dancing!)

See you there! 

Task Force Pride Philippines (TFP) is the official organizer of the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride March and other Pride-related
activities in Metro Manila.

It is a network of LGBT and LGBT-friendly organizations committed to
promoting respect for the diverse expressions of responsible sexuality,
and the recognition of the right of LGBTs to a dignified life without
discrimination and prejudice.

Visit our blog for more details: www.pridemanila.wordpress.com