01/06/2026
๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ ๐๐ฎ'๐๐ผ โ ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ถ๐น ๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐
This Pride Month, we celebrate the ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐, ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐. It is a time to honor those who fought for equal rights, challenged discrimination, and paved the way for future generations to live more freely and authentically.
Pride is more than a celebration โ it is a reminder that every person deserves ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ, ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ. Despite the struggles and challenges faced by the LGBTQIA+ community, Pride stands as a symbol of hope, progress, and unity. Most importantly, it reminds us that there is nothing wrong with being q***r. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฑ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ซ โจ
๐ผ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐๐, ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ง๐๐ช๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ช๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐จ, ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ช๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ง. ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ โง๏ธ
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ธ๐น๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป!โค๏ธ๐งก๐๐๐๐ฉต๐๐ค๐ค๐ฉถ๐ค๐ฉท
Illustration: Keisha Sison | Digital Illustrator
Layour: Emir Marcelo | Pubmat Editor
Caption: Aaron Paule | Peace and Development Director