UP Pride to hold exhibit by LGBTQIA+ artists at Diliman's fine arts gallery

The University of the Philippines (UP) Pride is all set to champion  LGBTQIA+ artists for a week-long exhibit at UP Diliman’s Parola: Fine Arts Gallery.

The exhibit will have the theme “Dangal, Husay, Pagkakapantay-pantay” to echo the calls for the passage of the SOGIESC Equality Bill as well as the institutionalized UP Code of Equality and Non-discrimination.

Through a partnership with the UP Diliman College of Fine Arts, UP Center for Women and Gender Studies, and the College of Arts and Letters, the exhibit will serve as an avenue for queer artists within the UP community to present their creativity in different art forms. It will run from October 23 to 27, which is also this year’s UP Pride event.

Submissions are currently open for works by UP students, faculty, and staff until September 30, midnight.

Artists and art enthusiasts alike are invited to attend the exhibit. The event will be free of charge.

UP Pride is an annual celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community within the school system and hosts weeklong various Pride-related activities. The event aims to highlight that without equality, there is no honor and excellence. —Nika Roque/JCB, GMA Integrated News