TEAM PILIPINAS Philippine Rainbow Flag flies at the 2009 Manila Pride March
Photo taken by Charles Meacham of 'Walk with Pride' http://wwpproject.wordpress.com/
Philippine Forum on Sports, Culture, Sexuality and Human Rights (TEAM PILIPINAS) carried the longest Philippine rainbow flag at the 2009 Manila Pride March held at Malate District, Manila last Saturday, 5 December 2009 from 5pm to 7:30pm. The longest Philippine rainbow flag ever carried in the history of the Manila Pride March is patterned after the logo and colors of TEAM PILIPINAS in celebration of sexual and gender diversity and equality and of the Filipino spirit. At 30 meters in length and 2.5 meters in width, the flag used the usual colors of the rainbow to symbolize LGBT pride—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet, and added pink and brown to complete the 8 colors that will symbolize the 8 rays of the sun found in the Philippine National flag. The color pink is used as another symbol of the lesbian, gay, bakla, bantut, bayot, bisexual, tomboy, transgender, transsexual, intersex (LGBTI) community while the color brown pays homage to the Filipino race, the lahing kayumanggi. The Philippine rainbow flag of TEAM PILIPINAS is a symbol affirming and celebrating pride in being LGBTI and pride in being a Filipino.
TEAM PILIPINAS Philippine Rainbow Flag flying along Roxas Boulevard, Manila
The following list gives thanks to the women and men, LGBTIs, heterosexuals, and other sexual and gender minorities who carried the TEAM PILIPINAS Philippine Rainbow Flag at the 2009 Manila Pride March
Joy Aceron
Mary Grace Aceron
Bruce Amoroto
Dr. Sylvia ‘Guy’ Claudio
Ed Cruz
Edgar John Ilaga
Lizette Ilaga
Francis Isaac
Lester Miravalles
Christine Miroy
Christer Miroy
Jac Vidgen
Jane Rodriguez
Mari Santiago
Maya Tamayo
Macel Tirol
and students of Community Development at the College of Social Work and Community Development, University of the Philippines Diliman headed by Prof. Neng Magno
Philippine Forum on Sports, Culture, Sexuality and Human Rights (TEAM PILIPINAS) is a registered non-profit organization contributing to social change that is participated and led by young Filipinos from the grassroots who may or may not openly identify as lesbian, gay, bakla, bayot, bantut, bisexual, tomboy, transgender, transsexual, intersex (LGBTI) or as another sexual or gender minority (SGM). Through sports, culture, and human rights and sexuality advocacy, TEAM PILIPINAS works to strengthen human rights, diversity, equality, and peace in the Philippines and all over the world. For inquiries, email teampilipinas.org@gmail.com .