Quezon City celebrates 394 “Rainbow Graduates” at Pride Month festival

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A total of 394 nonbinary individuals took center stage Saturday when they joined Quezon City’s special “Graduation Rights” at the QCX Quezon Memorial Circle. The gathering was one of the special activities the city lined up for its 85The event was historic, as Quezon City became the first local government unit in the country to hold a symbolic ceremony that gives members of the LGBTQIA+ community the opportunity to march as their authentic selves.

Mayor Joy Belmonte led the ceremony, highlighting its significance, as her administration continues to set the benchmark for adopting diversity, equity and inclusive policy frameworks. TV host KaladKaren, a transgender woman, delivered the keynote speech. Belmonte and KaladKaren handed out special diplomas to the “Rainbow Graduates,” who were also provided a formal graduation pictorial where they had a chance to express themselves as their true selves.

Belmonte thanked the Department of Education , which has long issued a memorandum protecting all students from “gender-related violence, abuse, exploitation, discrimination and bullying” and the promotion of gender equality and non-discrimination in all governance levels. “Pride Month serves as a reminder of the power of love over hate, discrimination, and indifference toward a sector that had historically been subjected to shame, persecution, and inequitable opportunities in life,” Duterte said in a statement released on Sunday.

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