Also, even with the reliance on mainstream media for most of the documentation in those days, the march actually received ample media attention. even if a march happened, the issues raised were not only LGBTQIA-specific.īut – to start – if Pride as it is currently known marks the Stonewall Inn Riots, then this march, as an endeavor that did that, obviously qualified. Some actually contest whether this was really a “Pride March”, considering that: 1. This march – even dubbed as “Stonewall Manila” or as “Pride Revolution” according to various accounts – was held in remembrance of the Stonewall Inn Riots since 1994 marked the 25th year since the “modern” lesbian and gay movement “started”, thanks to the Stonewall Inn Riot in New York.īut it also coincided with a bigger march against the imposition of the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the Philippines. On June 26, 1994, ProGayPhilippines (Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines), with the likes of Oscar Atadero and Murphy Red, and backed by Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) under the leadership of then Pastor Richard Mickley, held a march at the Quezon City Memorial Circle.
