UP Babaylan

26/09/2025

𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐑. 𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑. 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐑.

All roads blaze toward Quezon Hall on October 24, 2025 for Mx. UP 2025: The Grand Pride Night — the burning heart of UP Pride 2025, where every spark of courage rises into a single, unyielding flame of Pride. ❤️‍🔥

Resounding through UP and reaching beyond its halls, UP Pride 2025 burns as both defiance and celebration — a fire fueled by love, unquenchable and eternal.

Stand Proud. Claim your place. Sign up here:
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📩 For inquiries and concerns, email us at [email protected]

23/09/2025

Heto ako—nandito, ganap, at totoo.

Ngayong Bi Visibility Day, muli nating ipinapaalala: ang pagiging bisexual ay hindi pagkalito, hindi isang phase, at hindi rin pagtaksil sa komunidad. Ang bisexuality ay totoo, mahalaga, at karapat-dapat na kilalanin. Ang ating pagkatao ay hindi nakatali sa kasarian ng kasalukuyang minamahal, kundi sa malawak at malalim na kapasidad nating magmahal.

Ipinagpapatuloy natin ang laban upang kilalanin ang pag-iral ng mga bisexual sa ating lipunan—mga taong may kani-kaniyang kasaysayan ng pakikibaka laban sa erasure at diskriminason, mula sa labas at maging sa loob ng LGBTIQ+ community.

Sa araw na ito, ating ipinagdiriwang ang kanilang tapang at pagmamahal. Naninidigan tayo na sa gitna ng mundong madalas tayong pinapapili, hindi kailanman makakahon ang pagmamahal at pagkatao. At mas lalong hindi mabubura ang uri ng pagmamahal na mayroon tayo.

Tayo ay totoo, at tayo ay buong-buo.

21/09/2025

To be q***r is to remember.

We honor those who fought before us 53 years ago and beyond:
The q***rs who defied the Marcos Sr. administration that tied our community down;
The q***rs whose existence and expression were stronger than the forces that tried to suppress us Filipinos;
The q***rs who built a loving and welcoming home for our fellows who were shut from acceptance and freedom.

Our fight for basic human rights and genuine democracy have always been intersectional with the q***r struggle. From the massacre of the pre-colonial babaylan during the Spanish colonization to the bloodshed dictatorship of the Martial Law era, our history teaches us to transform our oppression into collective action.

In these 53 years and beyond, we continue to struggle, we continue to resist, and we continue to remember.

19/09/2025

“LET US IGNITE”

Here is the lineup of films for tomorrow’s virtual screening of FILMS FOR A LIVING WAGE (F4LW): THE FIRES WE INHERIT.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 | FRIDAY
🕒 3:00–5:00 PM
📍 via Zoom

🔗 Register now to receive the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/F4LW-UPCinema

Films:
Workers and the Archive: Boy Bagwis | by Mayday Multimedia
Rod | Dir. Ulap Chua
Concrete Conflicts | Dir. Alab Paredes, Bryle Ilagan, Jetri Bolintiam
Kapag nagwala ang kalabaw | Dir. Paul Serafica

Presented by UP Cinema and Mayday Multimedia, this edition of F4LW features short documentary and experimental films which rediscover collective struggle as necessary to history in the midst of corruption and crisis. The program of films will be followed by a talk from a resource speaker about the role of cinema workers during Martial Law and a panel discussion.

In Cooperation with:
UP Babaylan

In Partnership with:
UP College of Mass Communication Student Council

Special Thanks to:
UJP UP Diliman
UP Radio Circle

18/09/2025

DRAG IS POLITICAL, AND TO BE Q***R IS TO RESIST.

For the longest time, q***r identities have always been expected to do comedy as a form of artistic expression and comfort to escape the realities of our everyday lives. But now, we reclaim and transform that narrative.

In a society marked by systemic corruption, our lived reality is no joking matter. In this reality that we tend to escape, we face the truth of living the results of incompetence, injustice, and self-interest of those from the government who only prioritize luxury over our genuine rights toward a just and equitable society, most especially for the q***r community.

Viñas Deluxe highlights the role of drag not just as entertainment, but as political commentary. The satirical performance exposes the failures of the very systems that should serve us. Drag, like all q***r art, is a powerful tool for confronting and resisting injustice.

We take a stand in uniting and forwarding our calls toward action, not as a performance but as a collective to continuously resist. On September 21, 2025, we invite everyone to take a stand at the EDSA People Power Monument, where we move as a community and as a nation that fights for our dignity and rights.

17/09/2025

We heard you! 🧏🏼‍♂️💝

Due to high demand, we will be having a special online orientation for those who were unable to attend the previous orientations and want to join the UP Babaylan family! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Special Orientation will happen on September 18 via Zoom, from 7-8 pm!

📣 Click the link below to see the details for the Zoom Meeting:
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Thirty-three years later, the struggle towards equality is still ongoing. Out or not, you too can be part of the fight for gender equality. Get to know more about the family and find a safe space to discover.

16/09/2025

Get ready when UP Diliman becomes a canvas of resistance and becoming. 🌈

Mx. UP 2025: The Grand Pride Night rises as a gathering where stories breathe and identities refuse to be contained. This is a night where brilliance refuses binaries, where advocacy is inseparable from beauty and power, and where every step, every word, every gesture insists: we are here, unbound and unafraid.

The heart of UP Pride 2025 beats at Quezon Hall, where celebration and struggle converge, and where courage unfolds in the many forms that pride can take. It is a space to imagine otherwise, to honor histories of resistance, and to affirm that joy, too, is political. ✨

We call on bonafide University of the Philippines Diliman students ready to step forward—to take space, to raise the voices, and to let their presence mark this history.

Sign up here until September 24, 2025, and bring your spirit, your story, and your Pride:
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📩 For inquiries and concerns, email us at [email protected]

Take the stage. Make a stance. Set fire against silence and let pride blaze into liberation!

15/09/2025

“THE FIRES WE INHERIT”

UP Cinema and Mayday Multimedia present FILMS FOR A LIVING WAGE (F4LW): THE FIRES WE INHERIT, a Martial Law Commemoration Screening. This campaign commemorates 53 years since the Philippines was put under Martial Law by the dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.

Films for a Living Wage aims to amplify the advocacy of the working class’s struggles and resistance in the midst of authoritarian rule. The program will feature five short documentary and experimental films, followed by a talk about the role of cinema workers during Martial Law and a panel discussion.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 | FRIDAY
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UPFI Film Studio, Ylanan Street, Diliman, Quezon City

Pre-register now at tinyurl.com/F4LW-UPCinema

In Cooperation with:
UP Babaylan

In Partnership with:
UP College of Mass Communication Student Council

Special Thanks to:
UJP UP Diliman
UP Radio Circle

“THE FIRES WE INHERIT”

UP Cinema and Mayday Multimedia present FILMS FOR A LIVING WAGE (F4LW): THE FIRES WE INHERIT, a Martial Law Commemoration Screening. This campaign commemorates 53 years since the Philippines was put under Martial Law by the dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.

Films for a Living Wage aims to amplify the advocacy of the working class’s struggles and resistance in the midst of authoritarian rule. The program will feature five short documentary and experimental films, followed by a talk about the role of cinema workers during Martial Law and a panel discussion.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 | FRIDAY
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online via Zoom

Register now to receive the zoom link: tinyurl.com/F4LW-UPCinema

In Cooperation with:
UP Babaylan

In Partnership with:
UP College of Mass Communication Student Council

Special Thanks to:
UJP UP Diliman
UP Radio Circle

15/09/2025

UP Babaylan proudly joins the Trillion Peso March Against Corruption on September 21 at the EDSA People Power Monument.

March and make waves with us as we rise not only for transparency and accountability, but for a future where justice serves all—especially the marginalized. 🏳️‍🌈❤️‍🔥🏳️‍⚧️

11/09/2025

See you all tomorrow at UP Babaylan's Grand Orientation! 🌹🌈

📍 KAILAN!? September 12, 2025, 5-7 pm
📍 SAAN!? SUB, Room 421

🏳️‍🌈 SALI KA NA SA PAMILYA BABAYLAN! 🏳️‍🌈

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WALK-INS ARE ALLOWED!

Para sa mga hindi makapupunta, meron din tayong special online orientation sa September 13 via Zoom from 6-8 pm. Sagutin lamang ang forms para sa karagdagang detalye.

Thirty-three years later, the struggle towards equality is still ongoing. Out or not, you too can be part of the fight for gender equality. Get to know more about the family and find a safe space to discover.

09/09/2025

We are not your costume. We are not material for your entertainment.

Our gender expression is not a joke—especially when many of us are discriminated for it, and even killed for being who we are. Our lived reality is not a laughing matter, nor should it be used for your entertainment.

To reduce our lived realities to a spectacle for laughter is not just insensitive—it perpetuates the very culture that endangers our lives.

We unequivocally denounce the actions of the UP Men’s Badminton Team, UP Varsity Swimming Team, and UP Men's Beach Volleyball Team who have mocked our community during the recently held UAAP Season 88 UP Pep Rally. Such behaviors have no place in a university that claims to uphold for inclusivity, respect, and equality.

We strongly urge the university administration to hold those involved accountable and to mandate comprehensive gender sensitivity training for all student organizations and varsity teams.

Q***r students, personnel, and staff deserve dignity, respect, and safety—within our university and beyond.