Before the cancellation, the festival saw up to 70,000 people wearing Pride colors and carrying placards as they marched along the streets of Quezon City
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Before the cancellation, the event hosts announced at around 6:30 pm they were pausing the event for the safety of the performers, organizers, and audience. The march started past 2 pm. Although the Elliptical Road, which circumscribes the Quezon Memorial Circle, was crowded with marchers, LGBTQ+ advocates and their allies were in high spirits, with some playing musical instruments and others shouting their most creative Pride chants.
The “Love” march, comprising Quezon City government officials, workplace diversity and business representatives, and other attendees from outside the Quezon Memorial Circle, originated from Tomas Morato Street. Other Pride marches were also held simultaneously in different parts of the country, such as Baguio City, Iloilo, Magsaysay , Catarman, and Iligan City.During the event – only one of at least a dozen Pride marches held in different areas in the country on Saturday – Filipinos from the LGBTQ+ community and their allies made a renewed push for the Philippines to pass the SOGIE equality bill into law.
Senator Risa Hontiveros and Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine Roman took the stage to share their resolve to finally get the SOGIE bill passed into law.
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