Quezon City Pride Council

Quezon City Pride Council (QCPC) is a Council created for the purpose of enforcing LGBT rights and gender-based policies and programs for LGBT in Quezon City. It is the first of its kind in the Philippines.

It was constituted to oversee the integration of all city programs and projects for the LGBT (lesbian, gays, bisexual, transgender) community. Created by Mayor Herbert Bautista through an office order, it was formally launched March 25, 2013 to highlight the city government’s continuing support for the implementation and enforcement of gender-based policies, programs and activities. The Council was composed of notable individuals that promotes and advocates LGBT rights from different industry and profession. Also part of the Council are members of the Local Government sectors.

Shortly after its creation in March 2013, QCPC launched the World Pride Festival in August 2013 to culminate Pride & promotes LGBT awareness. The month-long event was planned to kick off by November 2013 with series of weekly activities that includes - Clean-up Drive, an Arts Exhibit, an LGBT Summit, InQCity Independent Film Festival and will culminate with the World Pride March slated December 7 of that year. The event however was cancelled "to pave its way to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan" that devastated the Central Philippines November the same year. The InQCity Independent Film Festival however was pushed through and was staged at Trinoma Mall for a week.

In Partnership with the City Health Office, the Pride Council successfully conducted the HIV/AIDS Seminar and Orientation to the 142 barangays of Quezon City. The initial project implementation was initiated last April – June of this year. The second phase of the project is scheduled to commence on August 27 until November 19 of this year within the 6 Legislative Districts of Quezon City.

QCPC extends its arms to organizations within Metro Manila who wished to stage any advocacy within Quezon City. In partnership with the Office of the Vice Mayor and Office of the Mayor, along with the lead convenor Association of Transgender People in the Philippines and other LGBT organizations in the country, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia was successfully staged at the Quezon Memorial Circle with more than 300 participants from mostly transgender men and women.

The Quezon City Pride Council (QCPC) participated at the National Conference and Meeting on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) training in Butuan City last August 7–10, 2014.

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